---
name: "Nikki Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nikki-kelly"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 November 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T09:30:46.907588+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."
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# Nikki Kelly

Actor. Born 23 November 1951 in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 November 1951, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2308789, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232386

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hi-de-Hi!*](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md) (74)

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## Biography

Nikki Kelly (born Nicola Caroline Kelly) is an English actress. She trained at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama from 1971 to 1974 and gained early experience in repertory theatre. Her first television appearance was in *Dixon of Dock Green* in 1975.

Kelly is best known for playing Yellowcoat Sylvia Garnsey in all nine series of the BBC sitcom *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980–1988). She has also appeared in *The Upper Hand* (1993) and the film *Silent Hours* (2015). She is the great-niece of actor and theatrical manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), Fi1m 74, as Sylvia Garnsey — [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *As Seen on TV* (2009), series, Acting
- *The Upper Hand* (1990), series, as Jackie
- *Hi-de-Hi!* (1980), series, as Sylvia Garnsey — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/hi-de-hi.md)
- *You're Driving Me Crazy* (1978), as Bente
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1978), series, as Olga

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