Nicky Whelan (born 1983) is an Australian actress and model best known for her role as Pepper Steiger in the Australian television series Neighbours.

The grand daughter of AFL brownlow medalist, Marcus Whelan, before Neighbours, Whelan hosted a number of shows including Coxy's Big Break, Seven Network, Beyond the Boundary, Ten Network, Melbourne Woman, Ten Network, and played the fictional celebrity Chrissie Grant on Russell Coight's Celebrity Challenge, a spin-off of All Aussie Adventures.

Whelan is also known as the face of the rural Victorian city, Shepparton, and she also hosted the night racing at Mooney Valley for eight years.

Whelan has also posed for a number of Australian magazines, including Ralph and Inside Sport. She was the first model to be on the cover of the Pumped Up Down Under calendar two years running[citation needed]. She was voted sports model of the year 2004 and 2005. She has been dubbed 'The Body' in her native Australia.

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