Early Life, and Career Beginnings
Nikki Webster was born on 30 April 1987 to parents Tina and Mark. At a young age she told her parents that she wanted to go into show business, and started taking lessons. Her first job was as part of the ensemble cast in the pantomime Cinderella in Sydney, at the age of five.
She appeared in TV commercials including Twisties, Lays chips and Campbell’s soup. At 10 years old Webster played the Young Cosette in Les Misérables, and in 1999-2000 starred as Brigitta Von Trapp in a stage production of The Sound of Music, alongside Lisa McCune, John Waters and Bert Newton.
In March 2000 she auditioned for an unknown part in the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony. In August following an elimination process, 13-year-old Webster was told by opening ceremony artistic director/producer David Atkins that the role was hers.
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