Melissa Tkautz
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Known for | Cast member of The Real Housewives of Sydney |
Melissa Natalie Tkautz (born 24 January 1974) is an Australian actress, singer, model, and presenter. She played the role of Nikki Spencer on the popular Australian TV soap opera
After her stint on E Street, Tkautz has appeared on Paradise Beach (1993–94), Pacific Drive (1996–98), All Saints (2001–02, 2004), Swift and Shift Couriers (2008, 2011) and Housos (2011). Her modelling career has included early child modelling, then as a teen in various pop entertainment magazines and from 1996 on fashion and men's magazines. On 4 December 2005, she issued her second solo album, Lost & Found, which provide a single, her cover version of "The Glamorous Life", which appeared in the top 40. In August 2011 she issued a compilation album, The Hits & More. In February 2009 Tkautz married a finance businessman, Kwesi Nicholas, her partner of five years; outside her performance career she uses her married name, Melissa Nicholas.
Tkautz released a single "The Key" on 26 May 2017.
Television career
Tkautz was born in Sydney in 1974.
In September 1990, at the age of 16 years, Tkautz was cast in the role of Nikki Spencer on the popular Australian soap opera,
Due to her popularity, the producers of E Street decided to have Tkautz record a song, which would be used in the show as part of a dream sequence, where her character imagines she is a pop star.
In 1993 and 1994, Tkautz appeared on
From 1996, Tkautz modelled for fashion and men's magazines Black+White, Australian Playboy, Ralph and FHM.[1][3] In 2001 she appeared on the Myer Intimacy Apparel runway, modelling underwear,[14] and followed with a stint at the Australian Fashion Week, that year.[1][3]
In late 2008, Tkautz starred in
On 22 July 2016, it was announced Tkautz would be one of seven women appearing on the first season of The Real Housewives of Sydney.[17][18][19]
Filmography
Film
Title | Year | Role | Type |
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1999 | Game Room | Lisa Summerfield | Feature film |
2017 | Boar | Sasha | Feature film |
2021 | The Possessed | Shania | Feature film |
Television
Title | Year | Role | Type |
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1988 | Richmond Hill | Guest role: Nicki | TV series, 1 episode |
1990 | Home and Away | Guest role: Sue | TV series, 1 episode |
1990-91 | E Street | Regular role: Nikki Spencer | TV series, 158 episodes |
1991 | The 1991 TV Week Logie Awards
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Herself - Nominee 'Best New Talent' | TV special |
1991 | Police Rescue | Guest role: Helen Catteau | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | The Girl from Tomorrow | Recurring role: Maria | TV series, 3 episodes |
1991 | Video Hits | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | New Faces | Performer (singing "Read My Lips") | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Performer (singing "Read My Lips") | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | New Faces | Performer (singing "Sexy is the Word") | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | In Sydney Today | Performer (singing "Sexy is the Word") | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1991 | The Coca-Cola Australian Music Awards | Herself - Winner Best single 1991 "Read My Lips" | TV special |
1991 | The Midday Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | The Girl from Tomorrow II: Tomorrow's End | Recurring role: Maria | TV series |
1992 | The Main Event | Contestant | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | 1992 ARIA Awards
|
Herself - Winner Highest selling single "Read My Lips" | TV special |
1992 | The Afternoon Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | In Sydney Today | Performer (singing "Skin to Skin") | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | The Midday Show | Performer (singing "Skin to Skin") | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | Tonight Live with Steve Vizard | Performer (singing "Skin to Skin") | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Performer (singing "Skin to Skin") | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | Vidiot | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | Video Smash Hits | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1992 | The World Tonight | Herself - 'Beauty and the Beast' segment | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Performer (singing "My House") | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | Live It Up | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1993 | Video Smash Hits | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1993-94 | Paradise Beach | Recurring role: Vanessa Campbell | TV series |
1995 | Echo Point | Recurring role: Jules | TV series, 17 episodes |
1995 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1995-98 | Pacific Drive | Regular role: Bethany Daniels | TV series |
1996 | Roy & HG
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Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
1996 | Medivac | Regular role: Evie Morrison | TV series, 13 episodes |
1999 | BeastMaster | Guest role: Young woman in pool | TV series, 1 episode |
2001 | All Saints | Recurring role: Andrea Smart | TV series, 6 episodes |
2002 | The Best of Aussie Drama | Herself | TV special |
2003 | Pizza | Guest role: Chantelle | SBS TV series, 1 episode |
2004 | All Saints | Guest role | TV series, 1 episode |
2004 | 110% Tony Squires | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2005 | Good Morning Australia | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2005 | Mornings with Kerri-Anne | Performer (singing "The Glamorous Life") | TV series, 1 episode |
2005 | The Big Night In with John Foreman | Performer (singing "The Glamorous Life") | TV series, 1 episode |
2006 | Australia's Brainiest Kid
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Herself | TV special |
2006 | Mornings with Kerri-Anne | Performer (singing "Easily Affected") | TV series, 1 episode |
2006 | Friday Night Games | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2006 | Access All Areas | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2007 | Where Are They Now? | Herself (with E Street cast – Bruce Samazan, Marcus Graham, Melissa Bell, Alyssa Jane Cook, Brooke 'Mikey' Anderson & Vince Martin | TV series, 1 episode |
2008 | QueerTV | Performer (singing Mardi Gras Fair Day) | TV series, 1 episode |
2008-2011 | Swift and Shift Couriers | Regular role: Melissa Schembry | TV series, 18 episodes |
2008 | The Celebrity Singing Bee | Contestant | TV series, 1 episode |
2009 | Thank God You're Here | Herself – Additional Cast | TV series, 1 episode |
2009-10 | 20 to 1
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Herself | TV series, 11 episodes |
2011 | Housos | Regular role: Cheree | TV series, 9 episodes |
2012 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2012 | Mornings | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2014 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2015 | The Daily Edition | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2016 | The Morning Show | Performer (singing "In the Evening") | TV series, 1 episode |
2016 | The Morning Show | Performer (singing "Read My Lips" / "The Glamorous Life") | TV series, 1 episode |
2017 | The 7th Annual CMC Music Awards | Presenter | TV special |
2017 | The Real Housewives of Sydney | Regular role: Herself | TV series, 12 episodes |
2017 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2017 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2018 | Boar: Director Chris Sun | Herself | Video |
2018 | Boar: Cast Interviews | Herself | Video |
2018 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2022 | SAS Australia | Contestant | TV series, 14 episodes |
2022 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
2023 | The Morning Show | Guest | TV series, 1 episode |
Music career
Tkautz was signed to
Tkautz' second single from her debut album, "Sexy (Is the Word)", was issued in September 1991 and peaked at No. 3.[26] It was written by Berger, King and Nicholson and produced by Berger, Koch and Henderson.[26] She performed the track at the 1991 Rugby League Grand Final. At the end of that year Tkautz toured nationally as a support act on American dance-pop and hip hop group, C+C Music Factory's Australian Tour. Her third single, "Skin to Skin", appeared in April the next year, which reached No. 16, and was written and produced by the same team as "Sexy (Is the Word)".[27] In June that year, having left E Street, Tkautz released her debut album, Fresh, which peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[28] Tkautz promoted the album by a national tour, a further single, "Is It...?", was issued in July 1993 and reached the top 40,[29] but a proposed second album was shelved and Tkautz refocused on her acting career.[7]
In September 2005, Tkautz released a new single, a cover version of "
In January 2012 Australian comedian,
In 2015 British producers 7th Heaven Productions announced via their website that they have remixed Tkautz's track "Not Enough" - and stated this was an upcoming single release by Tkautz. Nothing has eventuated since this announcement and no bootleg or preview of the track has been released as yet.
In a December 2017 interview, Tkautz revealed she would be heading into the recording studio in January to record her next single. She stated the new single is a duet with another famous singer. No release dates or information on this project has been officially released as of 30 January 2018.
Personal life
In 1999 her father, Stefan, died of cancer,[37] she co-wrote the track, "Goodbye Daddy" (with Paul Wiltshire),[38] from Lost & Found in his honour.[37] In December 2006 Tkautz told Woman's Day that she had been in love with her E Street co-star, Simon Baker, the relationship ended as "she wanted a long-term commitment but he was not at that stage of his life"; and then with Marcus Graham who "betrayed her after four months".[39] Baker had also appeared in the music video for her debut single, "Read My Lips". In February 2009 Tkautz married a finance businessman, Kwesi Nicholas, her partner of five years.[2][40] She uses her married name, Melissa Nicholas, outside her professional career.[41] Together they have two children.
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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AUS ARIA [28] | |||
Fresh |
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15 | |
Lost & Found |
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— | |
The Hits & More |
|
— | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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AUS ARIA [28] | |||
"Read My Lips" | 1991 | 1 | Fresh |
"Sexy (Is the Word)" | 3 | ||
"Skin to Skin" | 1992 | 16 | |
"My House" | 119 | ||
"Is It...?" | 1993 | 39 | Non-album single |
"The Glamorous Life" | 2005 | 31 | Lost & Found |
" All I Want "
|
72 | ||
"Easily Affected" | 2006 | 86 | Non-album single |
"I Want Your Love" (Nick Skitz featuring Melissa Tkautz) |
2008 | 60 | |
"Something About You" (Nick Jay featuring Melissa Tkautz) |
2011 | — | The Hits & More |
"Gotta Let You Go" | 2015 | — | |
"In the Evening" (Nick Skitz featuring Melissa Tkautz) |
2016 | — | |
"The Key" | 2017 | 736 | |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Awards and recognition
Year | Award-giving Body | Award | Result |
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1992 | ARIA Award | Highest Selling Single ("Read My Lips")[22] | Won |
Best New Talent ("Read My Lips")[22] | Nominated | ||
1991 | Logie Award |
Best New Talent ( E Street)[11] |
Nominated |
See also
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External links
- Official website
- Melissa Tkautz at IMDb