Nicola Walker Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from Cambridge University and was offered a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but she already had an agent and some roles so she declined
• Was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, an amateur theater club in Cambridge, England run by students from Cambridge University
• Quote: "When you're a kid, you imagine acting to be singing and fighting and like the movies․ Then you become an actor and get the reality, which is often a lot more mundane․ But sometimes it's really nice to run around with guns saving the world․"
• She has appeared in several stage performances, including "Tales from the Vienna Woods," "Free," and "Sweetheart․"
• Best known for her role as Ruth Evershed in the TV series "MI-5," also known as "Spooks․"
• Her son is named after Harry Pearce, the character in "Spooks" played by her co-star Peter Firth
• She had a small supporting role as the irritating folk singer in "Four Weddings and a Funeral․"