Lesley Nicol (actress)

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Lesley Nicol
Nicol in November 2014
Born	(1953-08-07) 7 August 1953 (age 68) Manchester, England
Other names	Leslie Nicol
Education	Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present
Known for	Beryl Patmore in Downton Abbey
Awards	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, 2012, 2014–2015

Lesley Nicol (born 7 August 1953 in Manchester^[1]) is an English actress and a three-time SAG Award winner in the Best Cast in a Drama Series category for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series Downton Abbey. She also starred in the 2019 feature film Downton Abbey.^[2][3]

Career[]

Nicol's television roles include Mrs. Beaver in the BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Queen Giant in The Silver Chair and as Henrietta Beecham in the 2019 ITV historical drama Beecham House. She made multiple appearances on ABC's The Catch in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a London gangland family and also guest-starred on episodes of Amazon Prime Video's The Boys, The CW's Supernatural (where she played a variation of the witch from Hansel and Gretel), CBS's reboot of The Odd Couple, ABC's Once Upon a Time and TVLand's Hot in Cleveland. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Theater work[]

On stage, Nicol co-starred as "Rosie" in the original West End production of the international hit musical Mamma Mia! and originated the role of Kath in the Madness Musical Our House in the West End. ^[7] She starred as Auntie Annie in East is East at London's Royal Court Theatre and later reprised her role in the BAFTA Best British Film Award-winning version of the play, also titled East Is East, ^[8] as well as the film sequel, West is West. ^{[9] [10]}

Nicol wrote an original musical about her life and career with pop music songwriter Mark Mueller titled How the Hell Did I Get Here? She and Mueller first performed it in 2017 at her alma mater, London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, followed by a show in Hong Kong at that city's historic Fringe Club theater.^[11] In January 2022, the musical will have its first, fully-staged performance and world premiere at the Pittsburgh Public Theater.^[12] It will be directed by Luke Kernaghan and produced by Pemberley Productions.^[13]

Personal life[]

Nicol is a graduate of Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.^[14][15]

Filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Lesley Nicol at IMDb