Nicola Bryant
Acting • Born 1960-10-11
Biography
Nicola Jane Bryant (born 11 October 1960) is an English actress known for her roles as Peri Brown, a companion to both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986 and as Martine Johnson the dance teacher in the school drama series The Biz from 1995 to 1997. She also played Miss Brown in The Stranger film series and Lana in Star Trek Continues.
Filmography
69 credits
Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter
Movie • 2016
Dr. Shaw
TravelWise
Movie • 2000
Laura
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Movie • 2019
Herself / Peri (archive footage)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Movie • 1988
Millicent
The Airzone Solution
Movie • 1993
Elenya Brown
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Movie • 1993
Peri Brown
Lust in Space
Movie • 1998
Self
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Movie • 2023
Self
The Wilds
Movie • 2022
Helen
Doctor Who: The Trial
Movie • 2019
Self
Doctor Who: The Eternal Mystery
Movie • 2022
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
Movie • 1984
Peri Brown
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
Movie • 2019
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Movie • 1984
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Movie • 1984
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie • 1986
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Movie • 1986
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Timelash
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Movie • 1985
Peri Brown
Parting Shots
Movie • 1999
Beverley
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
Movie • 1993
Miss Brown
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Movie • 1992
Miss Brown
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
Movie • 1991
Miss Brown
Stranger than Fiction
Movie • 1994
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Movie • 2008
(archival footage)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
Movie • 2006
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Myth Runner
Movie • 1987
Herself
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie • 2014
Self / Peri Brown (archive footage)
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Movie • 2019
Self
Trials and Tribulations
Movie • 2008
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Movie • 2008
Looking for Dursley
Movie • 2024
Self
30 Years in the TARDIS
Movie • 1993
Herself
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Movie • 2013
Peri Brown (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Movie • 2010
Peri Brown (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
Peri Brown (archive footage)
Chain Reaction
Movie • 2010
Strike! Strike! Strike!
Movie • 2013
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Movie • 2025
Adventures in Time and Spain
Movie • 2003
(archive footage)
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
Movie • 2013
Peri
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
Movie • 2006
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Movie • 2007
Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit
Movie • 2025
Self
Doctor Who: Slipback
Movie • 2025
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Evil
Movie • 2025
Peri Brown
Doctor Who: Yellow Fever
Movie • 2025
Peri Brown
Doctors
TV • 2000
Jackie Fallon
Holby City
TV • 1999
Reporter
The Biz
TV • 1995
Martine
Holby City
TV • 1999
Catherine Sloman
New Blood
TV • 2016
Sophie Baxter
My Family
TV • 2000
Anne
Doctors
TV • 2000
Sonia Heyward-Smith
My Family
TV • 2000
Janet
The 10 Percenters
TV • 1993
Julia
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Casualty
TV • 1986
Susan Harris
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
Peri Brown
Myth Makers
TV • 2015
Herself
The Stranger
TV • 1991
Miss Brown
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
TV • 2018
Self