--- name: "Nicola Walker" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicola-walker" fi1m_id: "nicola-walker" imdb_id: "nm0908070" tmdb_id: 141354 wikidata_id: "Q2915749" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 May 1970" reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "actor" average_over: 8 updated: "2026-10-07T16:02:34.367662+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nicola Walker ## Identity Nicola Walker - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicola-walker - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nicola-walker - **IMDb ID:** nm0908070 - **TMDB ID:** 141354 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2915749 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Walker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141354 Actor. Born 15 May 1970 in Stepney, East London, England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 May 1970, Stepney, East London, England, UK - **Active:** 1997–present - **Also known as:** نیکولا واکر - **Frequently works with:** [Andy Wilson](https://film.one/person/andy-wilson.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 8 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 72 (5), 2020s 72 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 69 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 5 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 4, Comedy 3, Mystery 3, Action & Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Walker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908070/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141354 ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Last Tango in Halifax*](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) (79), [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Second Coming*](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md) (71), [*Unforgotten*](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) (64) - **Disney+:** [*Alice and Steve*](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Nicola Walker > Nicola Walker is especially good at showing the strain behind a capable woman's composure. We value her willingness to let hurt people behave badly, and her skill at drawing laughter from anger that can still do damage. In *Alice and Steve* (2026), Nicola Walker lets Alice's fury get well ahead of any reasonable grievance. Her exchanges with Jemaine Clement have the impatience of people who know each other well enough to dispense with good manners. When they begin using that knowledge to hurt each other, the friendship remains believable. We laughed at the excess of her anger, then felt for her because her retaliation makes it clear how much she misses her friend. Walker gives us reasons to care about Alice without making her conduct any easier to excuse. That willingness to show uncomfortable feelings sits alongside a long run of composed professionals. As the MI5 analyst Ruth Evershed in *Spooks* (2003–2011, with a break), she established herself as a television lead, making analytical dialogue sound like something she had just thought through. DCI Cassie Stuart in *Unforgotten* (2015–2021) and divorce lawyer Hannah Stern in *The Split* (2018–2024) put that intelligence under different pressures. The recurring pleasure is watching her maintain a professional manner while allowing enough uncertainty through to make the person credible. The comedy in *Alice and Steve* gives her more room to be unreasonable. With Clement, she makes Goodhart's sharper lines sound addressed to a particular friend, with all the accumulated irritation that implies. There is no sense of a performer pausing to present a joke. Alice's claim to be acting as a concerned mother is complicated by the jealousy Walker allows us to see. She does not ask for sympathy at the expense of that selfishness, and the performance keeps the feud interesting when the revenge becomes busy. There are limits to what she can do for an uneven script. In *Alice and Steve*, Alice's anger receives more attention than the younger woman whose relationship has provoked it. Walker makes that imbalance easy to overlook for a while, but the romantic complication remains less persuasive than the friendship. Try it for Walker and Clement, with modest expectations of the romance. Fi1m ## Biography Nicola Walker is an English actress. Born on 15 May 1970 in Stepney, East London, she began her screen career with a role in the 1994 film *Four Weddings and a Funeral*. She is known for her long-running television roles, including Ruth Evershed in the spy drama *Spooks* (2002–2011) and DCI Cassie Stuart in *Unforgotten* (2015–2021). Other credits include appearances in *River* (2015), *Collateral* (2018) and *Inside No. 9* (2014). In 2026 she starred as Alice in the comedy-drama series *Alice and Steve*. *Sources: latimes.com, radiotimes.com, hollywoodreporter.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) - *Alice and Steve* (2026), Fi1m 72, as Alice — [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md) - *Unforgotten* (2015), Fi1m 64, as DCI Cassie Stuart — [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *Second Coming* (2014), Fi1m 71, as Counsellor — [page](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md) - *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), Fi1m 79, as Gillian — [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) - *Scott & Bailey* (2011), Fi1m 75, as Helen Bartlett — [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) - *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, as Linda Shand — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) - *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Ruth Evershed — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *Jonathan Creek* (1997), Fi1m 78, as WPC Fay Radnor — [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md) ## Complete filmography (52) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Alice and Steve* (2026), series, as Alice — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/alice-and-steve.md) - *Forensics: Murder Scene* (2024), series, as Narrator - *The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute* (2024), series, as Narrator - *Mary & George* (2024), series, as Lady Hatton - *Marriage* (2022), series, as Emma - *No Place Like Home* (2022), series, as Narrator - *National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green* (2022), as Miss Moffat - *Annika* (2021), series, as DI Annika Strandhed - *One Red Nose Day and a Wedding* (2019), as Frightful Folk Duo - *The Split* (2018), series, as Hannah Sterne - *Collateral* (2018), series, as Jane Oliver - *The Circuit* (2016), as Marty - *River* (2015), series, as Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson - *Unforgotten* (2015), series, as DCI Cassie Stuart — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge* (2015), as Beatrice - *Babylon* (2014), series, as Assistant Commissioner Sharon Franklin - *Second Coming* (2014), as Counsellor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/second-coming.md) - *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Harriet — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md) - *Heading Out* (2013), series, as Justine - *Last Tango in Halifax* (2012), series, as Gillian — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/last-tango-in-halifax.md) - *National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time* (2012), as Judy - *A Mother's Son* (2012), series, as DC Sue Upton - *Inside Men* (2012), series, as Kirsty Coniston - *Prisoners' Wives* (2012), series, as DCI Jo Fontaine - *Scott & Bailey* (2011), series, as Helen Bartlett — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) - *Luther* (2010), series, as Linda Shand — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) - *The Turn of the Screw* (2009), as Carla - *Law & Order: UK* (2009), series, as Daniela Renzo - *Being Human* (2009), series, as Wendy - *Oliver Twist* (2007), series, as Old Sally - *Torn* (2007), series, as Joanna Taylor - *Shooting Dogs* (2006), as Rachel - *Thunderbirds* (2004), as Panhead's Mother - *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Helen Hadley - *Red Cap* (2003), series, as Maj. Rebecca Garton - *Spooks* (2002), series, as Ruth Evershed — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) - *The Blue Summer* (2000), Actor - *Shiner* (2000), as Det. Sgt. Garland - *People Like Us* (1999), series, as Helen Meredith - *The Last Train* (1999), series, as Harriet Ambrose - *A Dance to the Music of Time* (1997), series, as Gypsy Jones - *Jonathan Creek* (1997), series, as WPC Fay Radnor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md) - *Touching Evil* (1997), series, as DI Susan Taylor - *Chalk* (1997), series, as Suzy Travis - *The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders* (1996), series, as Lucy Diver - *The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders* (1996), as Lucy Diver - *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Abbie Hallingsworth - *Milner* (1994), as Colette Brustein - *Faith* (1994), series, as Sally Grace - *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Carol - *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), as Frightful Folk Duo - Wedding One — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/four-weddings-and-a-funeral.md) - *Horizon* (1964), series, as Narrator ## Gallery - ![Nicola Walker](https://film.one/media/person/22005/gallery-4460016ed283.jpg) Nicola Walker — N1CKchooseanothername, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Nicola_Walker.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nicola Walker](https://film.one/media/person/22005/gallery-efe4e897aa91.jpg) Nicola Walker — Image via TMDB - ![Nicola Walker](https://film.one/media/person/22005/gallery-692f572f9a8c.jpg) Nicola Walker — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2013: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (won), for *The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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