By Susan Knox
Nicole Scherzinger celebrated turning 47 by sharing a sun-soaked beach clip on Instagram , showing off her toned physique in a black-and-white striped bikini. The singer and Tony Award winner, who has reportedly put her solo album on hold, posed confidently by the shore, her long, wavy hair falling freely as waves rolled in behind her. She captioned the reel to her 7.1 million followers with a cheeky nod to her age: 鈥46 you were Golden鈥, while overlaying the video with the words: 鈥淧OV: People born in 2000 are turning 25… and so am I.鈥 In a second clip, Nicole appeared in meditation by the ocean, revealing her sculpted abs and reflecting on the year ahead: 鈥淩eflecting with deep gratitude as another year rises on the horizon. So grateful for every breath, for every sunrise and sunset. Thank you God for another year.鈥 It comes after Nicole said her recent Tony Award win is part of a “healing process” after years of feeling disrespected and disregarded by the entertainment industry. Former X Factor judge Nicole broke down in tears when accepting the best actress honour for her role on Sunset Boulevard praising her family and fiance Thom Evans for his continued support. She had detailed her upset and frustration at being treated like a pop flop and 鈥減ut in a box鈥 for over a decade after the Pussycat Dolls success. The American star now plans to build a movie career and continue stage shows, including creating her own, asserting: “I’d love to do it all.” The singer was told applying for stage and screen roles was a 鈥渁 waste of time鈥 for over a decade and branded nothing more than a past it girl band star. She said she feels vindicated to have financially banked and created her own solo show, performing show tunes, at small venues across London and the US. Nicole admitted: “This has been a very healing process for me. I always felt like I wasn’t living in my full potential and full purpose. I was never happy with myself. It is because I knew I had so much more to give. And this role and this opportunity allowed me to give all of me. It’s changed my life. “But it has been hard. It has not been an easy road. I am so grateful that I am able to connect to people on a spiritual and soulful level and I could make a difference in these people’s lives. That is exactly what we do it for. So I am thankful.” She added: “I am living in my dream. This is my childhood dream come true. I feel like I win every night when people tell me the impact of how my performances impact them. This has been 30 years in the making and I’ve been working and fighting for this my whole life. “I am completely out of my mind. I just want to go home and cry for a very long time. I won a Tony against an unbelievable category of (women) But I have come home (Broadway) and am back where I was born to be. I mean this – Love always wins.鈥 Nicole concluded: “I want to do it all. I would like to do movies and movie musicals. I would like to build my own show. There are roles I would like to create. It’s validating and it’s fulfilling because I know that I’m on the right path. I know I’m back where I was born to be.” Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads .