Julie Wilson Nimmo is a Scottish actress and dancer. She is known for portraying the roles of Miss Hoolie in the

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Children's series ''

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'', Mrs Sawdust in

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show 'Olga Da Polga' and DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scottish television series

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Career

Nimmo started her career along with a lot of other Scottish actors and comedians in the 1995 sketch show ''

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'' which was partly written by her now husband

Greg Hemphill Gregory Edward Hemphill (born 14 December 1969) is a Scottish-Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his work with Ford Kiernan on the BBC Scotland comedy series ''Chewin' The Fat'' (1999–2005) and ''Still Game'' ...

and his co writer

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. Between 1999 and 2002, Nimmo was a regular star in the sketch show ''

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'' by the same writers. She starred in all four series and the New Year specials. After taking a break from acting, Nimmo returned to the stage in

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as So-Shy in a production of

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''. She also briefly appeared in the Scottish comedy television series ''

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'', and played

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in the

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, ''The Father of Australia''. In 2002 Nimmo starred in the

children show

as Miss Hoolie; she starred in all four seasons ending in 2005. She plays Lovely Sue in the Radio 4 comedy series ''

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''. She played Katrine Trolle and other witnesses in a radio dramatisation of the court case ''

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''. In 2014, she starred as a guest in a children’s special of ''

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'' alongside fellow Balamory star Andrew Agnew but lost in the head-to-head round. In 2016, she starred with

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and

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in the BBC One Scotland horror comedy ''West Skerra Light'', which was written and directed by her husband

. She subsequently reunited with Michie and McIntosh for Hemphill's 2018 horror comedy ''Long Night at Blackstone''. In 2017, she played DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scotland comedy show ''

''. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of

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, alongside her husband. In 2020, she took part in Scenes For Survival project, a response to the closure of live theatre since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, written and directed by her husband for National Theatre Of Scotland. In 2021, she starred as Olive The Reindeer at

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. In 2022, she celebrated

’s 20th anniversary and return to BBC iPlayer with television and radio appearances, including '' This Morning'' with Andrew Agnew. In October 2022, Julie co-hosted the breakfast show with

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, which went out across the Scottish Bauer Network. In December 2022-January 2023, she will appear in ''The Wizard of Oz'' at the

. From November 2022, Julie is currently starring as Mrs Sawdust, alongside husband

as Mr Sawdust, in new

television series

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. On New Years Day 2023, Julie starred in a television programme called 'Jules' and Greg's Wild Swim' about wild swimming with actor-husband

. It aired on

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Channel and

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Personal life

Nimmo is married to actor

. They appeared together in the television comedies ''

'' (1995–1996, her first major television credit), and ''

'' (1999–2002). They have two sons, Benny and Chevy. They previously lived in

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near

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, before moving back to

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nimmo, Julie Wilson Living people 20th-century Scottish actresses 21st-century Scottish actresses Actresses from Glasgow Alumni of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland People from East Kilbride Scottish radio actresses Scottish stage actresses Scottish television actresses Year of birth missing (living people)