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name: "Eve Best"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1971"
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average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
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# Eve Best

Actor. Born 31 July 1971 in Ladbroke Grove, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1971, Ladbroke Grove, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–2014
- **Also known as:** Emily Best , Эмили Бэст, Emily Frances Finlay Best
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Best, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2406771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0078925/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/201665

## Biography

Eve Best is an English actress and director. Born Emily Frances Finlay Best on 31 July 1971 in London, she studied English at Lincoln College, Oxford, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She began her career on the London fringe and gained early recognition for her performance in a 1999 revival of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at the Young Vic. Best is known for her stage work, including an Olivier Award-winning performance as Hedda Gabler, and for television roles such as Dr Eleanor O'Hara in Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), Monica Chatwin in The Honourable Woman (2014) and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in House of the Dragon (2022–2024). Film credits include Wallis Simpson in The King's Speech (2010). She made her directorial debut with Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe in 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Honourable Woman* (2014), Fi1m 80, as Monica Chatwin — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-honourable-woman.md)
- *The King's Speech* (2010), Fi1m 82, as Wallis Simpson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wild Cherry* (2025), series, as Juliet Lonsdale
- *Such a Lovely Day* (2023), as Annie
- *Maryland* (2023), series, as Rosaline
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
- *Fate: The Winx Saga* (2021), series, as Farah Dowling
- *A Woman of No Importance* (2017), as Mrs. Arbuthnot
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Carole Middleton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Stan Lee's Lucky Man* (2016), series, as Anna Clayton
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Life in Squares* (2015), series, as Older Vanessa Bell
- *The Honourable Woman* (2014), series, as Monica Chatwin — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-honourable-woman.md)
- *Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), Director
- *Someone You Love* (2014), as Kate
- *New Worlds* (2014), series, as Angelica Fanshawe
- *Antony and Cleopatra - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), as Cleopatra
- *The Challenger Disaster* (2013), as Sally Ride
- *Much Ado About Nothing - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2012), as Beatrice
- *Up All Night* (2011), series, as Yvonne Encanto
- *The Shadow Line* (2011), series, as Petra Mayler
- *The King's Speech* (2010), as Wallis Simpson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-kings-speech.md)
- *Dolley Madison* (2010), as Dolley Madison
- *Dolley Madison* (2010), series, as Dolley Madison
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara
- *Vital Signs* (2006), series, as Sarah Cartwright
- *Lie with Me* (2004), series, as Roselyn Tyler
- *The Lodge* (2004), as Yuni
- *The Inspector Lynley Mysteries* (2002), series, as Amanda Gibson
- *Shackleton* (2002), series, as Eleanor Shackleton
- *The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2001), series, as Ellen McGillvray
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Natasha Bloom
- *Brilliant!* (2001), as Nina
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, as Linda Philips
- *American Experience* (1988), series, as Dolley Madison
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Amber Hope
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Anna

## Gallery

- ![Eugene O'Neill Theater Benefit. Monte Cristo Award 2009. Bridgewaters, South Street Seaport. 4.26.09.](https://film.one/media/person/455399/gallery-1ce08f8b504a.jpg) Eugene O'Neill Theater Benefit. Monte Cristo Award 2009. Bridgewaters, South Street Seaport. 4.26.09. — Sarah Ackerman from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Eve_Best.jpg/1280px-Eve_Best.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stage actress Eve Best, after performing in A Moon for the Misbegotten in NYC. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/455399/gallery-60f32f16d093.jpg) Stage actress Eve Best, after performing in A Moon for the Misbegotten in NYC. (2007) — Jason DeVinney from Laurel, Md, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Eve_Best_Laughing.jpg/1280px-Eve_Best_Laughing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eve Best](https://film.one/media/person/455399/gallery-f3eb65f52fe6.jpg) Eve Best — Eve_Best.jpg: Sarah Ackerman from New York, USA
derivative work: RanZag (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Eve_Best_cropped.jpg/1280px-Eve_Best_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eve Best](https://film.one/media/person/455399/gallery-5ef7dd06d47d.jpg) Eve Best — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2008: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Theatre World Award 2007: Theatre World Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2007: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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