➡ Nicola Walker Biography

Nicola Walker is an English actress, who is popularly known for her best performances that she had given throughout her career. Alongside this, she has made her career as a theatre artist, and a film actress. Also, she has worked on the radio and earned a lot of fame and popularity. Here are some more things you didn’t know about herself.

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Nicola Walker

She is best known for

Nicola Walker is best known for her amazing roles that she played in various British television programs from the 90s & onwards. One of the best of Ruth Evershed she played in the spy drama titled “Spooks” started from 2003 to 2011.

She left the television show “Spooks”

In 2006, Nicola Walker left the most-watched British television show “Spooks” to give birth to her first child and named her Harry.

She changed the name of her son

She inspired the character of her co-star, Peter Firth, in the “Spooks”, in which he played the role of Harry Pearce and Nicola Walker changed the name of her son into Harry Pearce.

Her married life

Nicola Walker is a daughter-in-law of the renowned actor Richard Kay as she married to his son Barnaby Kay (actor) with whom she has a son, named Harry Pearce.

Her educational background

She got her elementary education from The Forest School and featured in the alumni on the School’s website. While she got a degree in English from Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University.

Another notable film

In 1992, she was worked for two weeks in the rom-com film titled “Four Weddings and a Funeral” which was launched the career of Hugh Grant. The film was beautifully written by Richard Curtis.

Awards & Nominations

In 2013, she won the Olivier Award for the category of “Best Supporting Actress” for the play named “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” and also nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for the BBC drama “Last Tango in Halifax” for the category of “Best Supporting Actress”

She is a multi-talented star

She is a multi-talented star as she has made her career in theatre, film, television, and radio for which she got huge acclaim and appreciation from viewers and fans across the globe.