Nicole "Nikki" Newman (née Reed, formerly Foster, Bancroft, DiSalvo, Newman, Abbott, Landers and Chow) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently (and most notably) played by actress Melody Thomas Scott.
Since Nikki was introduced in 1978, in an early story line that had her almost sexually abused by her father (played by the same actor who later played Rex Sterling on Y&R; - indicated on her Lifetime TV ...
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Nicole "Nikki" Newman (née Reed, formerly Foster, Bancroft, DiSalvo, Newman, Abbott, Landers and Chow) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, currently (and most notably) played by actress Melody Thomas Scott.
Since Nikki was introduced in 1978, in an early story line that had her almost sexually abused by her father (played by the same actor who later played Rex Sterling on Y&R; - indicated on her Lifetime TV intimate portrait biography). She has gone from stripper and prostitute to Genoa City's most prominent socialite, largely as a result of her former marriages to wealthy tycoon Kevin Bancroft and Victor Newman (Eric Braeden). She has two grown children, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nicholas (Joshua Morrow), both by Victor.
Nikki was a stripper who later started a romance with Kevin Bancroft (Christopher Holder) which was troubled by his disapproving mother Allison Bancroft (Lynn Wood). Allison bought a copy of a pornographic film titled Hot...
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