Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur from Runcorn, United Kingdom. Roberts rose to fame in 2002 after auditioning for the ITV reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals and winning a place in the girl group Girls Aloud. The group was one of the few UK reality television acts to achieve continued success, amassing a joint fortune of £25 million by May 2009. With Girls Aloud,