Nicola formby biography


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Nicola Formby

South African model, actress and journalist

Nicola Formby

Born

Nicola Elizabeth Formby


(1965-04-22) 22 April 1965 (age 59)

South Africa

Occupation(s)Journalist, food consultant
Years active1983–present
Partner

A. A. Gill

(m. 1995; died 2016)​
Children2

Nicola Elizabeth Formby (born 22 April 1965) is a South African journalist, company director and food consultant, and a former model and actress.

Life and career

Born in South Africa in 1965,[1] Formby has recalled that while she was growing up there "dogs lived in kennels outside and never ever came into the house with their muddy paws".[2] She came to England and was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. In her teens, David Bailey photographed her for a magazine cover and said she reminded him of Julie Christie. This led to modelling work for Clairol and Wella and to TV comm Nicola formby photo shoot!