She is of Greek Cypriot descent. Her parents fled to Australia during the Turkish Cypriot war in 1974.
Got pregnant with her son Johnas with the help of IVF in late 2011 after a few years of attempts to conceive naturally.
Gave birth to her second child at age 37, a stillborn son Harrison Xipolitas on August 7, 2014 2 months premature. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Chrys Xipolitas.
Last name is pronounced Nico*de*mou (with the emphasis on 'de').
At 15 she auditioned for a new show called Heartbreak High (1994) and in March of the following year, when she was about to turn 16, she was called in for a 12-week guest stint. This short stint turned into a three-year
role where she played the character of Katerina Ioannou (nicknamed Kat).