Nichola Ann Burley (born 26 December 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in ''

Born Equal ''Born Equal'' is a television film produced for the BBC. Written and directed by Dominic Savage, it stars Colin Firth, Robert Carlyle, David Oyelowo, Anne-Marie Duff and Emilia Fox, and explores aspects of poverty, race, inequality, homelessne ...

'', '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'', ''

Goldplated ''Goldplated'' is an eight-part drama series from World Productions which made its debut on Channel 4 on Wednesday 18 October 2006 at 10.00pm. It was created by Jimmy Gardner. It follows self-made businessman John White (played by David Schofi ...

'', ''

Death Comes to Pemberley ''Death Comes to Pemberley'' is a 2011 British mystery fiction novel by P.D. James that continues Jane Austen's 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice'' with a murder mystery. Plot summary The novel begins in October, 1803, six years after the ev ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

StreetDance 3D ''StreetDance 3D'' (also called ''StreetDance'') is a 2010 British 3D dance comedy-drama film which was released on 21 May 2010. The film was released in RealD 3D, XpanD 3D, and Dolby 3D with Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini directing it. ''Britain's ...

''.Conway, Sean
"Interview: Nichola Burley"
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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', 3 February 2009 (Retrieved: 23 July 2009)

Early life

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Career

Dominic Savage Dominic Savage (born 23 November 1962) is a British BAFTA award-winning director, writer, and actor. Originally a child actor — making several television appearances and featuring in Stanley Kubrick's '' Barry Lyndon'' (1975) — ...

Love + Hate

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The Ghost Squad ''The Ghost Squad'' is a British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4, broadcast from 15 November to 27 December 2005. Created by Tom Grieves, the series was inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed betwee ...

'', in November 2005, and '' Shameless'' in February 2006. In September 2006 Channel 4 show ''

'' debuted with Burley playing a main role in the ensemble cast.Sawyer, Miranda
"Blondes as bold as brass"
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"What now for Goldplated and Tripping Over?"
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'', 6 December 2006 (Retrieved: 23 July 2009) In November 2006 she received fame for her role as Zoe, in Savage's improvised, one-off BBC drama ''Born Equal''. The BBC described the show as one which "addresses social inequality in Britain today." Directed and written by Savage again, the film also starred

Robert Carlyle Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes '' Trainspotting'' (1996), ''The Full Monty'' (1997), ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), ''Angela's Ashes'' (1999), '' The Beach'' (2000), ''28 Weeks Later'' (20 ...

, Anne-Marie Duff and

Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the " Brit Pack" of rising young British actors, undertaking a challenging series of roles, including leading roles in '' A M ...

. As part of her research for the show she travelled to meet young runaways in London. She has also starred as Cathy McAleer in

BBC Three BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...

show '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' throughout its first series in 2006 and its second in 2007. In 2010, she appeared in the dance film ''

'' as the lead role alongside

George Sampson George William Sampson (born 29 June 1993) is an English street dancer, television presenter, singer, and actor. He won the second series of ''Britain's Got Talent'' on 31 May 2008 at the age of 14. He is an official ambassador of the United ...

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and Flawless. She portrays Isabella Linton in a 2011 film adaptation of ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moorland, moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their tur ...

''. She appeared as Witney Whitehead in the BBC drama ''

Candy Cabs ''Candy Cabs'' is a comedy drama series shown on BBC One in April 2011. The plot revolves around a group of friends who set up a female-only taxi company in a seaside town in Northern England. It was written by Johanne McAndrew and Elliott Hope a ...

'' which began on 5 April 2011. She also starred in one episode of crime drama ''

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

'' on ITV 1. Her stage credits include the title role in ''Bollywood Jane'' at the

West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds Playhouse is a theatre in the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire. Having originally opened in 1970 in a different location in Leeds, it reopened as West Yorkshire Playhouse, on Quarry Hill, in March 1990. After a refurbishment in 2018-20 ...

throughout June 2007Berry, Kevin
"Bollywood Jane"
''TheStage.co.uk'' 7 June 2007 (Retrieved: 23 July 2009) and Constanza in a Sheffield revival of Peter Schaffer's ''

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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burley, Nichola 1986 births Living people English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses People from Harehills Actresses from Leeds Actresses from Yorkshire