She was once the femme fatale of Ramsay Street, but former Neighbours star Nicola Charles has traded television drama for the world of right-wing politics and fringe conspiracy theories.
From Soap Siren to Political Firebrand
British-born Nicola Charles shot to fame in the mid-1990s playing Sarah Beaumont, the seductress whose steamy affair with Dr Karl Kennedy threatened to destroy his marriage to Susan Kennedy. The former model left the Australian soap in 1999, with brief returns in 2013 and 2016.
Now 55, Charles has undergone a dramatic transformation. She has rebranded herself as "The White Rabbit," a conspiracy theorist dedicated to exposing what she claims are sinister government schemes and shadowy elite cabals.
A Foray into Politics and Controversial Claims
Earlier this year, Charles entered the political arena, running for a Senate seat in the 2025 Australian election under the banner of the right-wing Great Australian Party. Her campaign strongly opposed Australia's Digital ID Bill, which she labelled a Trojan horse for mass surveillance and privacy loss.
She told the Herald Sun: "If I get into the Senate I will do everything I can to have this bill repealed. I have no concerns for myself or my career any more... I will go down fighting."
Her controversial stance extended to the 2023 Indigenous Voice referendum. In a wild video, Charles claimed the plan would facilitate a United Nations takeover of Australia, alleging the UN would be "appointing one man and one woman in every district." Mainstream media and fact-checkers widely dismissed these claims as baseless alarmism.
Past Grievances and Accusations
Charles's propensity for controversy isn't new. In her memoir, she publicly accused former Neighbours cast members of attempting to have her deported during the mid-1990s.
She claimed to have discovered a handwritten letter sent to Australian immigration officials, alleging that producers or peers wanted her sent back to the UK. "I did know who they were," she wrote, "but I thought – who goes to that length, and what have I done to be disliked that much?"
Born in Worcestershire, England, Charles continues her work as an author and entrepreneur outside of politics, running her own publishing company, Shield-Maiden Publishing.
