Brit Neighbours actress Nicola Charles reveals two co-stars tried to have her deported for taking jobs from Australians
BRITISH Neighbours star Nicola Charles has revealed two cast members tried to have her deported from Australia during her time on the show.
The actress - who played Sarah Beaumont in the Channel 5 soap in the 1990s and 2010s - claims she was targeted for not being Australian.
Viewers will remember Sarah for her affair with Dr Karl Kennedy behind wife Susan’s back - it destroyed their marriage and made international headlines.
However behind the scenes the drama was not contained to on the show.
In her memoir Soap Star, previewed in The Herald Sun, Nicola says she found a handwritten letter sent to the immigration department during her time on the show.
She says it was sent shortly after her six-month probation period on the show ended in 1996 - just as her contract was due to be extended.
"I did know who they were, the individuals who did it, but I thought - who goes to that length, and what have I done to be disliked that much?" she wrote.
"That experience coloured my relationships with everyone on the cast and crew, because I kind of felt nervous about trusting anyone after that."
She added: "Then my immigration lawyer told me the letter complained that a British actor had been given a full-time role on the show, thus taking a job away from an Australian.
"But the show employed me as a British actor. I was written into the show.”
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Nicola has not named the two co-stars in question.
Her autobiography will be released on Friday.