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Nicola Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks from 2003 to 2011. 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.
Birth Name
Nicola Jane Walker
Born
Friday, 15 May 1970
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mary & George | Lady Hatton | 2024 |
| Cold Case Forensics | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2023 |
| Marriage | Emma | 2022 |
| Annika | DI Annika Strandhed | 2021 |
| Collateral | Jane Oliver | 2018 |
| The Split | Hannah Stern | 2018 |
| The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| River | Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson | 2015 |
| National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge | Beatrice | 2015 |
| Unforgotten | DCI Cassie Stuart | 2015 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Mary & George | Lady Hatton | 2024 |
| Cold Case Forensics | Narrator / Self - Narrator | 2023 |
| Marriage | Emma | 2022 |
| Annika | DI Annika Strandhed | 2021 |
| Collateral | Jane Oliver | 2018 |
| The Split | Hannah Stern | 2018 |
| The Prosecutors: Real Crime and Punishment | Self - Narrator | 2016 |
| River | Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson | 2015 |
| National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge | Beatrice | 2015 |
| Unforgotten | DCI Cassie Stuart | 2015 |
| Second Coming | Counsellor | 2014 |
| Babylon | Sharon Franklin | 2014 |
| Inside No. 9 | Harriet | 2014 |
| Heading Out | Justine | 2013 |
| Last Tango in Halifax | Gillian | 2012 |
| National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Judy | 2012 |
| A Mother's Son | DC Sue Upton | 2012 |
| Inside Men | Kirsty Coniston | 2012 |
| Prisoners Wives | DCI Jo Fontaine | 2012 |
| Scott & Bailey | Helen Bartlett | 2011 |
| Luther | Linda Shand | 2010 |
| The Turn of the Screw | Carla | 2009 |
| Law & Order: UK | Daniela Renzo | 2009 |
| Being Human | Wendy | 2008 |
| Oliver Twist | Sally | 2007 |
| Torn | Joanna Taylor | 2007 |
| Shooting Dogs | Rachel | 2006 |
| Broken News | Katie Willard | 2005 |
| Thunderbirds | Panhead's Mother | 2004 |
| New Tricks | Helen Hadley | 2003 |
| Red Cap | Maj. Rebecca Garton | 2003 |
| MI-5 | Ruth Evershed | 2002 |
| Shiner | Det. Sgt. Garland | 2000 |
| People Like Us | Helen Meredith | 1999 |
| The Last Train | Harriet Ambrose | 1999 |
| This Morning with Richard Not Judy | Self | 1998 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Gypsy Jones | 1997 |
| Jonathan Creek | WPC Fay Radnor | 1997 |
| Touching Evil | Susan Taylor / D.I. Susan Taylor / DI Susan Taylor | 1997 |
| Chalk | Suzy Travis | 1997 |
| The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Lucy Diver | 1996 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Abbie Hallingsworth | 1996 |
| Milner | Colette Brustein | 1994 |
| Faith | Sally Grace / Sallie Grace | 1994 |
| Pie in the Sky | Carol | 1994 |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Frightful Folk Duo - Wedding One | 1994 |
