Trivia

Speaks Greek
Rides horses since she was 3 years old
Her mother is British actress Sally Adams (aka Dani Sheridan)
Her stepfather was the late Telly Savalas, of Kojak fame
Has a halfbrother, Nicholas Savalas (born 02/24/1973)
Named worst-dressed celebrity by Mr. Blackwell on 2004
Sings in “The Second Time Around”, in Bolton’s album Bolton Swings Sinatra
Her great grandmother was of Punjabi Indian descent
Has just one ear pierced
Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world in 1990
Appeared in the music video and sang in the choir of the song “Voices That Care” in 1992
Lost the part of Grace Adler in Will & Grace to Debra Messing in the final auditions
A great animal lover, currently owns 2 dogs: white golden retriever Oliver and bearded-collie/terrier mix Fatty Princess
Fatty Princess is 12 years old
Her former dog, briad Geronimo, selected Fatty as “his girl” in 1999 on a visit to the local dog pound. Geronimo passed away in 2004
Originally auditioned for the role of Bree Van de Kamp before auditioning and receiving the role of Edie Britt
Likes motorbikes
Named #48 on Maxim’s 2006 Hot 100 list
Was part of the London Fog campaign benefit The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Did kickboxing for about a year
Her director chair on Desperate Housewives was labeled ‘Naughty Nic’, a present by costar Eva Longoria
Her favourite song while growing up was “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
Owned a cat as a child called Ragamuffin with whom she played hide and seek
Does snorkel and scuba diving
Was asked to audition for her role on The Sure Thing in a bikini, she told director Rob Reiner she didn’t think he could handle it
Was an honours student and excelled in every sport
While growing up, she wanted to become a lawyer
She was one of the six most beautiful women on television for late photographer Francesco Scavullo. Others were: Kim Alexis, Delta Burke, Diane Sawyer, Phylicia Rashed and Courtney Cox
Owns her favourite Tomasz Rut’s painting: Manu Forti
During the 1993/1994 pilot season was set to star in The Incredigirls, the other main role was offered to Jane Leeves.
Before working on Desperate Housewives, Nicollette had previously shared the screen with co-stars Doug Savant and Marcia Cross (Knots Landing); and guest-stars Richard Roundtree (Shadows Of Desire), Carol Burnett (Noises Off…), Adrian Pasdar (Shadows Of Desire) and Gary Cole (A Time To Heal).
On March 1991, signed to work on Columbia Pictures’ Machine Gun Kelly as Kate Shannon; Kelly’s wife who was a kidnapper and gangster woman.