b'S hes a dancer, singer, model, actor, musician, choreog-rapher, make up artist, ballet teacher, filmmaker, con-struction worker, and the star of many contemporary music videos. Shes the whole package. Shes Nicole Amber Farrugia, Port Perry born and raised.Im getting closer to my dreams, commented the mul-ti-talented 25-year-old resident of Blackstock. Her career is really taking off.Nicole is a Canadian-British actress, with dual citizen-shipandagentsinbothcountries,becauseherparents hailed from the U.K. Her new Toronto agent is finding her a variety of opportunities.You may have seen Nicoles amazing performances in many popular music videos available to enjoy viewing on YouTube: Dancing in the snow to Bury A Friend by Billie Elish. Dancing barefoot to Overwhelmed by Royal and the Serpent. Dancing by the lake to Sail by AWOLNATION. Wearing boots in the woods, Nicoles interpretative cho-reography to Jersey on the Wall by Tenille Townes is also memorable. Her gentle grace as a ballerina is showcased in Never Enough by Loren Allred.Nicolehasmasteredadiversityofdancestyles. Sometimesherchoreographyisplayful;othertimesthe mood is pensive.In two months, Nicoles powerful performance in record-ing artist Ian Ardens new music video Nadia, had 70,000 views. A photo of the beautiful brunette graces the cover of Ians new vinyl album.Nadia was an incredible collaboration, she enthused. For the first time, she worked with a green screen. When the makeup was running down my face, I was sitting in a plastic tub and someone poured water over my head from a watering can, she revealed. We filmed for an entire day and it was crunched down to four minutes.Nadia is on the theme of mental health. So is Nicoles Nicole is extremely proud of gracing the album cover of Songs ofdance routine Consumed by Fear, which was created for the NICOLEstage, then, captured on film. topromotementalhealth Rebecca.Theseplatformsaregood awareness, commented Nicole. In the past, people didnt feel comfortable talking about it. AMBER Dancing is all about telling a story through movement. I love to try to connect with viewers live or on screen. At age 17, Nicole fell in love with film and TV.Originally, Nicole was cast in the TV series Reign as a beautiful woman in a purple ball gown, fated to meet the FARRUGIAKing when he walked down the grand hall of the castle. In a later scene, Nicoles character had to appear in a long ruffled white nightgown. But when someone in wardrobe asked how old she was, and learned that she was underage, she lost this role. Nicole still appeared in the show, and re-ally enjoyed the learning experience.I was in awe of the environment of the set, she recalled.Loves Her CareerInSpinMasterToysHow-ToVideos,versatileNicole does voiceovers and hand modelling.Even When Water IsThe new PetSmart commercial that Nicole appears in will air soon. This was a fun experience, she said. As an actor, I Poured Over Her Head! Please turn to page 4FOCUS - MAY 20233'