Nicola Walker is a stage, radio, and film actress from England. Nicola Walker is best known for her roles in British television shows like Spooks, Unforgotten, and many others.
Quick Facts
| Full Name: | Nicola Walker |
|---|---|
| Born Date: | 15 May, 1970 |
| Age: | 53 years |
| Horoscope: | Taurus |
| Lucky Number: | 10 |
| Lucky Stone: | Emerald |
| Lucky Color: | Green |
| Best Match for Marriage: | Virgo, Cancer, Capricorn |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actress |
| Country: | England, UK |
| Height: | 4 feet 6 inches (1.37m) |
| Marital Status: | married |
| Husband | Barnaby Kay |
| Net Worth | $3 million |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Birth Place | Stepney, London, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Education | Cambridge University |
| Siblings | Brandon Walker, Taylor Walker |
| Kids | Harry Kay |
Nicola Walker Biography
Nicola Walker was born in Stepney, London, England, on May 15, 1970. Nicole will be 53 years old in 2024. There is no additional information or detail about his parents. She has an older brother, Brandon Walker, and a sister, Taylor Walker.
Nicola Walker Education And Early Career
Nicola Walker attended Saint Nicholas School in Old Harlow, Essex, and Forest School in Walthamstow, London. She also took an acting class when she was 12 years old in order to communicate with boys. When she was interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in 2014, she stated that her mother supported her decision while her father thought it was ridiculous. She went on to study English at New Hall in Cambridge after high school. She was also the first in her family to attend university.
Walker began her career as an actor at Cambridge Footlights. During her 1990 national tour, she shared the stage with Spooks writer David Wolstencroft and comedian Sue Perkins. Perkins, her assigned college mother at the time, was a senior. “Perkins was the worst college mother she could have had,” she later admitted. They should be holding your hand. She took my bike, got drunk, and I never saw it again.” On stage, Nicola played Perkins’ stooge, and the two would later reunite when Perkins cast Walker in her sitcom Heading Out.
Walker was offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after graduating from Cambridge. She chose to pursue acting because she already had an agent and some roles. She shared a flat in London with Perkins, Sarah Phelps, and Emma Kennedy. Nicola has also performed at the Edinburgh Festival and the London Festival Fringe.
Nicola Walker Height And Weight
Nicola Walker stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 58kg. Walker’s hair is brown, and her eyes are green.
Career
Nicola Walker made her television debut as Gypsy Jones in Channel 4’s adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time in 1997. She also appeared as English teacher Suzy Travis in two series of Steven Moffat’s school-based sitcom series Chalk at the time. She later appeared as a guest star in Dalziel and Pascoe, Jonathan Creek, Pie in the Sky, and Broken News.
She also starred as DI Susan Taylor in the ITV thriller serial Touching Evil in 1997. She then appeared in both of the sequel serials, which aired in 1998 and 1999. In 1999, Nicola was also cast as the lead in the post-apocalyptic drama serial The Last Train. In 2003, she played Molly Millions in the BBC Radio adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer.
The role of Ruth Evershed from Series 2 was specifically written for Walker in 2003, and the Kudos Television production team was looking to replace Jenny Agutter’s character from Series 1 of Spooks. She stayed with the show for five seasons before announcing that she would be leaving during production because she was expecting her first child. She returned to the show in 2009 and stayed until the series ended in 2011.
She appeared in Torn and Oliver Twist in 2007. In 2009, she appeared as a maid in the new BBC adaptation of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. Walker appeared in an episode of the BBC1 crime thriller Luther in 2010 as Linda Shand, the beleaguered wife of a murderer. In February 2011, she also played the nervous social worker Wendy in the BBC TV series Being Human.
Walker then appeared in the BBC crime drama Inside Men in February 2012. From 2012 to 2020, she portrayed Gillian Greenwood (née Buttershaw) in five series of the BBC original drama Last Tango in Halifax. In February and March 2013, she reconnected with her former Cambridge Footlights colleague Sue Perkins in the BBC comedy Heading Out. Walker portrayed Helen Bartlett in the second and third series of Prisoners’ Wives and Scott & Bailey, respectively.
Walker was nominated for a Television BAFTA for “Best Supporting Actress” in 2014 for her performance in Last Tango in Halifax, but her co-star Sarah Lancashire took the award. From 2015 to 2022, she appeared in several television shows, including River, Unforgotten, The Split, Collateral, and Annika. Marriage, a new drama by Stefan Golaszewski, will premiere in 2022. Nicole was also ranked No.10 on the 2018 “Radio Times TV 100” list.
She won an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2013 for her portrayal of Judy, the main character’s mother, in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. By winning seven Olivier Awards, the play tied the record set by Matilda the Musical in 2012.
In 2014, she appeared at the Young Vic Theatre in Arthur Miller’s play A View from the Bridge. The play received favorable reviews from critics and was transferred in 2015 to the Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End and the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.
Nicola played Miss Lily Moffat in the National Theatre revival of Emlyn Williams’ 1938 autobiographical comedy The Corn is Green in London in 2022.
Nicola has mostly appeared in supporting roles. She has appeared in a number of films, including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Can’t Smile Without You, Thunderbirds, Shooting Dogs, and others.
In 2002, Nicola appeared in the BBC radio adaptation of William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer. She has appeared in a number of audio dramas, including Robophobia, Doom Coalition, Ravenous, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, The Shadow Over Innsmouth, and many others.
Nicola Walker Husband, Marriage
Nicola Walker has a husband. Barnaby Kay, an actor, is her husband. They first met during the filming of The Libertine in 1994. The couple has one son together, Harry Kay. They named their son Harry Pearce after the Spooks character. Before marrying in 2006, the couple had been together for 20 years. There is no additional information or detail about her previous relationships.
Nicola Walker’s Net Worth
Nicola Walker’s fortune came from a successful career. Walker has an estimated net worth of $3 million as of March 2024.
