Niky Wardley

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Nichola Petra "Niky" Wardley (born 11 August 1973) is an English actress. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

One of her best-known parts was in The Catherine Tate Show as Lauren Cooper's best friend Lisa "Liese" Jackson, as well as other parts during the series. In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.^[1] In 2016 she was cast as Miss Brahms in the one-off special of Are You Being Served celebrating BBC Comedy. In January 2019 Wardley played Kate Herbert in the BBC1 hospital drama Casualty.

Selected credits[]

Theatre[]

• National Theatre. Much Ado About Nothing
• Royal Shakespeare Company. A Servant to Two Masters
• Making Waves
• The Three Sisters
• Our Country’s Good
• Hello You
• Tickled Pink
• West Yorkshire Playhouse. Bedroom Farce
• 2016 -- The Catherine Tate Show. UK Live Tour, played various characters
• 2017 -- Royal National Theatre. Twelfth Night played - Maria

Audio[]

Doctor Who: played Tamsin Drew, companion to the Eighth Doctor in audio dramas from Big Finish Productions

Doctor Who: played Bex in Technophobia

TV[]

• The History of the Novel
• The Hidden City
• Funny Cuts
• Comic Relief
• Casualty (Louisa, 2002, Kate Herbert, 2019)
• The Catherine Tate Show (Various, 2004–2006, 2009)
• Holby City (Julia 'Jools' Mallinson, 2005, Sandie Booth, 2007)
• Rosemary & Thyme (2005)
• EastEnders (Megan, 2006)
• The Complete Guide to Parenting (Karen, 2006)
• The Family Man (2006, TV movie)
• Benidorm (Kelly, 2007–2008)
• Silent Witness (DC Kate Dickerson, 2007)
• My Family (Crystal, 2007)
• Royal Variety Show
• Love Soup (Kendra, 2008)
• Peep Show (Cally, 2008)
• How Not to Live Your Life (Maggie, 2008)
• Parents of the Band (Sandy, 2008–2009)
• All the Small Things (Louise 'Lulu' Pryke, 2009)
• Shameless (Hazel, 2009)
• Life of Riley (Suzy, 2010)
• In with the Flynns (Caroline Flynn, 2011–2012)
• Coronation Street (Jenny Summer, 2012)
• The Spa (Sally, 2013)
• Love and Marriage (Heather McCallister, 2013)
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (Receptionist, 2013)
• Asylum (Lorna, 2015)
• Are You Being Served? (Miss Brahms, 2016 special)
• Citizen Khan (Suzanne, 2016)
• Home from Home (Fiona Hackett, 2018)
• Still Open All Hours (Mrs Jackson, 2018)

Film[]

• Hello You
• The Affair of the Necklace
• Really
• This Nan's Life

References[]

External links[]

• Niky Wardley at IMDb