Nicola Rubinstein

Nicola Rubinstein is a fictional character and supporting protagonist of the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. She debuted on 12th June 2017 and became one of the show's central protagonists up until her departure just over a year later on 13th June 2018, before later making a five-episode reappearance in early 2019.
She was portrayed by .
==History==
Nicola Rubinstein was born on 15th May 1990, conceived by her mother Annabel and supposedly the latter's romantic partner Issac. Later on that year, the couple died in a car crash and Nicola grew up as an orphan.
By 2017, now 27-years-old since the day she was born, Nicola has become a social worker. She was soon assigned in Coronation Street to become a caseworker for wayward delinquent Seb Franklin. During one of her assignments, Nicola got in touch with Seb's employer Pat Phelan to talk about his future. As time went on, however, Phelan began to take a unique interest in Nicola after learning about the identity of her late mother. 
It soon transpired that Phelan had known Annabel years ago, which he told his wife Eileen Grimshaw about before later suspecting that Nicola is his daughter. Phelan's suspicions were further aroused when Nicola found out about his unique interest in her and confronted him about it, which caused Phelan to explain that to Nicola that he believes she is his daughter. The two gradually started to bond despite Nicola's reservations about coming to terms with discovering her parentage. Eventually, she agreed to do a DNA test and it is later confirmed that Phelan is indeed her biological father.
Over the next few weeks, Nicola bonded with Phelan and moved in to live with him and Eileen at their house. She soon became acquainted with local builder Gary Windass and they had a one-night stand. Nicola soon got pregnant and told Phelan about it. He was pleased despite being unhappy to learn that Gary was the father. Nicola soon noticed that both Gary and Phelan dislike each other, but neither are willing to explain their reasons to her when she asked them about it on separate occasions.
In October that year, Nicola reacquainted herself with her mother's friend Lydia Hartman and told her about her recent events. Lydia was happy to learn that Nicola was pregnant but was horrified to learn that Phelan was her father. Nicola's suspicions were soon confirmed when Seb was rushed to hospital and she got acquainted with Gary's mother Anna Windass. The pair had a chat and Nicola asked Anna about Phelan, having noticed the tensions between them. Anna soon revealed the truth to Nicola. A few years ago, Phelan had gone into business partnership with Anna's boyfriend Owen Armstrong at the time the latter employed Gary as his protégé. But then Phelan blackmailed Gary and Owen until he forced Anna to sleep with him in exchange for ending their torment. Consequently, Phelan raped Anna and caused her relationship with Owen to be destroyed.
The next day, Nicola decided to visit Lydia again to learn the truth about her parentage. Lydia was forced to admit that Annabel had indeed slept with Phelan, but that he had forced himself on her and the pair did not have an affair as he had claimed beforehand - this causing Nicola to realize that Phelan had actually raped her mother. Nicola later summoned Phelan and confronted him over the rape allegations. Phelan protested his innocence, but Nicola didn't believe him and stated that Anna was telling the truth all along. Nicola then disowned her father and told him to stay away from her.
Over a year later, Nicola agreed to help Gary expose Phelan's crimes. This soon worked successfully before Phelan returned on a gun-wielding rampage no sooner after Nicola had given birth to her son Zack. In a struggle, Phelan accidentally shot Nicola and called for help. Phelan is later killed by Anna before he could escape, and Nicola recuperates before deciding to leave the street with her baby.
==Trivia==
*Nicola Thorp (the actress who played Nicola Rubinstein) was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" category at the 2018 British Soap Awards.
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