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Acting

Eileen Nicholas

Career

Active from 1977 to 2021, with a break from 1991 to 2008, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bomber
Bomber
GoodWatch score55/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Eileen Nicholas Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wonder
    1.2, average 3.4
  • Fantasy
    0.1, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      30
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      4 titles · average score 53
      The Hack
      The Hack (2025)
      GoodWatch score 69

      TV show · as Isobel Hulsmann

      National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba
      National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba (2024)

      as María Josefa

      Django
      Django (2023)
      GoodWatch score 37

      TV show · as Little Dove

      Hear My Voice
      Hear My Voice (2021)

      as Mike's grand-mother

      2010s

      7 titles · average score 57
      Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
      Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
      GoodWatch score 51

      as Trish

      T2 Trainspotting
      T2 Trainspotting (2017)
      GoodWatch score 73

      as Renton's Mother (archive footage)

      Broken
      Broken (2017)
      GoodWatch score 82

      TV show · as Nan

      London Heist
      London Heist (2017)
      GoodWatch score 53

      as Sheila

      Estranged
      Estranged (2015)
      GoodWatch score 49

      as Marilyn

      Mind the Gap
      Mind the Gap (2014)

      as Margaret

      The Wee Man
      The Wee Man (2013)
      GoodWatch score 36

      as Mrs. Gillespie

      2000s

      2 titles · average score 62
      Bomber
      Bomber (2009)
      GoodWatch score 55

      as Valerie

      Half Broken Things
      Half Broken Things (2007)
      GoodWatch score 69

      as Mrs Dawson

      1990s

      6 titles · average score 71
      Holby City
      Holby City (1999)
      GoodWatch score 64

      TV show · as Susannah Wetherley

      Regeneration
      Regeneration (1997)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as Miss Crowe

      Trainspotting
      Trainspotting (1996)
      GoodWatch score 86

      as Renton's Mother

      Resort to Murder
      Resort to Murder (1995)

      TV show · as Harriet Penny

      The Widowmaker
      The Widowmaker (1990)

      as Mum

      No Job for a Lady
      No Job for a Lady (1990)

      TV show · as Mona

      1980s

      7 titles · average score 68
      Death of a Son
      Death of a Son (1989)

      as Mobile Librarian

      Casualty
      Casualty (1986)
      GoodWatch score 62

      TV show · as Alma Hobbes / Mary Calthorn

      C.A.T.S. Eyes
      C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
      GoodWatch score 62

      TV show · as Mrs. Dunbar

      Mitch
      Mitch (1984)

      TV show · as Joyce Barlow

      Dramarama
      Dramarama (1983)

      TV show · as Star

      House on the Hill
      House on the Hill (1981)

      TV show · as Coral McKenzie

      To Serve Them All My Days
      To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
      GoodWatch score 81

      TV show · as Esther

      1970s

      3 titles · average score 75
      Minder
      Minder (1979)
      GoodWatch score 75

      TV show · as Jane

      The Legend of King Arthur
      The Legend of King Arthur (1979)

      TV show · as Margaret

      The Thin End of the Wedge
      The Thin End of the Wedge (1977)

      as Mary

      1960s

      1 title
      The Borderers
      The Borderers (1968)

      TV show · as Agnes Ker