Nicola Vicars Coghill (born 4 January 1964) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Sister Jackie Crane in The Flying Doctors, and Miranda Parker in Neighbours.
Other appearances in miniseries include A Fortunate Life (1986) and The Fremantle Conspiracy (1988). She held a recurring guest role in All the Way from 1988 to 1989 as Terry O'Rourke. From 1991 to 1992 she starred as Sister Jackie Crane in The Flying Doctors. In 1994, she had a regular role in The Bob Morrison Show as Lizzy Morrison. From 1999 to 2000 she appeared as the regular character Dr. Liz Daniels in Thunderstone.
In 2007, Coghill joined the cast of long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours, Neighbours back to basics | Herald Sun as events organiser Miranda Parker – wife of Steve Parker, and mother of Bridget Parker and Riley Parker. Ramsay Street remodelled | The Courier-Mail In 2009, Coghill, together with Eloise Mignon and Steve Bastoni departed Neighbours. Mignon, who played her daughter Bridget, wanted to leave the series to continue her studies. Without Bridget, the writers felt Steve and Miranda were not viable as characters.
Coghill has made guest appearances in numerous other Australian television series and movies. Her television roles include Waterloo Station, Sons and Daughters, Willing and Abel, Rafferty's Rules, The Flying Doctors, Acropolis Now, Hey Dad..!, Minder in Australia, Time Trax, G.P., Blue Heelers, Guinevere Jones, McLeod's Daughters, City Homicide, It's a Date, Offspring and Bad Mothers.
Her film credits include Annie's Coming Out (1984), Rebel (1985) alongside Matt Dillon, Playing Beatie Bow (1986), Twelfth Night (1986) opposite Geoffrey Rush, Dark Age, The Time Guardian, Running from the Guns (all 1987) and Point of No Return (1994).
Coghill has also undertaken voiceover work and theatre work, performing in productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre Company and La Mama.
1983 | Starting Out | Margot Fallon-Smith | 85 episodes |
Waterloo Station | 1 episode | ||
1984 | Six of the Best | ||
Sons and Daughters | Nikki Holland | 3 episodes | |
Soldiers | TV film | ||
1986 | A Fortunate Life | Evelyn | Miniseries, 1 episode |
Sword of Honour | Vivienne | Miniseries, 4 episodes | |
1987 | Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys | Teena Tungsten | TV film |
Willing and Abel | Jenny | 1 episode | |
1988 | The Fremantle Conspiracy | Hanna | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
Mike Willesee's Australians | Lilly Molloy | Anthology series, episode: "Les Darcy" | |
Stringer | Susie | 1 episode | |
1988–1989 | All the Way | Terry O'Rourke | 3 episodes |
1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Jenny Burns | 1 episode |
The Saint in Australia (aka Fear in Fun Park) | Felicity | TV film | |
1989; 1991–1992 | The Flying Doctors | Sister Jackie Crane / Sandra Wetherby | 56 episodes |
1990 | All the Rivers Run II | Philadelphia 'Delie' Edwards | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
1991 | Hey Hey It's Saturday | Contestant ("Red Faces" segment) | 1 episode |
Acropolis Now | Rebecca | 1 episode | |
1992 | Hey Dad..! | Yolande Le Clerc | 2 episodes |
1993 | Minder in Australia | Susan Hamilton | 1 episodes |
Time Trax | Katherine Vickers | 1 episode | |
1994 | The Bob Morrison Show | Lizzy Morrison | 26 episodes |
Sale of the Century | Contestant | 1 episode | |
1996 | G.P. | Rea | 1 episode |
1997 | Blue Heelers | Felicity McMurtrie | 1 episode |
1999–2000 | Thunderstone | Dr. Liz Daniels | Seasons 1–3, 45 episodes |
2001 | The Pretender | 1 episode | |
2002 | Guinevere Jones | Faerie Queen | 2 episodes |
McLeod's Daughters | Gabi Harding | 1 episode | |
2007–2009 | Neighbours | Miranda Parker | 230 episodes |
2010 | City Homicide | Heather Worthington | Season 3, 1 episode |
2013 | It's a Date | Pauline | 1 episode |
2017 | Offspring | Christine Edmund | Season 7, 1 episode |
2019 | Bad Mothers | Jo | 1 episode |
Coopers Crossing | Sandra | ||
Uncle Sam’s at the Door | Teena |
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