Nell Rose Hudson (born 19 November 1990) is an English
actress
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best known for her recurring roles as
Laoghaire MacKenzie in the
Starz television drama ''
Outlander'' and Nancy Skerrett in the
ITV period drama ''
Victoria
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''.
Early life
Hudson was born on 19 November 1990 in a small village in
West Midlands,
England
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. She is the daughter of journalist and author Cressida Connolly
and Charles Hudson.
The middle of three children, Hudson decided, as a teenager, to pursue acting.
Hudson attended the
Oxford School of Drama
The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford.
The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bot ...
, performing in plays such as ''
The Crucible
''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as ...
'' and ''
Closer'', eventually graduating with a degree in acting.
Her sister, Violet, is a journalist and writer who has written for The Daily Telegraph, the Spectator
and Tatler.
Early in her career, Nell Hudson was regularly featured in the Tatler List.
Career
Hudson's first professional role, in 2012, was a guest spot in an episode of the fifteenth series of the
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
medical drama ''
Holby City''.
Later that year she appeared in Garrick Hamm's short film ''Cast Offs'' and director Bruce Logan's short ''Les Bohemes''.
In 2014, she landed the role of
Laoghaire MacKenzie in
Starz's time travel drama ''
Outlander,'' based upon
Diana Gabaldon
Diana J. Gabaldon (; born January 11, 1952) is an American author, known for the ''Outlander'' series of novels. Her books merge multiple genres, featuring elements of historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction/fantas ...
's best-selling book series. The character is recurring and will continue throughout the series. On her character during the series' mid-season episode, Hudson stated that "when you are in just a lot of pain, it comes out as anger… I think that's quite a human characteristic, basically, and I think that's definitely what happens is that she's
aoghairegot all this pain and she doesn't know what to do with it and it comes out in this very kind of aggressive way and she does whatever she can do to rectify the situation."
Hudson guest-starred as Paulette Roland, a 17-year-old diabetic who discovers that she is pregnant, in series four of the
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''. The episode, which aired on 22 February 2015, explores the character's struggle with the possibility of either a dangerous pregnancy or a legal abortion. That same year she guest starred in NBC's international crime drama ''
''. On 14 May 2015, Hudson played Lydia Bennet in Tamara Harvey's production of
and Isabella Laughland.
In 2016, Hudson was featured in a series one episode of Sky1's amateur detective series ''
. Hudson also appears in
.
She portrays Nancy Skerrett, the Queen's dresser, in the ongoing series.
'' (2018), about police informants, sees Hudson in the role of Charlotte Humphreys, an art student and potential love interest to main character Raza.
Hudson worked briefly as a professional singer-songwriter, headlining at London's famous Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, as well as touring with
. She plays the piano and ukulele.
Her debut novel, a story of friendship amid loss titled ''Just For Today'', is slated to be released in early 2022 through
.