Once Ramsay Street's resident femme fatale, the former actress has since dabbled in right-wing politics, conspiracy theories and even accused her co-stars of a deportation plot

A former Neighbours star who shot to fame playing a homewrecker in the Australian soap left her TV career behind – to become a right-wing politician and conspiracy theorist.

Back in the mid-1990s, Nicola Charles played Sarah Beaumont, Ramsay Street's resident seductress. Her character is best remembered for her steamy affair with Dr Karl Kennedy.

Sarah's antics left viewers livid as her secret kisses with Dr Karl threatened to wreck the family man's marriage to Susan, who was the headteacher at the local high school.

Nicola, a former model, left the soap in 1999, returning briefly in 2013 and 2016. In more rec

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