Nicol's television roles include the recent ITV drama series
Mr Bates vs The Post Office, portraying the role of real-life sub-postmistress Pam Stubbs. She played
Mrs. Beaver in the
BBC adaptation of
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Queen Giant in
The Silver Chair and as Henrietta Beecham in the 2019
ITV historical drama
Beecham House. She made multiple appearances on
ABC's
The Catch in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a London gangland family and also guest-starred on episodes of
Amazon Prime Video's
The Boys, ITV's
Doc Martin,
The CW's
Supernatural (where she played a variation of the witch from
Hansel and Gretel),
CBS's reboot of
The Odd Couple,
ABC's
Once Upon a Time and
TVLand's
Hot in Cleveland. She has also voiced Scarf Lady in children’s televisions
Sarah and Duck.
Theatre work On stage, Nicol co-starred as "Rosie" in the original
West End production of the international hit musical
Mamma Mia! and originated the role of Kath in the Madness Musical
Our House in the West End. She starred as Auntie Annie in
East is East at London's
Royal Court Theatre and later reprised her role in the
BAFTA Best British Film Award-winning version of the play, also titled
East Is East, as well as the film sequel,
West is West. Nicol wrote an original musical about her life and career with pop music songwriter
Mark Mueller titled
How the Hell Did I Get Here? The well-received show opened
Off-Broadway in New York City in April 2022 and was nominated for an Off-Broadway Alliance Award after just 10 performances. She and Mueller first performed it in 2017 at her alma mater, London's
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, followed by a show in Hong Kong at that city's historic
Fringe Club theatre. In March 2022, the musical had its first, fully-staged performance in Chicago. The show's North American tour in the summer of 2022 was postponed to a due to the death of her husband, reported as a "deep personal bereavement." ==Personal life==