Nicole Parker is best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked.  Since playing the green witch in the Broadway company, she has reprised the role for the First National Tour of Wicked. Nicole’s other Broadway credits include Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and The People in the Picture with Donna Murphy.  Most recently, Nicole played Celine Dion in the Off-Broadway sensation Titanique.  Other regional work includes Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at the MUNY, Peter Pan Goes Wrong at La Mirada Theater, and portraying Joan Rivers in the new play Joan, produced by Melissa Rivers at the Cape Playhouse. Nicole hosts an improv comedy podcast with Paul F. Tompkins called "The Neighborhood Listen."

For six years, Nicole was also a cast member and contributing writer on Fox's MADtv.  For two years, Nicole was a performer and write for Boom Chicago, an all-American sketch and improvisation theater in Amsterdam.  Nicole’s film credits include Funny People, directed by Judd Apatow as well as the short films Weathered and Sitting Babies. She was featured as a guest star on the mock game show Bunk on IFC, as well as on ABC in Trust Us with Your Life, an improvisation show from the creators of Whose Line Is It Anyway?  She is also a founding member of Waterwell, a non-profit theater company in New York.  

A frequent soloist with orchestras around the country, past and upcoming performances include Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Seattle Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Utah Symphony and Opera, St. Louis Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Colorado Symphony, the Philly Pops, Greensboro Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Orlando Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Detroit Symphony among many others.