Nicola Jane Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programs from the 1990s onward, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011 and DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten from 2015 to 2021. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.
Bio:
Nicola Jane Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programs from the 1990s onward, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011 and DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten from 2015 to 2021. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.
Tivia:
Her son Harry (born in 2006) is named after Harry Pearce, the character of her co-star Peter Firth in Spooks.She left the hit television series MI-5 (2002) to give birth to her first child.Olivier award winner for the play: 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime'.Attended Cambridge University where she met dramatist Sarah Phelps and comedian Sue Perkins. After graduation the three shared various London flats along with actress Emma Kennedy.Started off in the Cambridge Footlights.
Nicola Jane Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programs from the 1990s onward, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011 and DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten from 2
Trivia:
Her son Harry (born in 2006) is named after Harry Pearce, the character of her co-star Peter Firth in Spooks.She left the hit television series MI-5 (2002) to give birth to her first child.Olivier award winner for the play: 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime'.Attended Cambridge University where she met dramatist Sarah Phelps and comedian Sue Perkins. After graduation the three shared various London flats along with actress Emma Kennedy.Started off in the Cambridge Footlights.
Quotes:
We end up reacting on a daily basis to the scripts rather than planning in advance. It makes for a real fear factor - there are terrified actors mumbling lines in corners a lot of the time! (On MI-5 (2002))
Job title:
Actress,Soundtrack
Others works:
Theatre: 2002 - 'Kate' in "Free", by Simon Bowen, at Royal National Theatre, London.
(2002) She acted in Angus MacLachlan's play, "The Dead Eye Boy," at the Hampstead Theatre in London, England with Brendan Coyle and Si
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Nicola Jane Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programs from the 1990s onward, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011 and DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten from 2015 to 2021. She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.
