years_active birth_place label image_size article_title name birth_date background instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
1990 -- present sydney , new south wales , australia phantom , rajon , central station , independent , westside , j & b , big 71kb melissa tkautz
 melissa tkautz 24 january 1974 solo_singer vocals pop , dance , europop sydney , new south wales , australia melissa natalie tkautz actress , singer-songwriter , model
melissa tkautz

melissa natalie tkautz -lrb- born 24 january 1974 -rrb- is an australian actress , singer-songwriter and model .
as an actress tkautz had 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 '' -lrb- no. 1 , june 1991 -rrb- , `` sexy -lrb- is the word -rrb- '' -lrb- no. 3 , september -rrb- and `` skin to skin '' -lrb- no. 16 , april 1992 -rrb- .
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 '' -lrb- 1993 -- 94 -rrb- , `` pacific drive '' -lrb- 1996 -- 98 -rrb- , `` all saints '' -lrb- 2001 -- 02 , 2004 -rrb- , `` swift and shift couriers '' -lrb- 2008 , 2011 -rrb- and `` housos '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
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 and 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 .
