Nichola Burley is an English actress. She has appeared 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, homeless ...

'', '' 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 Schofie ...

'', ''

Death Comes to Pemberley ''Death Comes to Pemberley'' is a 2011 historical mystery novel by British writer P.D. James that continues the story of Jane Austen's 1813 novel ''Pride and Prejudice'' and adds a murder mystery. In the book, Captain Denny, a minor character ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

StreetDance 3D ''StreetDance 3D'' (also called ''StreetDance'') is a 2010 British 3D comedy drama film directed by Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini, and written by Jane English. It was released on 21 May 2010 in RealD 3D, XpanD 3D and Dolby 3D. ''Britain's Got Tale ...

''.

Early life and education

Nichola Burley was born in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

, England. She attended Intake High School, Bramley, where she studied

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.Escape to Bollywood

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, 5 June 2007 (Retrieved: 23 July 2009)

Career

Burley's acting career began in 2005 when she appeared as Michelle in the

Dominic Savage Dominic Savage is a British BAFTA award-winning director, writer and actor. Originally a child actor, he made several television appearances and had a role in Stanley Kubrick's ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975). Savage moved into screenwriting and direct ...

film '' Love + Hate''. She has had guest roles in ''

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 between ...

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

'' debuted with Burley appearing in the ensemble cast.Sawyer, Miranda
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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 played Zoe, in Savage's improvised, one-off BBC drama ''

''. 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), '' Ravenous'' and ''The World Is Not Enough'' (both 1999), '' There's Only One Jimmy Grimble'' (2000), '' ...

Anne-Marie Duff Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress and narrator. She is best known for her BAFTA nominated television roles in '' Shameless'' and '' The Virgin Queen'', and her performance as Grace Williams in '' Bad Sisters'', for wh ...

and

Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor and producer. He is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Colin Firth, several accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Aw ...

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

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

'' in 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 Unite ...

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

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the ...

''. 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 ...

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

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'' on

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. 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, England. It opened in 1990 in the Quarry Hill area of the city as the West Yorkshire Playhouse, successor to the original Leeds Playhouse, and was rebranded in June 2018 ...

throughout June 2007,Berry, 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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''. She plays Sophie Brodenham in the 2025

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crime series ''

Virdee ''Virdee'' is a six-part British crime thriller television series. It is adapted by A A Dhand from his own Bradford-set crime novel series. It stars Staz Nair and was produced by Magical Society for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It was broadcast in ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burley, Nichola Living people English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses People from Harehills Actresses from Leeds Year of birth missing (living people)