Eve Best
Eve Best | |
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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | |
Occupation(s) | Actress, director |
Years active | 1995–present |
Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director.
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.[2] She was cast as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO’s House of the Dragon.
Early life and education
Best grew up in
Career
After working on the
Best won a
In early 2007, she starred in a
Best appeared in
Television appearances include
She appeared as Lucrece in the Naxos audiobook version of Shakespeare's The Rape of Lucrece. She also starred in a 2000 BBC Radio 4 production of Emma.
Best co-starred as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie, that premiered in June 2009.[15] She played the Duchess of Windsor – Wallis Simpson – in The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
Best also co-starred as
In summer 2014 Best played Cleopatra, the leading role in the Shakespeare's Globe version of Antony and Cleopatra.[16] She returned to Broadway in the 2015 revival of the Pinter play Old Times, opposite Clive Owen and Kelly Reilly.[2] She played headmistress Farah Dowling in Fate: The Winx Saga.[17]
The TV series Maryland[18] aired in May 2023 on ITV1, with Best playing Rosaline, who is reuniting with her sister Becca (Suranne Jones) after their mother's body is found dead on the Isle of Man.[19]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Brilliant![20] | Nina | (short) |
2002 | Shackleton
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Eleanor Shackleton | TV movie |
2004 | The Lodge | Yuni | (short) |
2010 | The King's Speech | Wallis Simpson | |
2014 | Someone You Love | Kate | |
2014 | Unity | Narrator | Documentary |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | The Bill | Anne | Episode: Beasts
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2000 | Casualty | Amber Hope | Episode: Seize the Night
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2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Ellen McGillvray | TV mini-series |
2004 | Waking the Dead | Natasha Bloom | Episode: Shadowplay: Part 1 |
2004 | Lie With Me[21] | Roselyn Tyler | TV mini-series |
2005 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Amanda Gibson | Episode: In Divine Proportion |
2006 | Prime Suspect: The Final Act | Linda Philips | |
2006 | Vital Signs | Sarah Cartwright | 6 episodes |
2009–2013, 2015 |
Nurse Jackie | Dr. Eleanor O'Hara | Main cast (season 1–5) Guest (season 7) |
2010 | American Experience | Dolley Madison | Episode: Dolley Madison |
2010 | The Shadow Line | Petra Mayler | 3 episodes |
2012 | Up All Night | Yvonne Encanto | Episode: New Boss |
2013 | The Challenger Disaster | Sally Ride | |
2014 | New Worlds | Angelica Fanshawe | Episodes 1–3 |
2014 | The Honourable Woman | Monica Chatwin | Episodes 1–8 |
2015 | Life in Squares[22] | Vanessa Bell | |
2016–2017 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Anna Clayton | Main cast |
2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Farah Dowling | Main cast (season 1, 6 episodes; season 2, 1 episode) |
2022–present | House of the Dragon | Rhaenys Targaryen | Main cast |
2023 | Maryland | Rosaline | Main cast (ITV series, 3 episodes) |
2023 | The Crown | Carole Middleton | 2 episodes |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Location |
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1995 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Southwark Playhouse, London |
1996 | Sisters, Brothers | Gate Theatre, London | |
1999 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Annabella | Young Vic, London |
2000 | The Heiress | Catherine | Royal National Theatre, London |
2000 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Royal National Theatre, London |
2001 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Shakespeare's Globe, London |
2002 | The Misanthrope | Jennifer | Chichester Festival Theatre |
2002 | The Coast of Utopia | Liubov Bakunin | Royal National Theatre, London |
2003 | Three Sisters | Masha | Royal National Theatre, London |
2003 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon | Royal National Theatre, London |
2005 | Hedda Gabler | Hedda | Almeida, London and Duke of York's Theatre, London |
2006–07 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Josie | Brooks Atkinson Theatre , New York
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2007 | As You Like It | Rosalind | Swan Theatre (Stratford)
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2007–08 | The Homecoming | Ruth | Cort Theatre , New York
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2011 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Shakespeare's Globe, London |
2012 | The Duchess of Malfi | The Duchess | Old Vic , London
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2013 | Macbeth | Director | Shakespeare's Globe, London |
2014 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Shakespeare's Globe, London |
2015 | Old Times | Anna | American Airlines Theatre , Broadway
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2017 | Love in Idleness
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Olivia Brown | Menier Chocolate Factory, Apollo Theatre, London |
2017 | A Woman of No Importance | Mrs Arbuthnot | Vaudeville, London |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1999 | Evening Standard Award |
The Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Won |
1999 | Critics' Circle Theatre Award | The Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer (other than a playwright) | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Won |
2003 | Critics' Circle Theatre Award | Best Actress | Mourning Becomes Electra | Won |
2005 | Critics' Circle Theatre Award | Best Actress | Hedda Gabler | Won |
2006 | Laurence Olivier Award |
Best Actress | Hedda Gabler | Won |
2007 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actress in a Play | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Won |
2007 | Laurence Olivier Award |
Best Actress | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Nominated |
2007 | Tony Award |
Best Actress | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Nominated |
2008 | Tony Award |
Best Actress | The Homecoming | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c Sercher, Benjamin (19 June 2013). "Eve Best interview: on returning to the stage as a director". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ American Airlines Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company
- ^ Matt Trueman (11 August 2012). "Forging a Direct Path to the Future: JMK Award". The Stage. Archived from the original on 3 September 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Paddock, Terri (18 August 2003). "20 Questions With...Eve Best". What's on Stage. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ Henderson, Kathy. "Fresh Face: Eve Best". Broadway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
- ^ "Hedda Gabler". almeida.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ "A Moon for the Misbegotten". The Old Vic. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Billington, Michael (8 February 2007). "As You Like It". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "As You Like It". The British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (10 April 2007). "A Moonlit Night on the Farm, Graveyard Ready". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (16 May 2007). "We should cheer, and weep, at the Tony Awards nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (17 December 2007). "You Can Go Home Again, but You'll Pay the Consequences". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Much Ado About Nothing [2011]". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Fair is foul, and foul is fair". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Nurse Jackie: Official Site". Sho.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "Two lovers are blown apart by love and war". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Hough, Q (26 January 2021). "Fate: Is [SPOILER] Really Dead In The Winx Saga? How They Can Return". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Brilliant!". British Council. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Lawson, Mark (15 November 2004). "The cop stays in the picture". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Phoebe Fox, Lydia Leonard, Sam Hoare and James Norton to star in Life in Squares for BBC Two". BBC. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.