Nicola was raised in London where she started out her career as a fashion model – during which time film director Guy Ritchie cast her and her identical twin sister Teena in his film ‘Snatch’.

Despite her success in front of the lens, Nicola's true passion lay with what goes on behind it. She has been taking photographs since the age of fourteen and her first solo exhibition was in Los Angeles for her series ‘Love Them & Leave Them’.

A woman of many talents, she went on to direct her first documentary feature film ‘The End: British gangsters’, released in 2008, in which she explored her own family’s gangster ties. The film was critically-acclaimed and went on to win multiple awards.