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BIOGRAPHY

Adam Rickitt
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Adam's career was launched in 1997 when he was catapulted to fame as the young and gorgeous Nick Tilsley in Granada Television's top soap Coronation Street.

However, it could all have been so different as Adam was set to go to Oxbridge to study law. Failing that he was planning to follow his father into banking but just before he left school he was signed up by Take That's former manager Nigel Martin-Smith. Nigel immediately spotted his potential and snapped up the young Manchester actor.

Adam's first love has always been drama and he immediately managed to land his first television acting job in the UK's most watched show - Coronation Street. For two years Adam's character Nicky coped with an over protective screen mum - Gail, studied hard at college, and did nude life modelling, not to mention teenage marriage and pregnancy!

Despite the great storylines Adam was sad to leave Britain's most famous street - "I've had a brilliant time in Corrie. I owe it so much but I felt it was time to move on." Adam took a change of direction and made his pop debut. His first single, "I Breathe Again" went straight to the Top 10 at no 5, and he undertook an exhaustive tour of the UK and Europe promoting his debut "Gold selling" album "Good Times".

Adam then resumed his acting career starring as Mark Cohen in the UK National touring of highly acclaimed musical "Rent" moving to the West End of London in December 2001 for a record breaking run.

Adam also has a number of film and TV projects in development, the first of which was Emergency Exit

Following a spell in Los Angeles discussing these future movie projects, Adam returned to the London stage to star in a Bill Kenwright production Office Games.

Adam was asked by Granada to return to the role of Nick in Coronation Street on several occasions. And having secured some very interesting and explosive storylines for the character, Adam can now be seen back on your screens, four nights a week in the major UK ratings and award winning serial until July 2004.

Time has now come for Adam to move on from Coronation Street and he is planning initially a return to the stage with a new play Final Judgement with a number of film and other projects in the pipeline.

Official Site: http://www.adamrickitt.com/