Nicola Roberts

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Nicola Roberts

Background information
Birth name	Nicola Maria Roberts
Also known as	Ginge, Cola, The Ginger One
Born	October 5, 1985 (age 21)
Origin	Runcorn, Cheshire, England
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	2002—present
Label(s)	Polydor (2002-present) Fascination Records (2006-present)
Associated acts	Girls Aloud

Nicola Maria Roberts (born October 5, 1985 in Runcorn, Cheshire), is an English pop star from Runcorn and is the youngest member of Girls Aloud. Also known as 'Cola', Nicola started singing at the young age of eleven. Frequently singing at her relatives parties she would win awards and was spurred on by a local mobile DJ.

Her group was formed after auditioning for a UK TV show "Popstars". Anaemia sufferer Nicola was originally eliminated before the final stage, but was brought back into the final ten after Nicola Ward pulled out of the show after objecting to the show's contract. She became the second girl to join Girls Aloud. Since then Nicola has co-written two of the group's album tracks and two b-sides.

Nicola debuted in FHM's one hundred Sexiest Women list in 2005, charting at #77, ahead of the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Dannii Minogue and Hilary Duff. She also appeared at number 15 in FHM's 20 Sexiest Singers 2005 just behind her fellow band members with Cheryl Tweedy taking number 1. Nicola was #84 in the 2006 poll.

Roberts is currently single, after splitting with long-term boyfriend Carl Egerton in December 2006.^[1]