Home and Away star Ada Nicodemou has written her first-ever children’s book, Mia Megastar, inspired by elements of her own life.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, the 46-year-old shared insights into the inspiration behind her book.
She disclosed that it draws from her own experiences as a young girl with aspirations of becoming a star, to growing up with migrant parents from Greece in Sydney.
‘I never had a book like this growing up, I didn’t really have people on TV that looked like me either,’ Nicodemou told the publication.
‘I hope it is going to hopefully touch a lot of girls out there from different backgrounds because we talk about our culture. When you’re growing up, you want to see culture related back to you and hopefully this book does that,’ she added.
Nicodemou’s son, her brother, and her mother are some of the real life individuals the actress based her book characters on.
‘It is quite fun, it pokes fun at my Greek culture and just the hilarious rules that my mum has that make no sense,’ she said.
The actress has starred as Leah Patterson-Baker on Home and Away for 23 years.
And Ada’s character is set to wed fiancée Justin Morgan, portrayed by James Stewart.
It was recently announced that Matt Little, 31, who portrayed Leah’s son VJ Patterson from 2014 to 2017, will return for a cameo appearance.
His character was last seen on screens in 2017 when he fled to Cyprus with baby Luc, the daughter of his late wife Billie.
Home and Away shared a sneak peak of the wedding on Monday.
VJ could be seen walking a smiling Leah down the aisle towards Justin.
Fans will have to wait until April to see Leah’s fourth wedding on the show.
