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Nicola Walker

Acting Born May 15, 1970 Stepney, East London, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Nicola Walker (born 15 May 1970) 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.

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Known for

Horizon

as Narrator

New Tricks

as Helen Hadley

Inside No. 9

as Harriet

Unforgotten

as DCI Cassie Stuart

Full filmography

  • Horizon (1964) as Narrator
  • New Tricks (2004) as Helen Hadley
  • Spooks (2002) as Ruth Evershed
  • Inside No. 9 (2014) as Harriet
  • Luther (2010) as Linda Shand
  • Unforgotten (2015) as DCI Cassie Stuart
  • Pie in the Sky (1994) as Carol
  • Law & Order: UK (2009)
  • Being Human (2009) as Wendy
  • Jonathan Creek (1997) as WPC Fay Radnor
  • Alice and Steve (2026) as Alice
  • Mary & George (2024) as Lady Hatton
  • Scott & Bailey (2011) as Helen Bartlett
  • A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) as Gypsy Jones
  • The Split (2018) as Hannah Sterne
  • Annika (2021) as DI Annika Strandhed
  • Last Tango in Halifax (2012) as Gillian
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) as Frightful Folk Duo - Wedding One
  • Collateral (2018) as Jane Oliver
  • River (2015) as Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson
  • Babylon (2014) as Assistant Commissioner Sharon Franklin
  • People Like Us (1999) as Helen Meredith
  • Oliver Twist (2007) as Old Sally
  • Broken News (2005) as Katie Willard