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 Nicola Walker
Nicola stars as Ruth Evershed in MI5 drama Spooks. After taking a small part in the smash hit film Four Weddings and a Funeral, her roles on TV have spanned a wide range of roles from a cow in Cows to a serial killer in Dalziel and Pascoe.
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Nicola has been in Spooks since series 2. She plays the eccentric intelligence analyst, Ruth Evershed, who arrived at MI5 after a transfer from GCHQ.
One of Nicola's first roles was in the hit film Four Weddings and a Funeral*. She played a folk singer at one of the weddings, singing an appalling version of the Barry Manilow classic, Can't Smile Without You.
Nicola has worked extensively in the theatre. She's appeared in many productions at the National Theatre, including Tales From The Vienna Woods, Free and Edmond with Kenneth Branagh*. She also appeared alongside Cherie Lunghi at the prestigous Donmar Warehouse* in Passion Play, and alongside Kate Beckinsale* and Diane Parish in Sweetheart at the Royal Court*.
Nicola's appeared in a wide variety of comedy programmes on TV. From playing a cow in Eddie Izzard*'s sitcom pilot Cows* to starring in an edition of the Chris Langham* mockumentary series, People Like Us. She also played Suzy Travis in two series of the BBC sitcom Chalk.
It's not all been comedy for Nicola. On the darker side she starred in Touching Evil* alongside Robson Green. She played DI Susan Abbot in three series of the popular crime drama. On the other side of the law, she has been a serial killer in an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe. She also starred in The Last Train*, a sci-fi drama in which she played a scientist who place an entire trainload of commuters in suspended animation so they could survive a meteor crashing into the Earth. When they woke up they found they were the only survivors and had to fight for their lives.
Recently Nicola has made a few appearances on the big screen. She played another police officer in Shiner*, starring Michael Caine and even had a role in the latest Thunderbirds film.
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Nicola's a big fan of Dolly Parton.
She used to share a flat with comedienne Emma Kennedy*.
She won a Best Supporting Actress Theatregoers Choice award from Whatsonstage.com* for her role in Edmond.
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| Personal Details |
Nicola was born in Stepney in East London.
She studied at Cambridge University*.
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