Emily Best Wiki Biography
Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for “The Homecoming”. She was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for “A Moon for the Misbegotten”. She won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best Actress & London Critics Circle Theatre …
| Full Name | Eve Best |
| Date Of Birth | July 31, 1971 |
| Place Of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Height | 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) |
| Profession | Actress, Director |
| Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lincoln College, Oxford |
| Nationality | British |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078925 |
| Awards | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actr… |
| Nominations | Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
| Movies | Someone You Love, The Challenger, The King’s Speech, Lie with Me, Shackleton, The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells |
| TV Shows | Nurse Jackie, The Honourable Woman, The Shadow Line, Vital Signs, Dolley Madison |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beginning rehearsals for her run as the title character in ‘Hedda Gabler’ at the National Theatre, UK. [January 2005] |
| 2 | Has played the wife of a British King (former) as Wallis (Warfield Simpson Windsor), Duchess of Windsor in The King’s Speech (2010) and the wife of an American President as Dolley Madison in American Experience (1988): Dolley Madison (in 2010), both characters of American birth, although Eve Best is of English birth. |
| 3 | Nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for “The Homecoming”. |
| 4 | Nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for “A Moon for the Misbegotten”. |
| 5 | Prior to studying at Oxford, she was rejected from RADA, only to be accepted by them at age 24. |
| 6 | Studied English at Oxford University. |
| 7 | She was awarded the 1999 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Newcomer for her performance in ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore performed at the Young Vic Theatre. |
| 8 | She was awarded the 1999 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore performed at the Young Vic Theatre. |
| 9 | She was awarded the 2003 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton. |
| 10 | Interests include singing, painting, sailing. |
| 11 | Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Lee’s Lucky Man | 2016 | TV Series | Anna Clayton |
| Life in Squares | 2015 | TV Mini-Series | Vanessa Bell, older Vanessa Bell Vanessa Bell, later years |
| Nurse Jackie | 2009-2015 | TV Series | Dr. Eleanor O’Hara |
| The Honourable Woman | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Monica Chatwin |
| New Worlds | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | Angelica Fanshawe |
| En du elsker | 2014 | Kate | |
| The Challenger Disaster | 2013 | TV Movie | Sally Ride |
| Much Ado About Nothing | 2012/II | Beatrice | |
| Up All Night | 2012 | TV Series | Yvonne Encanto |
| The Shadow Line | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Petra Mayler |
| The King’s Speech | 2010 | Wallis Simpson | |
| American Experience | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Dolley Madison |
| Dolley Madison | 2010 | TV Series | Dolley Madison |
| Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Linda Philips |
| Vital Signs | 2006 | TV Series | Sarah Cartwright |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | 2005 | TV Series | Amanda Gibson |
| Lie with Me | 2004 | TV Movie | Roselyn Tyler |
| Waking the Dead | 2004 | TV Series | Natasha Bloom |
| The Lodge | 2004 | Short | Yuni |
| Shackleton | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Eleanor Shackleton |
| The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | 2001 | TV Mini-Series | Ellen McGillvray |
| Brilliant! | 2001 | Short | Nina |
| Casualty | 2000 | TV Series | Amber Hope |
| The Bill | 2000 | TV Series | Anne |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macbeth | 2014 |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | 2015 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Herself – Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
| Broadway Beat | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Herself – Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Play |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway Beat | 2008 | TV Series | Ruth |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Nurse Jackie (2009) |