“It’s a fearless talent,” says theatrical producer John Frost of Nikki Webster, the Sydney schoolgirl who rose above enormous sea creatures and floated into fame at the Olympic opening ceremony. “This kid just walks in and takes over and just commands the stage.” And she’s about to take charge of a lot more. When WHO caught up with Nikki just after her mesmerising and angelic performance as Dream Girl, the then 12-year-old spoke of her big chance. “I hope it makes me well-known,” she said, “because my dream is to make a CD and to be in a movie. And if I am well-known, people will buy the CDs and watch the movies – that would be my dream.” She must sleep with fairy dust under her pillow: earlier this month Nikki signed with Gotham/BMG Records and will soon take centre-stage in the recording studio. But first up is a trip to South Africa in February to star in the Hollywood film Vanilla Gorilla. Says Frost, who discovered Nikki when he cast her in his ’99 production of The Sound of Music: “I see a major career for Nikki.” That might be the understatement of the year.

Source: Who Magazine
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