Nicole Anais Petallides (born September 20, 1971 in Queens, New York), who is of Greek descent, is an anchor for the Fox Business Network, which began broadcasting on October 15, 2007. Petallides, along with Jenna Lee, were the first two anchors on the air when the network made its debut.
Petallides is the daughter of Fannie Holliday and John C. Petallides. Her father owns U.S. Amfax, a New York company that does telemarketing and promotions, a similar company called Salesforce 911, and Parent Reach, an emergency broadcast company. Her mother, an immigrant from Cyprus, is the founder and chief operating officer of Proini, a Greek-language daily newspaper, and of The Greek American, an English-language weekly newspaper.
Nicole graduated from Buckley Country Day School in 1985 and the American University in 1993. In 1998, she married Manhattan dentist Nicholas Tsiolas in a ceremony performed by Archbishop Spyridon of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States.