<P> The character came to Salem as a small town waitress, but almost immediately started getting involved with the major families that the show revolved around . While once being seen as a scheming gold - digger, Nicole has grown into a woman committed to finding love and being a good mother . She is known for her longstanding feud with her enemy, Sami Brady, her relationships with Eric Brady, Victor Kiriakis, Brady Black and EJ DiMera, and the 2009 Baby Switch story line which featured Nicole having a miscarriage; lying to her husband; and stealing Sami's baby, Sydney . </P> <P> Overworked and underpaid waitress Nicole comes to Salem with dreams of becoming a model and meets Eric Brady (Jensen Ackles). Eric convinces his sister Sami (Alison Sweeney) to give Nicole a modeling contract landing Nicole on the cover of Bella magazine . Despite her success, Nicole seems to be hiding something . It is eventually revealed that Nicole is being followed by her ex-boyfriend, Jay . As Eric and Nicole fall in love, a jealous Jay threatens to tell Nicole's secrets . Nicole develops friendships with Sami and Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow), even planning out Sami's bachelorette party . Kate's son and Sami's ex-boyfriend Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) starts showering Nicole with gifts despite his mother's disapproval; Lucas wants to use Nicole to get custody of his son Will from Sami . Meanwhile, Nicole's sister, Taylor Raines (Katherine Ellis) comes to Salem and befriends Eric and Lucas uses the relationship to keep Nicole and Eric apart so he can have her for himself . Taylor catches on to Lucas's schemes and skips town while Nicole agrees to marriage in exchange for $5 million leaving Eric devastated and running him out of town . When Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston) takes the money away from her, Nicole decides to help Sami regain custody of Will . Also, a brief cancer scare forces Nicole to realize the error of her ways . She shares a brief reunion with Eric and divorces Lucas . However, Eric helps Nicole open up about her troubled past and being forced into porn as a teenager by her father, Paul Mendez . Nicole cozies up to Victor by exposing Kate's plot to kill him and also uses his grandson Brady Black (Kyle Lowder) in her schemes . Victor and Nicole eventually marry on New Year's Eve in 2002 only for Nicole to fake his death with the help of Jan Spears (Heather Lauren Olson), leaving Nicole as the wealthy grieving widow who has fallen for her step grandson . However, Nicole's plans begin to unravel when Victor is discovered alive . Meanwhile, in an effort to keep Brady for herself, Nicole tries to disfigure his presumed dead first love, Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin) during surgery with help from Stan (Dan Wells) and Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis). Nicole learns that Stan is actually Sami in disguise and threatens to expose her . However, Sami exposes Nicole's schemes instead and Brady kicks her out of his life believing she was behind Chloe's "death ." Nicole later goes into business with Sami and Austin Reed (Austin Peck). In 2006, she agrees to move to Los Angeles to manage the newly acquired branch of the company . Before leaving town, Nicole has a one - night stand with Sami's father, Roman Brady (Josh Taylor). </P> <P> After her departure, it is mentioned that Nicole had plans to marry "some soap actor ." This was presumably a nod to Zucker's marriage to her former Days of Our Lives costar, Kyle Lowder, who played Brady . </P> <P> Nicole resurfaces in 2008 and announces that she and Victor are still legally married . Nicole hires EJ DiMera (James Scott) to help her with the divorce only for Nicole to discover that she is still married to her first husband, Trent Robbins (Roscoe Born), making her subsequent marriages to Lucas and Victor invalid . Nicole had married Trent when she was in college but she left him because he was abusive; however, she never filed for divorce . EJ starts using Nicole to make his soon to be ex-wife Sami jealous and after Sami dumps him, EJ and Nicole end up having sex in an elevator . Nicole is a prime suspect when Trent is found dead in September 2008, but she is exonerated . Nicole later discovers she is pregnant, and knowing she was not supposed to have children, Nicole considers the child to be a "miracle ." EJ and Nicole move in together only for her to miscarry . Realizing that EJ loved their baby and not her, Nicole fakes her pregnancy fearing he will leave her . Nicole discovers that EJ is still in love with Sami, so she adopts Mia McCormick (Taylor Spreitler)'s baby with help from Dr. Richard Baker (John Callahan) and passes the child off as her own . To make matters worse, Nicole switches Mia's child with Sami and EJ's baby allowing EJ to raise the child even though Sami planned to keep him from the child . Nicole names the child, Sydney only for her lies to be exposed when the child's father, Chad Peterson - Woods (Casey Deidrick) tries to sue for custody . Nicole is sent to prison for her crimes and later released with the help of Anna DiMera (Leann Hunley). </P>

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