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Melissa Tkautz

Melissa Tkautz

Actor · Born January 24, 1974 (52) · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Melissa Natalie Tkautz (born 24 January 1974) is an Australian actress, singer, model, and presenter. She played the role of Nikki Spencer on the popular Australian TV soap opera E Street, from September 1990 to May 1993. During the early 1990s she had a solo music career, performing mononymously as Melissa, and had top 20 hits on the ARIA Singles Chart with "Read My Lips" (Number One, June 1991), "Sexy (Is the Word)" (No. 3, September) and "Skin to Skin" (No. 16, April 1992). "Read My Lips" also became a Number One hit in Sweden. Her debut album, Fresh, was released in June 1992 and peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart. After her stint on E Street, Tkautz has appeared on Paradise Beach (1993–94), Pacific Drive (1996–98), All Saints (2001–02, 2004), Swift and Shift Couriers (2008, 2011) and Housos (2011). Her modelling career has included early child modelling, then as a teen in various pop entertainment magazines and from 1996 on fashion and men's magazines. On 4 December 2005, she issued her second solo album, Lost & Found, which provide a single, her cover version of "The Glamorous Life", which appeared in the top 40. In August 2011 she issued a compilation album, The Hits & More. In February 2009 Tkautz married a finance businessman, Kwesi Nicholas, her partner of five years; outside her performance career she uses her married name, Melissa Nicholas. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Born
January 24, 1974 (52)
From
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Works as
Actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 25% in 30 days

Where can I watch Melissa Tkautz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Melissa Tkautz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Darradong Local Council (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 9 episodes · as Tanya

  • The Possessed(2021)

    as Shania

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Boar(2017)

    as Sasha

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Housos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Cheree

  • Swift and Shift Couriers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 19 episodes · as Melissa Shembry

  • Thank God You're Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • BeastMaster(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Young Woman in pool

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Medivac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 48 episodes · Actor

  • Pacific Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 101 episodes · as Bethany Daniels

  • Echo Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jules

  • Paradise Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 260 episodes · Actor

  • The Girl from Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 3 episodes · as Maria

  • The Girl From Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Maria

  • Police Rescue(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen Catteau

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • E Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 156 episodes · as Nikki Spencer

Career shape

Biggest box office

The Possessed (2021)

$233K worldwide

Highest rated

The Possessed (2021)

Midcredits 36th