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Eve Best

Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 07/31/1971 (52) | Ladbroke Grove, London
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Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2013), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech. Best won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Hedda Gabler. She made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and receiving the first of two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; the second was for the revival of The Homecoming in 2008. She returned to Broadway in the 2015 revival of Old Times. She was cast as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Science-Fiction & Fantasy

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The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dr ...

The King's Speech

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2010 | 3.9/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, History
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The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins wh ...

House of the Dragon

TV-MA

2022- | 4.2/5
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious brace ...

Stan Lee's Lucky Man

TV-14

2016 | 3.5/5 | 44min per episode
Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama
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Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant ...

Nurse Jackie

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2009 | 3.5/5 | 30min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Eve Best

Laurence Olivier Awards Theatre World Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play 2x Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
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Movies with Eve Best as Actress(8)

as Mrs. Arbuthnot2017 A Woman of No Importance
as Narrator (voice)2015 Unity
as Kate2014 Someone You Love
as Cleopatra2014 Antony and Cleopatra - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Sally Ride2013 The Challenger
as Beatrice2012 Much Ado About Nothing - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Wallis Simpson2010 The King's Speech
as Roselyn Tyler2004 Lie with Me

TV Shows/Series with Eve Best as Actress(16)

as Rosaline2023 Maryland
as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen2022 House of the Dragon
as Farah Dowling2021 Fate: The Winx Saga
as Anna Clayton2016 Stan Lee's Lucky Man
as Older Vanessa Bell2015 Life In Squares
as Monica Chatwin2014 The Honourable Woman
as Petra Mayler2011 The Shadow Line
as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara2009 Nurse Jackie
as Linda Philips2006 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act
as Sarah Cartwright2006 Vital Signs
2006 Vital Signs
as Eleanor Shackleton2002 Shackleton
as Ellen McGillvray2001 The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
as Natasha Bloom2000 Waking the Dead
as Linda Philips1991 Prime Suspect
1984 The Bill

Movies with Eve Best as Crew(1)

Directing/Director2014 Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Full Name: Eve Best
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 07/31 1971 (July) in Ladbroke Grove, London (current age: 52 years + 263 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Lincoln College, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Other names for Eve Best (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Emily Best"
"이브 베스트"
Eve Best frequently works together with these people:
Hugo Blick (8x, Crew)
Brendan Coyle (4x, Actor)
Robert Pugh (4x, Actor)
Corinne Skinner-Carter (4x, Actress)
Lara Cazalet (4x, Actress)
Steve Fortune (4x, Actor)
Geoffrey Rush (3x, Actor)
Pip Torrens (3x, Actor)
Danny Webb (3x, Actor)
Tom Bell (3x, Actor)
Carolyn Pickles (3x, Actress)
Mark Monero (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:794428, Added: 11/07/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024