Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Scarlett is the only daughter of millionaire Tom King (Ken Farrington) and Carrie Nicholls (Linda Lusardi).

After Scarlett was born, Tom ended the relationship but offered to provide financial support for Carrie secretly.

Scarlett got drunk and told Daz she loved him, dragging him on to the sofa and kissing him, until they were interrupted by Jimmy and Carrie.

Carrie's relationship with Jimmy didn't last and she chose to emigrate to Canada but Scarlett stayed with Lexi and Daz.

Disappointed in her older sister when this was revealed, Scarlett insisted on moving into Home Farm with her brothers.

On Scarlett's return from visiting Carrie in Canada, she lost interest in school, feeling her trust fund would get her through life.

At Daz's suggestion, Scarlett bribed Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell) to take her shopping instead of to college.

Daz, however, didn't feel ready for that so he asked Jake Doland (James Baxter) to move in instead as he was homeless.

In December 2008, Scarlett's life fell to pieces when the bank got a court order to wind up King and Sons, due to their debts.

In January, Scarlett agreed to give life in the village a second chance when Carl started a new company and she decided to help him.

Carl bought a truck and started Emmerdale Haulage and Scarlett began work as his personal assistant.

After being accidentally shot, Jimmy received £10,000 compensation if he agreed not to press charges and also began working at the new company and took over as Scarlett's trustee.

When challenged, she admitted it was a false alarm but Scarlett was devastated to learn that Daz had cheated on her and ended their relationship.

Daz's half-brother, Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher), asked Scarlett not to tell anyone and she agreed.

Following losing the baby and further tests to assess the damage, Lexi was told that she was unlikely to conceive again without IVF as her remaining fallopian tube was blocked.

Scarlett joined her at their mother's and returned to Emmerdale in September to find that Carl had moved his new girlfriend, Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter), in and Jimmy, Nicola, Angelica living at Mill Cottage.

In August 2010, Scarlett quits her job working for Carl, feeling that he was patronising her and started her own business with Eve Jenson (Suzanne Shaw) organising parties and hen nights.

Scarlett does her best to support Adam and helps the Bartons find Holly in Hotten after she runs away from home.

On 3 January 2011, Adam visits Scarlett and they reconcile briefly, but he tells her that their relationship is not working and ends it.

Jimmy loses his temper, angrily confronts Adam, and goes to hit him, but Scarlett and Nicola stop him before they leave for the airport.

In July, Carl asks Scarlett for money to fund Chas's son, Aaron Livesy's (Danny Miller), defence barrister when he is accused of murder but Aaron and Chas reject his offer so Carl spends it on new vehicles for the business and expands the firm.

Scarlett now feels that there is nothing left for her in Emmerdale and Adam convinces her to live life to the full so she books flight tickets and tells her brothers that she is going on holiday to Mexico before joining her mother in Canada.

She arrives in the offices of the haulage firm and is shocked to discover Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) has bought into the business.

Scarlett chooses to stay in the village to support Jimmy against Charity, who is attempting to convince him to sell his share of the business to her.

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On 21 October 2012, Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy reported that Crossley would reprise her role for a brief return in November.