When did Nicole Walker first appear on Days of Our Lives? Character’s timeline explored

Nicole Walker was played by Arianne Zucker on the Peacock soap opera Days of Our Lives for over 25 years. The character recently left the town of Salem with her husband Eric Brady and son Jude for their well-being and to start a new life together.

Nicole Walker first appeared on Days of Our Lives in 1998, with her first episode airing on February 27, 1998, after which she continued on the show till February 10, 2006. With a brief break of two years, the character reappeared on the show on April 2, 2008, until her exit from Salem on July 29, 2024.

The exit of the character from Days of Our Lives is because Zucker’s contract is not getting renewed. Previously, Arianne Zucker had accused Albert Alarr, director and producer of the show, of se**al harassment, after which Albert was removed from the crew.

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Journey of Nicole Walker on Days of Our Lives

Nicole Walker was introduced on Days of Our Lives on February 27, 1998. Nicole arrived in Salem as a waitress with a dream to become a model. She was encouraged by Eric Brady, but her past haunted her as Jay, her ex-boyfriend, tried to threaten her.

Eric and Nicole’s developing relationship soon took a back seat as Nicole married Lucas for money, but the marriage didn’t last long. After she divorced Lucas, Nicole got along with Victor Kiriakis, but this marriage also had its own troubles, including the fake death of Victor. When Victor was found alive, the marriage soon collapsed.

Soon after this, Nicole started dating Brady Black but was rejected by him later, after which she left Salem for a while and moved to Los Angeles. After she came back to the town, she found that her marriage with Victor was not even legal, but by the time she had already moved on in her life with EJ DiMera.

Her relationship with EJ was again not so easy, as she faked her pregnancy just to take away EJ’s child from Sami. She was then jailed for her actions, and when she got out, her relationship with EJ also met a dead end as he cheated on her with her sister Taylor.

Nicole had several turbulent relationships, including her relationship with Daniel Jonas and Rafe Hernandez. Nicole was destroyed after going through several miscarriages, and her sadness also created conflict in the life of Jennifer Horton, who even considered ending her life because of that.

Soon after, Eric Brady returned back to Salem as a priest, and as soon as he ended his journey as a priest, both of them resolved their past grudges and misunderstandings to give a new chance to their relationship. Before things could work out, Eric met an accident. He survived, but Daniel lost his life.

In 2016 on Days of Our Lives, Nicole found out that she is the mother of Holly, who was born through the process of in-vitro fertilization. Even though at that point Nicole was going to marry Deimos Kiriakis, she backed off and started dating Eric Brady again.

Eric took Nicole with her when they left the town, but when Nicole came back in 2018, she was stuck in a miserable marriage with Xander. Everyone thought that she died in the explosion at the warehouse, but in 2019, she returned back and revealed that she had asked Kristen DiMera to pretend to be her just to keep Holly safe.

This was again followed by a reconciliation between Eric and Nicole, but things still were not sorted out as the secret about Sarah’s child was unanswered. Since then their relationship has been full of complications, and in 2020 they finally got married.

In the recent exit storyline of Eric and Nicole on Days of Our Lives, the couple left Salem and moved to Paris to live a more peaceful and less turbulent life with their son Jude.

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