Nicola Walker

Nicola Walker

Acting • Born 1970-05-15

Acting2Stepney, East London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

53 credits
Four Weddings and a Funeral

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Movie • 1994

Frightful Folk Duo - Wedding One

Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds

Movie • 2004

Panhead's Mother

The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

Movie • 2009

Carla

The Gold: The Inside Story

The Gold: The Inside Story

Movie • 2023

Self - Narrator (voice)

Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

Movie • 2006

Rachel

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Movie • 2012

Judy

Second Coming

Second Coming

Movie • 2014

Counsellor

National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge

National Theatre Live: A View from the Bridge

Movie • 2015

Beatrice

National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green

National Theatre Live: The Corn Is Green

Movie • 2022

Miss Moffat

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

Movie • 1996

Lucy Diver

The Circuit

The Circuit

Movie • 2016

Marty

The Blue Summer

The Blue Summer

Movie • 2000

Shiner

Shiner

Movie • 2000

Det. Sgt. Garland

Milner

Milner

Movie • 1994

Colette Brustein

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

One Red Nose Day and a Wedding

Movie • 2019

Frightful Folk Duo

Luther

Luther

TV • 2010

Linda Shand

The Last Train

The Last Train

TV • 1999

Harriet Ambrose

Jonathan Creek

Jonathan Creek

TV • 1997

WPC Fay Radnor

Chalk

Chalk

TV • 1997

Suzy Travis

Dalziel & Pascoe

Dalziel & Pascoe

TV • 1996

Spooks

Spooks

TV • 2002

Ruth Evershed

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK

TV • 2009

Touching Evil

Touching Evil

TV • 1997

Susan Taylor

Torn

Torn

TV • 2007

Joanna Taylor

Inside Men

Inside Men

TV • 2012

Kirsty Coniston

Annika

Annika

TV • 2021

DI Annika Strandhed

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

TV • 1996

Lucy Diver

Last Tango in Halifax

Last Tango in Halifax

TV • 2012

Gillian

A Mother's Son

A Mother's Son

TV • 2012

DC Sue Upton

River

River

TV • 2015

Jackie 'Stevie' Stevenson

Unforgotten

Unforgotten

TV • 2015

DCI Cassie Stuart

New Tricks

New Tricks

TV • 2004

Helen Hadley

Heading Out

Heading Out

TV • 2013

Justine

Broken News

Broken News

TV • 2005

Katie Willard

People Like Us

People Like Us

TV • 1999

Helen Meredith

Prisoners' Wives

Prisoners' Wives

TV • 2012

DCI Jo Fontaine

Red Cap

Red Cap

TV • 2003

Marriage

Marriage

TV • 2022

Emma

Collateral

Collateral

TV • 2018

Jane Oliver

Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky

TV • 1994

Carol

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time

TV • 1997

Gypsy Jones

Faith

Faith

TV • 1994

Sally Grace

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

TV • 2022

Narrator

The Split

The Split

TV • 2018

Hannah Sterne

Mary & George

Mary & George

TV • 2024

Lady Hatton

Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey

TV • 2011

Helen Bartlett

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

TV • 2014

Harriet

Cold Case Forensics

Cold Case Forensics

TV • 2023

Self - Narrator

Forensics: Murder Scene

Forensics: Murder Scene

TV • 2024

Narrator

Being Human

Being Human

TV • 2009

Wendy

The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute

The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute

TV • 2024

Narrator

Forensics: Murder Case

Forensics: Murder Case

TV • 2025

Self - Narrator (voice)

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

TV • 2007

Old Sally