Too Hot to Handle's Nicole O'Brien: 'I've learned to stop being a people-pleaser'

"I’m really not made for a nine-to-five - I can’t sit still for a long period of time either."

Nicole O'Brien: "The life lesson I would like to pass on is to do what makes you happy, not what makes others happy because then you’re essentially living your life for the entertainment and happiness of other people."

I’m from Inishannon in Cork. I’ve two sisters, we’re a family of five. It was all music in my house. If you asked me to hit a sliotar, I couldn’t tell you how to do it. I definitely think I was born to be the person I am meant to be. I’ve always had one specific dream: To be a singer. I’ve always been driven. I didn’t want to let anything stop me from pursuing that vision.

I was in a good few stage schools growing up from the age of four to 18 - CADA and the Sarah Callanan School of Dance.