Nicky Ladanowski

Nicky Ladanowski is an English actress originally from Frodsham in Cheshire working in television, film and theatre. She is known for various roles in an extensive film and television career including Merle Jackson in Coronation Street, Mandy Cutler in Paradise Heights and Mand in Grease Monkeys. She is often known for playing beautiful and glamorous characters such as Anne-Marie in Hollyoaks and loveable characters such as nurse Sarah in Death Becomes Him and Lisa Trotter in The Sarah Jane Adventures for the BBC. She is also famed for her many comedic roles in shows such as the BBC's My Family and with Ricky Gervais in Extras as Les Dennis's fiance Simone Lewis. Having starred in all of the UK's medical drama's Doctors, Holby City and Casualty she has recently been seen in two of the UK's other primetime shows Law & Order: UK for ITV and Waterloo Road for the BBC. She is the former sweetheart of Take That's Gary Barlow, both stars have remained fiercely private about their four year relationship.