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 199394 Pacific Drive 199698 All Saints 200102 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 mens 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