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{{short description|American actress}}
{{About|the actress|the Canadian athlete|Nicole Forrester}}
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| birth_place = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], U.S.
| birthname = Nicole Theresa Schmidt
| spouse = {{marriage|Paul Brown
| children = 2
| notable_works = ''[[Guiding Light]]''
| years_active = 1995–present
}}
'''Nicole Forester''' (born November 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as
==Early life==
Forester was born Nicole Theresa Schmidt in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]. She began dance training at the age of five and began working locally in professional [[musical theatre]] at the age of
==Career==
Her early work in Los Angeles included roles in the television series ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[The Single Guy]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'', and ''[[Mister Sterling]]'', among others. Forester guest starred in two of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' [[Spin-off (media)|spin-offs]], playing a [[List of games in Star Trek#Dabo girls|dabo girl]] in the ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "[[Distant Voices (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Distant Voices]]", and Nora in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[Horizon (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Horizon]]".
After moving to New York City in 2005, Forester booked the coveted contract role of "Cassie Layne Winslow" on [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Guiding Light]]'', replacing the originating actress, [[Laura Wright]]. In her three years on the show, Forester performed in nearly 300 episodes and received a Lead Actress [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nomination for her work in 2008.
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In 2010, [[David Schwimmer]] cast Forester in his film, ''[[Trust (2010 film)|Trust]]'', starring [[Clive Owen]] and [[Catherine Keener]]. Also in 2010 (and while 7 months pregnant with her second child), Forester worked with [[Richard Gere]] in ''[[The Double (2011 film)|The Double]]'', directed by [[Michael Brandt]]. In 2012, Forester appeared in ''[[Jack Reacher (film)|Jack Reacher]]'', starring [[Tom Cruise]] and directed by Academy Award-winner [[Christopher McQuarrie]].
In 2012, Forester filmed season two of
==Personal life==
She is married to Paul Brown and they have two children: Frances Eleanor, born on February 11, 2009,<ref>[http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/28/nicole-forester-welcomes-daughter-frances-eleanor/ Nicole Forester Welcomes Daughter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504164042/http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/28/nicole-forester-welcomes-daughter-frances-eleanor/ |date=2009-05-04 }} Celebrity Baby Blog, February 28, 2009</ref> and Paul Walker III, born on October 14, 2010.
Of French and German descent, Forester spent three years studying German at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]] and, in 2006, a term at the [[Goethe]] Institut in [[Schwaebisch Hall]], [[Germany]].
An avid knitter, Forester models on the cover of and inside the book ''Greetings from Knit Cafe'' by former [[CBS]] vice president, Suzan Mischer.
==Awards and nominations==
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{{succession box | title=[[Cassie Layne Winslow]] actress| before=[[Laura Wright]]| after=none| years=2005–2008}}
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