Kimberley Nixon

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Kimberley Nixon
Born (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 38)
Bristol, England
Alma mater Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Television Fresh Meat
Hebburn
Children1 [1]

Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985)[ citation needed ] is a Welsh actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama Cranford , and appearances in various films such as Wild Child and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging . She also starred as Josie Jones in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Fresh Meat and as Sarah Pearson in the BBC Two comedy Hebburn .

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Early life and education

Born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Nixon and her six brothers were raised in Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School. [2] [3] [4]

After high school, Nixon trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff alongside Tom Cullen and Aneurin Barnard. Before her graduation in 2007, she signed to Universal Studios after appearing in a college production of The Comedy of Errors . [5] [6] She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales. [6]

Career

Nixon's career began in 2007, when she starred as the motherless Sophy Hutton in the BBC One costume drama series Cranford . In 2008, she had supporting roles in the films Wild Child and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging .

In September 2008, she made her stage debut as Griet in a tour and London run of an adaptation of Girl with a Pearl Earring . [7]

Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue [8] and played one of the leads in Cherrybomb opposite Rupert Grint and Robert Sheehan, before starring in Black Death . In 2011, Nixon played Josie in the Channel 4 TV comedy-drama series Fresh Meat , and starred alongside Michael Sheen, Andrea Riseborough and Iwan Rheon in Resistance , an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel, which was released in the UK in November 2011.

Nixon appeared in the musical film Hunky Dory , which is set in 1976 Swansea, with Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard and George MacKay, directed by Marc Evans. [9] The film premièred at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on 25 October 2011, and was released officially on 2 March 2012 in the UK.

Nixon starred alongside Jaime Winstone and Aneurin Barnard in Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons , a horror film about an aspiring teen detective who stumbles into her first real case when investigating the mysterious new family, the Gammons, in her neighbourhood. The film was released on 20 April 2012. [10]

In 2012, Nixon starred in the movie Offender , a thriller about a man who sets up his own imprisonment in order to avenge the assault of his girlfriend. [11] She also had leading roles in the ITV drama series "Kidnap and Ransom" and the BBC Two comedy-drama series Hebburn , alongside Chris Ramsey [12] and Vic Reeves. [13] The sitcom is written by stand-up comic Jason Cook and is based on his experiences of growing up in the north-east of England. [14]

In June 2013, Nixon starred in "Greenshaw's Folly" in the sixth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple , with Matt Willis, Fiona Shaw, Julia Sawalha, Vic Reeves and Martin Compston. [15]

She starred in the 2014 BBC One Wales television remake of Dylan Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood as Myfanwy Price. [16]

She also starred in the Playhouse Presents one-off episode The Dog Thrower, with Matthew Perry and Tim Key, which aired on 1 May 2014 on Sky Arts. [17]

Nixon starred in the medical drama Critical , with Lennie James, Emma Fryer and Paul Bazely, that debuted on Sky 1 on 24 February 2015. [18] She also starred in a Welsh thriller titled Kingdom of Rain, with Julian Lewis Jones and Robert Kazinsky. [19] She took a lead role in the third season of Outlander.

In 2022, Nixon appeared as Donna in the BBC drama Life and Death in the Warehouse. [20] [21] [22]

In 2023, Nixon played the role of Ms Parkinson in Channel 4's standalone drama Consent. [23]

Personal life

Nixon is a supporter of Humanists UK. [24] She has spoken about having obsessive–compulsive disorder. [25] [26] [27]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRole
2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Lindsay
Wild Child Kate
Easy Virtue Hilda Whittaker
2009 Cherrybomb Michelle
2010 Black Death Averill
2011 Hunky Dory Vicki Munro
Resistance Bethan
2012 Elfie Hopkins Pippa
Offender Elise
2014Kingdom of RainCerys
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Cranford Sophy Hutton5 episodes
2010 Agatha Christie's Poirot EggEpisode: "Three Act Tragedy"
Law & Order: UK SallySeries 3, episode 6
2011 Midsomer Murders CloudS13, episode 8, “Fit for Murder”
2011–2016 Fresh Meat Josephine "Josie" JonesMain role, 30 episodes
2012 Kidnap and Ransom Florence HollandSeries 2
2012–2013 Hebburn Sarah PearsonMain role, 2 seasons
2013Agatha Christie’s Marple Louisa OxleyEpisode: "Greenshaw's Folly"
2013–2014The Call CentreNarrator11 episodes
2014Under Milk WoodMyfanwy PriceTV movie
2015 Critical Doctor Angharad 'Harry' Bennett-EdwardsFit for Murder”Main role, 9 episodes
Celebrity Mastermind HerselfSeries 14 episode 6 winner
2016 New Blood Alison WhiteMain role, 7 episodes
Ordinary Lies Holly PryceSeries 2
2017 Outlander Millie NelsonSeason 3, episode 1
Murder on the Blackpool Express Laura BishopTV movie
2018NigeMichelleTV movie
2019 Death in Paradise Catrina McVeySeries 8, episode 3
The Left Behind HannahOne-off special
2020-2022The TuckersLush6 episodes
2020 The Salisbury Poisonings Hannah MitchellSeries 1, episode 2
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse Lavender dollTV movie
2022Life and Death in the WarehouseDonnaBBC Television film
The Baby ClaudiaEpisode: The Bulldozer
2023 Consent Ms ParkinsonTV movie
Partygate Kate JosephPolitical docudrama
Video Games
YearTitleRole
2021 Bravely Default II Martha (voice)

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