List of fictional nurses

This is a list of fictional nurses, consisting of nurses having significant roles in fictional works.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• W
• Y

Fictional nurses

A

• Alex from the 2024- American television mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical ^[1]
• Haleh Adams from the American television series ER ^[2]
• Terri Alden from the American sitcom Three's Company ^[3]
• Rida Amaan from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Mikuru Asahina from the 2006-2009 Japanese television series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ^[5]
• Attractive Nurse from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Nurse Georgie Axwell from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Carmen Almonte from the 2015-2019 Spanish television series Allí abajo ^[7]

B

• Julia Baker from the 1968-1971 American television series Julia ^[8]
• Nurse Susan Ball from the 1972 British comedy film Carry On Matron ^[9]
• Sue Barton the title character from the 1936-1952 American Little, Brown and Company series of nurse-career-novels for teenage girls, by Helen Dore Boylston ^[10]
• Nisha Batra from the British television soap opera Brookside ^[11]
• Hillary Bauer from the 1952-2009 American soap opera Guiding Light ^[12]
• Dee Bliss from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours ^[13]
• Julie Bradford, staff nurse from the 1999-2022 British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Jana Brandner from the 1995-2015 German soap opera Verbotene Liebe ^[15]
• Kim Butterfield from the 1995- British television soap opera Hollyoaks ^[16]
• Lindsey Butterfield from the British television soap opera Hollyoaks ^[16]
• Caroline Buxton from the 1992- New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]

C

• Eva Cassidy the title character from the 2019 Canadian book The Lieutenant's nurse ^[18]
• Edith Cavell a fictionalised interpretation of the First World War nurse, in the 1939 American film Nurse Edith Cavell ^[19]
• Christine Chapel from the 1966-1969 American science fiction television series Star Trek ^[20]
• Malma Chaudury from the British television soap opera EastEnders ^[21]
• Nurse Clarke from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• Kirsty Clements from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Nurse Conner Comes Home title character from the 1964 American Ace Books nurse-romance by Arlene Hale - writing as Arlene Hale, Gail Everett, Louise Christopher, and Lynn Williams, she wrote over 48 nurse-romances between 1960-1980 ^{[23] [24]}
• Scarlett Conway from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Nurse Cramer from the 1961 American novel by Joseph Heller Catch-22 ^[25]
• 'Nurse Betsy Crane' title character from the 1961-1964 American Charlton Comics romance book series of [at least 27] books. ^{[26] [27]}
• Nadine Crowell from the 1963- American soap opera General Hospital ^[28]
• Ellen Crozier from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]

D

• Shirley Daniels from the 1982-1988 American television series St. Elsewhere ^[29]
• Student Nurse Stella Dawson from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Nurse Duckett from Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 ^[25]
• Lisa "Duffy" Duffin from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Madiha Durrani from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Annie Dutton from the soap opera Guiding Light ^[12]

E

• Eliza, the lost love of Faust VIII in the manga and anime of Shaman King
• Carla Espinosa from the 2001-2010 American sitcom Scrubs ^[30]

F

• Charlie Fairhead from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Fanny from the fighting video game Guilty Gear Petit
• Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Floria from the 2025 Swiss film Late Shift
• Gaylord "Greg" Focker from the films Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers
• Kitty Forman from the sitcom That '70s Show
• Jane Foster from The Mighty Thor comic book
• Sonia Fowler from the British soap opera EastEnders ^[21]

G

• Lisa Garland from survival horror Silent Hill series of video games
• Sarah Gamp from the Charles Dickens British novel Martin Chuzzlewit - and in various adaptations including Martin Chuzzlewit (1964 TV series), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994 TV series)

H

• Audrey March Hardy from the soap opera General Hospital ^[28]
• Haruhara Haruko, in a brief instance in the first episode of the anime series FLCL
• Nurse Rose Harper from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Ruby Haswell from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Carol Hathaway from the television series ER
• Hello Nurse from the animated television series Animaniacs
• David Hide from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Sister Hoggett from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• Jasmine Hopkins, staff nurse, from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Marie Horton from the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan from M*A*S*H ^{[31] [32]}

J

• Donna Jackson from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Nurse Frances James from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Lily Jarvik from the television series ER
• Maia Jeffries from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Tania Jeffries from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Epiphany Johnson from the soap opera General Hospital ^[28]
• Nurse Joy from Pokémon
• 'Nurse Julie of Ward Three' title character of the 1964 Canadian Harlequin romance novel by Joan Callendar ^[33]
• Naomi Julien from the British soap opera EastEnders ^[21]
• Meena Jutla from the British soap opera Emmerdale

K

• Asuna Karino from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
• Doris Kendall from the 1931 American film Born to Love (film)
• Maria Kendall from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Clive King, staff nurse from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Katya Kinski from the Australian soap opera Neighbours ^[13]
• Marty Kirkby from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Vinnie Kruse from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]

L

• Ayesha Lee from the British soap opera Doctors ^[34]
• 'Nurse Lingwood's patient', title character from the British nurse-romance novel by Quenna Tilbury; she wrote at least 17 nurse-romances c.1989-c.2019 published by Linford Romance ^{[35] [36]}
• Nurse Liz, title character from the 2015 British BBC Paul Whitehouse radio and television comedy series Nurse ^[37]
• Staff Nurse Helen Lloyd from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• Abby Lockhart from the American television series ER
• Peri Lomax from the British soap opera Hollyoaks ^{[38] [16]}
• Tegan Lomax from the British soap opera Hollyoaks ^[16]
• Jade Lovall from the British television series Casualty ^[4]

M

• Kylie Maddon from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Chuny Marquez from the American television series ER
• Jacob Masters from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• 'New Matron' from the 1969 British comedy film Carry On Again Doctor ^[39]
• Matt from the 2024- American television mockumentary sitcom St.Denis Medical ^[1]
• Nurse Sandra May from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• Nurse Dixie McCall from the TV series Emergency!
• Lieutenant Jane "Snapshot" McCall from the 1948 American film Homecoming
• Lieutenant Ruth McCara from the 1953 American film Battle Circus
• Malik McGrath from the American television series ER
• Luca McIntyre from the British soap Doctors ^[40]
• Siobhan McKenzie from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Celine McQueen from the British soap opera Hollyoaks ^[16]
• Cleo McQueen from the British soap Hollyoaks ^{[41] [16]}
• Cameron Mickelthwaite from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Robyn Miller from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Steve Mills from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Dottie Morrison from the 1942 American film Parachute Nurse ^[42]
• Faye Morton from the British television series Holby City ^[14]

N

• Amazing Nurse Nanako from the anime of the same title
• Nurse Nelson from the 1970 American film Quarantined
• Karen Newburn, ward sister from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Student Nurse Nightingale from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• 'Night sister' from the 1969 British comedy film Carry On Again Doctor ^[39]
• Bryan Nolan from the British soap opera EastEnders ^[21]
• Lynsey Nolan from the British soap opera Hollyoaks ^[16]
• 'Myra North, Special Nurse' title character from the 1936-1941 American NEA syndicate comic strip ^[43]
• 'Nurse' from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• 'Nurse' from the 1972 British comedy film Carry On Matron ^[9]
• 'Nurse in bath' from the British comedy films Carry On Doctor (1967) ^[22] and Carry On Matron (1972) ^[9]
• 'Nurses Home nurse' from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]

O

• Alyssa Ogawa from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the movie Star Trek: First Contact
• Ngozi Okoye from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• 'Out-Patients Sister' from the 1969 British comedy film Carry On Again Doctor ^[39]

P

• Alison Palmer, title nurse from the 1979 British nurse-romance novel Sister in Opposition, one of a number of books by Linda Shand, mainly published by Mills & Boon ^[44]
• Lucy Papandrao from the 1982-1988 American television series St. Elsewhere ^[29]
• Tom Paris from the television series Star Trek: Voyager
• Nurse Parkin from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• Ann Perkins from the 2009-2015 American television series Parks and Recreation ^[45]
• Peter Petrelli from the television series Heroes
• Nina Pickering from the British supernatural television series Being Human
• Pinoko ^{[ broken anchor ]} from Osamu Tezuka's manga and later anime, Black Jack
• Poppy Pomfrey from the British 1997-2007 books, films and television series Harry Potter
• Tiffany Pratt from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Miss Preen from the play and film The Man Who Came to Dinner

R

• Nurse Ratched from Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Mildred Ratched from the Netflix adaptation Ratched
• Megan Roach from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Laverne Roberts from the 2001-2010 American sitcom Scrubs ^[30]
• Selina Roberts from the soap opera Home and Away

S

• Tina Seabrook from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Serena from the 2024- American television mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical ^[1]
• Ellie Sharpe, theatre sister, from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Peggy Shotwell from the 1982-1988 American television series St. Elsewhere ^[29]
• 'Shapely Nurse' from the 1972 British comedy film Carry On Matron ^[9]
• Lucky Simpson from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• 'Sister' from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]
• 'Sister' from the 1972 British comedy film Carry On Matron ^[9]
• Zac Smith from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Miss Soaper, Matron from the British comedy films Carry On Nurse (1959) ^[6] , Carry On Doctor (1967), ^[22] Carry On Again Doctor (1969), ^[39] and Carry On Matron (1972) ^[9]
• Deborah Solomon from the 1984 American film Purple Hearts
• Bobbie Spencer from the soap opera General Hospital ^[28]
• Rita Stapleton Bauer from the soap opera Guiding Light ^[12]
• Miss Stephens from the 1937 American film Wife, Doctor and Nurse
• Ray Sykes, senior staff nurse, from the British television series Holby City ^[14]

T

• Samantha Taggart from ER
• Claire Temple from the television series Daredevil
• Mikan Tsumiki from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

W

• Toni Warner from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street ^[17]
• Elizabeth Webber from the soap opera General Hospital ^[28]
• Glenda White from the 1942 American film Parachute Nurse
• Jodie Whyte from the British television series Casualty ^[4]
• Chrissie Williams from the British television series Holby City ^[14]
• Rory Williams from the television series Doctor Who
• Nurse Willing from the 1969 British comedy film Carry On Again Doctor ^[39]
• 'Women's ward nurse' from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor ^[22]
• Jennifer Worth a real nurse and midwife fictionalised in the 2012- British television period drama Call the Midwife ^[46]
• Lydia Wright from the television series ER

Y

• Mary Alice Young from the 2004-2012 American television series Desperate Housewives ^[47]
• Young Nurse from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse ^[6]

See also

• Lists portal

• List of fictional doctors

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