Nicola Walker | Actress Profile

Nicola Walker is a celebrated English actress, widely recognised for her starring roles in popular British TV series such as Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax and Spooks.

On stage, Walker has an impressive list of theatre credits, with performances at the National Theatre, Donmar Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre and in London’s West End.

She recently starred in The Unbelievers at the Royal Court Theatre and Mike Bartlett’s Unicorn at the Garrick Theatre in London.

Other recent highlights include The Corn Is Green at the National Theatre, where she was nominated for the 2023 Olivier Award for Best Actress and A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, which transferred to the West End and New York.

In 2013, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and she has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for Last Tango in Halifax.

Theatre credits

Theatre includes: The Unbelievers (Royal Court), Unicorn (Garrick Theatre),The Corn Is Green (National Theatre), The Cane (Royal Court), A View From The Bridge (Young Vic, Wyndham’s & Lyceum Theatre New York), The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress), Season’s Greetings, Gethsemane, Tales From The Vienna Woods and Edmond (all National Theatre), Di And Viv And Rose (Hampstead Theatre), Mrs Klein and Cloud Nine (both Almeida), Relocated, Fresh Kills, Sweetheart, The Libertine/The Man Of Mode, Hated Nightfall (all Royal Court), Modern Dance For Beginners (Soho Theatre), The Dead Eye Boy (Hampstead), Sexual Perversity In Chicago (Sheffield Crucible), A Lie Of The Mind (Donmar), Passion Play (Donmar & Comedy) and Fifty Revolutions (Whitehall).

TV credits

Television includes: Mary & George, Annika, Marriage, Unforgotten: Series I-Iv, The Split: Series I – Iii, Collateral, Inside No. 9, River, Last Tango In Halifax: Series I-V (two BAFTA Best Supporting Actress nominations), Babylon, Scott And Bailey, Prisoner’s Wives, Heading Out, Inside Men, Spooks Series II-V & VIII-X, Being Human, Law & Order, Luther, Turn Of The Screw, Oliver Twist, Torn, Broken News, People Like Us, The Last Train, Touching Evil Series I-Iii, Chalk, A Dance To The Music Of Time, Milner, Faith and Moll Flanders.