title: Claudia Carroll
text: # Claudia Carroll
  
  Claudia Carroll (born c. 1969) is an Irish author and actress. She has been a regular on the RTÉ One soap opera Fair City.
  
  ## Life and work
  
  Born in Dublin where she still lives, Carroll was educated in University College Dublin, the College of Music in Dublin and of the Gaiety School of Acting. She plays the character of Nicola Prendergast on the Irish TV soap Fair City appearing in the role for fourteen years. While she was working Carroll was also writing her first novel in her dressing room. That book was published in 2004. Eventually she left the show in 2007 and focused on her writing although she has made guest appearances of her character.
  
  