Acting
Eileen Nicholas
- Titles
- 13movies15TV shows
- Career
Active from 1977 to 2015, with a break from 1991 to 2008, with up to 1 main title a year.
- Leading roles
- 2top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
Estranged73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.7average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Family Dynamics5.9average 4.7
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
- Melancholy5.6average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Crime4.5average 3.7
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Wonder1.0, average 3.4
- Fantasy0.1, average 1.8
- Uncanny0.8, average 2.5
- Mystery3.0, average 4.1
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Movies and TV shows
222020s
2 titles · average score 71
71
The Hack (2025)
TV show · as Isobel Hulsmann
National Theatre Live: The House of Bernarda Alba (2024)
as María Josefa
2010s
4 titles · average score 76
73
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
as Renton's Mother (archive footage)
82
Broken (2017)
TV show · as Nan
73
Estranged (2015)
as Marilyn
Mind the Gap (2014)
as Margaret
1990s
6 titles · average score 77
64
Holby City (1999)
TV show · as Susannah Wetherley
81
Regeneration (1997)
as Miss Crowe
85
Trainspotting (1996)
as Renton's Mother
Resort to Murder (1995)
TV show · as Harriet Penny
The Widowmaker (1990)
as Mum
No Job for a Lady (1990)
TV show · as Mona
1980s
6 titles · average score 68
62
Casualty (1986)
TV show · as Alma Hobbes / Mary Calthorn
62
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
TV show · as Mrs. Dunbar
Mitch (1984)
TV show · as Joyce Barlow
Dramarama (1983)
TV show · as Star
House on the Hill (1981)
TV show · as Coral McKenzie
81
To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
TV show · as Esther
1970s
3 titles · average score 74
74
Minder (1979)
TV show · as Jane
The Legend of King Arthur (1979)
TV show · as Margaret
1960s
1 title
The Borderers (1968)
TV show · as Agnes Ker