Nicola trained at Queen Margaret University College.

Theatre includes: Prism (Scottish Theatre Producers), Welcome To Bannockburn (Oran Mor/Play,Pie,Pint), Allotment(Nutshell Theatre), Svetlana(Ed Littlewood Productions/Assembly), Jack And The Beanstalk(Ten Feet Tall Theatre/Aberdeen Arts Centre), Macbeth(Stafford Gatehouse), Charlie Sonata(Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), Too Many Penguins? (Frozen Charlotte Productions), The View from Castle Rock (Stellar Quines), White Rabbit Red Rabbit (Aurora Nova/Assembly)

TV and Filmincludes: Outlander (Starz/Sony Left Bank Pictures), Doctors (BBC), Waterloo Road (BBC/Shed Productions), River City (BBC Scotland), Casualty (BBC), Taggart (SMG), Till The Violets Come (Mothcatcher Films).

Radio Includes: Rachel's Cousins, The Grapes of Wrath (BBC Radio Scotland/ Radio 4), Archive on 4 – What Big Teeth You Have, McLevy – The Pearl in The Oyster, (BBC Radio 4), On The Skids, Writer's Lab, Secrets - Part Two: The Escorts Tale, Striptease, Scottish Shorts - Matryoshka, Desperate Measures(BBC Scotland)