Acting

Phoebe Nicholls

Born April 7, 1957 · London, England, UK (age 69)

Phoebe Sarah Nicholls (born April 7, 1957) is a British author and actress of film, stage, and television. She is married to Emmy-nominated director Charles Sturridge.

Known For

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight · 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

MovieActionAdventure

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

The Empty Man

The Empty Man · 2020

MovieHorrorMystery

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man · 1980

The Elephant Man

MovieDramaHistory

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Maurice

Maurice · 1987

MovieDramaRomance

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · 2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

MovieDramaHistory

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You · 2019

Berlin, I Love You

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

Persuasion

Persuasion · 1995

MovieDramaRomance

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story · 1997

FairyTale: A True Story

MovieFantasyDrama

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

Filmography

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Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight · 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight

MovieActionAdventure

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

Aunt Helen

The Empty Man

The Empty Man · 2020

MovieHorrorMystery

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

Nurse

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man · 1980

The Elephant Man

MovieDramaHistory

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Merrick's Mother

Maurice

Maurice · 1987

MovieDramaRomance

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.

Anne Durham

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain · 2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

MovieDramaHistory

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

Mrs Wain

Berlin, I Love You

Berlin, I Love You · 2019

Berlin, I Love You

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

Capucine

Persuasion

Persuasion · 1995

MovieDramaRomance

In early 19th-century England, dire financial straits reacquaint the aristocratic Anne Elliot with her wealthy ex-fiance Frederick Wentworth. The two must choose between either putting the past behind them or listening to their hearts.

Elizabeth Elliot

FairyTale: A True Story

FairyTale: A True Story · 1997

FairyTale: A True Story

MovieFantasyDrama

In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.

Polly Wright

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence · 1984

Ordeal by Innocence

MovieMysteryThriller

Dr. Arthur Calgary visits the Argyle family to return an address book lost some time ago by Jack Argyle, only to find out that Jack has been executed for the murder of his mother. Calgary can prove that Jack was innocent. In spite of opposition from a hostile family, he is determined to solve the crime.

Tina Argyle

Finding Your Feet

Finding Your Feet · 2017

Finding Your Feet

MovieComedyDrama

When her life is turned upside down upon discovering her husband's affair, Sandra Abbott seeks refuge in London with her estranged older sister Bif. She begins to find her feet again after letting Bif drag her along to a community dance class.

Janet

Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot · 2024

After her husband's death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine business, defying her critics and ultimately revolutionizing the champagne industry, establishing her as one of the world's first great businesswomen.

Marie-Catherine Clicquot

The Miracle Maker

The Miracle Maker · 2000

The Miracle Maker

MovieAnimationFamily

A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.

Old Woman (voice)

Alternative 3

Alternative 3 · 1977

MovieTV MovieDocumentary

Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environmental catastrophe on Earth.

Women in Love

Women in Love · 1969

MovieDramaRomance

Growing up in the sheltered confines of a 1920s English coal-mining community, free-spirited sisters Gudrun and Ursula explore erotic love with a wealthy playboy and a philosophical educator, with cataclysmic results for all four.

Winifred Crich

The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater · 1964

The Pumpkin Eater

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

Younger Elizabeth

The Missionary

The Missionary · 1982

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

Deborah Fitzbanks

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors · 1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

Carol Rogers (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")

Party Party

Party Party · 1983

MovieComedyDrama

It's New Year's Eve. Larry's parents are at the vicarage dance leaving Larry in charge of the house. Big mistake, because Larry's a party animal and tonight he's going to go wild - with a little help from his friends!

Rebecca

Chubby Funny

Chubby Funny · 2017

Oscar thinks he's special. He isn't. He thinks it's everyone else's fault. It's not. Moving to London, he gives himself a year to break into showbiz, but ends up waylaid by the same old problems: friendships, flings, and finding ultimate fulfillment. Say what you like, but it's tough being Chubby Funny.

Aunty Jane

The Scapegoat

The Scapegoat · 2012

MovieMysteryDrama

In 1952, as England prepares for the coronation, two very different men have one thing in common—a face.

Charlotte

Clapham Junction

Clapham Junction · 2007

Clapham Junction

MovieDramaTV Movie

Set in the Clapham district of south London, England, the film is inspired by true events. The paths of several men intersect during a dramatic thirty-six hours in which their lives are changed forever.

Natasha

Hawking

Hawking · 2004

MovieDramaTV Movie

The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.

Isobel Hawking

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness · 1994

Heart of Darkness

MovieDramaTV Movie

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

The Intended

Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House · 1967

Our Mother's House

MovieDramaThriller

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls)

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders · 1997

Midsomer Murders

SeriesCrimeDrama

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Laura Smythe-Webster

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey · 2010

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

Susan MacClare

The Sandman

The Sandman · 2022

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

Tamaris

Spooks

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

Janet Wheeler

Screen Two

Screen Two · 1985

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Louie Jermy

Endeavour

Endeavour · 2013

SeriesCrimeDrama

The early days of a young Endeavour Morse, whose experiences as a detective constable with the Oxford City Police will ultimately shape his future.

Caroline Bryce-Morgan

Lewis

SeriesCrimeDrama

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Caroline Croft

New Tricks

New Tricks · 2004

SeriesDramaComedy

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

Annie Banks

Foyle's War

Foyle's War · 2002

SeriesMysteryDrama

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected · 1979

Tales of the Unexpected

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Carol

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect · 1991

SeriesCrimeDrama

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

Shaw

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · 1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

SeriesDramaMystery

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

May Thrace

Playhouse

Playhouse · 1974

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Geraldine

Talamasca: The Secret Order

Talamasca: The Secret Order · 2025

Talamasca: The Secret Order

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

Guy Anatole joins the clandestine world of the Talamasca, an international spy agency for the immortal universe, as he searches for answers to his family's own part in the supernatural world.

Abigail / Rose

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh · 2021

SeriesCrimeDrama

A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.

Agatha Betterton

Van der Valk

Van der Valk · 1972

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.

Treesje

Fortitude

Fortitude · 2015

SeriesCrimeDrama

Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself.

Doctor Allerdyce

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C. · 1995

SeriesCrimeDrama

John Thaw dons the silks as barrister James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London, commanding admiration from colleagues and opponents alike. However, all this has come at a price as his dedication to work has taken its toll on his private life… Going beyond traditional courtroom dramas, “Kavanagh Q.C.” uncovers the pressures of legal battles and the problems of defining the truth, providing a compelling representation of the euphoric ups and costly downs of success and failure in the legal world.

Jackie Jarvis

Eric

SeriesDramaMystery

A desperate father, alongside a tenacious cop, battles his own demons on the streets of 1980s New York as he searches for his missing nine-year-old son.

Anne

I'm Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge · 1997

I'm Alan Partridge

The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.

Karen Colman

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited · 1981

Brideshead Revisited

Agnostic Charles Ryder is seduced by the allure of the Flytes, a wealthy aristocratic family. Although he finds himself at odds with their strong Catholicism, his ties to the family deepen for the decades between the two world wars.

Cordelia Flyte

Anatomy of a Scandal

Anatomy of a Scandal · 2022

Anatomy of a Scandal

Sophie's privileged life as the wife of powerful politician James unravels when scandalous secrets surface — and he stands accused of a shocking crime.

Tuppence Whitehouse

A Very British Scandal

A Very British Scandal · 2021

A Very British Scandal

The true story of a duchess publicly shamed in a high society divorce that gripped the nation.

Helen Whigham

Shackleton

Shackleton · 2002

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.

Emily Shackleton