Nicola Jane Reynolds (born 26 July 1972, Pontypridd) is a Cardiff-based Welsh actress.
[3] She made her public break through in the children's CBBC show The Story of Tracy Beaker as head care worker Shelley Appleton.
[1] She appeared as Ros in Abi Morgans' BAFTA winning series "Murder" for the BBC, alongside Julie Walters, playing her daughter.
She has starred alongside him in Sex Lives of the Potato Men[4] and on BBC Three's Ideal.
[5] In 2009, Reynolds also acted in a BBC One Film Drama Framed, playing Bethan Hughes, a Welsh mother of four.