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Emily "Eve" Best is an award-winning, classically trained British actress. She has twice been nominated for a Tony Award: in 2008 for her portrayal of “Ruth” in The Homecoming, directed by Daniel Sullivan, and in 2007 for the role of “Josie” opposite Kevin Spacey in Moon for the Misbegotten. She won a Drama Desk and an Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Actress for her role in Moon for the Misbegotten. She made her professional London stage debut starring opposite Jude Law in Tis Pity She’s a Whore, and won both the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Newcomer and the London Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer 1999.
In 2003, she won the London Critics Circle award for Best Actress in Mourning Becomes Electra, and in 2005 she won an Olivier Award for Best Actress a London Critics Circle Award for Hedda Gabler. Other theatre credits include Three Sisters, The Coast of Utopia, The Heiress, The Cherry Orchard (Royal National Theatre); As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company); The Misanthrope (Chichester Festiival Theatre); and Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Her feature film debut was in The King’s Speech directed by Tom Hooper, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Her American television debut was as “Dr. O’Hara” in Showtime’s critically acclaimed and Emmy nominated series, “Nurse Jackie.” She has also starred as the title role in “Dolley Madison” for PBS, as well as “The Shadow Line,” “Prime Suspect VII,” “Lie With Me,” "Other Peoples Children” and “Shackleton.” Eve is a director of Shakespeare Link, a company that works with Shakespeare plays as a source of education and empowerment around the world. She has led Shakespeare workshops in London, Abu Dhabi, Northern Ireland, Wales and New York, and in 2009 travelled to Africa to create a cross cultural production of Romeo & Juliet as part of an AIDS relief program in Mozambique.
[2010]The King's Speech Wallis Simpson
[2012]Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice
[2014]Someone You Love Kate
[2018]A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Arbuthnot
Casualty Amber Hope
The Bill Anne
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells Ellen McGillvray
Shackleton Eleanor Shackleton
Lie with Me Roselyn Tyler
Waking the Dead Natasha Bloom
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Amanda Gibson
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act Linda Philips
Vital Signs Sarah Cartwright
Dolley Madison Dolley Madison
The Shadow Line Petra Mayler
Up All Night Yvonne Encanto
The Challenger Disaster Sally Ride
The Honorable Woman Monica Chatwin
New Worlds Angelica Fanshawe
[ 2009-2015]Nurse Jackie Dr. Eleanor O'Hara
Life in Squares Vanessa Bell
[ 2016-2017]Lucky Man Anna Clayton
[ 2021-2022]Fate: The Winx Saga Farah Dowling
House of the Dragon Princess Rhaenys Targaryen
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eve Best, The Homecoming
Eve BestA Moon For The Misbegotten
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Eve BestHedda Gabler
Eve BestTis Pity She's A Whore
Eve Best has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.
Eve Best has appeared on London's West End in 4 shows.
Eve Best's first West End show was Much Ado About Nothing which opened in 2011
Eve Best has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in "The Homecoming" and also received a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. In addition, Best was nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for her role in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and received a nomination for Outstanding Ensemble Performances for "The Homecoming" at the Drama Desk Awards. She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for her performance in "A Moon For The Misbegotten" and received a nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the same production. Best's achievements also include a Performance award at the Theatre World Awards for "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and a nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for the same production. She was nominated for Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for her role in "Hedda Gabler" and received the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards for "Tis Pity She's A Whore".
Eve Best has won several awards throughout her career. She received Outstanding Ensemble Performances (Drama Desk Awards) for her role in The Homecoming. She also won the Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for her performance in A Moon for the Misbegotten. Additionally, she received the Performance award (Theatre World Awards) for her role in A Moon for the Misbegotten. Best's portrayal of Hedda Gabler earned her the Best Actress award (Olivier Awards), and she also received the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer (Evening Standard Awards) for her performance in Tis Pity She's A Whore.
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