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Neighbours star Nicola Charles claims cast tried to get her deported

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Nicola Charles (pictured in 1998) was a model and actress and is now an author

Former Neighbours actress Nicola Charles has claimed two of her cast mates once tried to get her deported back to the UK.

Charles, who played Sarah Beaumont in the soap for two stints in the 1990s and 2010s, alleges she was targeted for "taking a job from an Australian".

Her character was best known for having an affair with Dr Karl Kennedy.

Charles made the claim in her forthcoming memoir, Soap Star, which has been previewed in The Herald Sun.

Fremantle Media, which produces the long-running Australian soap, has been ed by the BBC for a comment.

In her book, Charles alleges that she found a handwritten letter sent to the immigration department shortly after her six-month probation period on Neighbours ended in 1996, just as her contract was about to be extended.

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Charles (right) was part of a love triangle on the soap

She does not name the two cast in question.

"I did know who they were, the individuals who did it, but I thought - who goes to that length, and what have I done to be disliked that much":[]}