Phoebe Nicholls

Phoebe Nicholls

ActressWriter
Born
April 7, 1957

She has worked extensively in the theatre since making her debut in Whose Life is it Anyway with Tom Conti. At the National Theatre she performed in Pravda with Anthony Hopkins and played Sheila Birling in Stephen Daldry's revision of An Inspector Calls. At the Royal Court in London she created the…

Biography

She has worked extensively in the theatre since making her debut in Whose Life is it Anyway with Tom Conti. At the National Theatre she performed in Pravda with Anthony Hopkins and played Sheila Birling in Stephen Daldry's revision of An Inspector Calls. At the Royal Court in London she created the part of Jessica in Hysteria which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1994 and starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in Three Sisters. Her film work includes Heart of Darkness (1994) directed by Nicholas Roeg, Maurice (1987), Ordeal by Innocence (1984), and The Elephant Man (1980). On television she was seen in Brideshead Revisited (1981) as Cordelia.

Writer

The English(2012)

Actress

Talamasca: The Secret OrderTalamasca: The Secret Order(2025)as Abigail, Rose
The SandmanThe Sandman(2022)as Tamaris
The Chelsea DetectiveThe Chelsea Detective(2022)as Miriam Rushland
DalglieshDalgliesh(2021)as Agatha Betteron
EricEric(2024)as Anne

Self

State of the ArtState of the Art(1987)as Self - Voiceover

Archive Footage

MasterpiecesMasterpieces(2013)as Self - Merrick's Mother

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Glenda Jackson and Phoebe Nicholls in Women in Love (1969)Glenda Jackson, Phoebe Nicholls, and Alan Webb in Women in Love (1969)Hugh Grant, Helena Michell, Phoebe Nicholls, and Judy Parfitt in Maurice (1987)Phoebe Nicholls in Persuasion (1995)Phoebe Nicholls in Persuasion (1995)Phoebe Nicholls in Downton Abbey (2010)

Credit Score: Phoebe Nicholls

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Merrick's Mother
Fri Oct 10 1980
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1The Elephant Man18.0019808.208282416
2Women in Love7.5019707.1149833
3FairyTale: A True Story5.0019976.5116693
4Maurice5.0019877.60127018
5The Empty Man2.5020206.20049545
6Transformers: The Last Knight2.3820175.200186088
7Ordeal by Innocence2.3819855.2001486
8Fortitude1.5020157.30025011
9The Electrical Life of Louis Wain1.0020216.80023809
10Dr. Terror's House of Horrors1.0019656.6008608