Nicole was born in Kingston, Ontario and grew up in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. She began her acting career in Vancouver and attended a two year theater program. She co-founded a theater company there called Naked Goddess Productions. Nicole played a lead in the independent feature film Tower which screened at the 2012 Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland and made its North American premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. She resides in Toronto, Ontario with her cat Chaplin.