Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for "The Homecoming". She was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Actress in a Drama for "A Moon for the Misbegotten". She won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best Actress & London Critics Circle Theatre ...
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actr...
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Play, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
Movies
Someone You Love, The Challenger, The King's Speech, Lie with Me, Shackleton, The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells
TV Shows
Nurse Jackie, The Honourable Woman, The Shadow Line, Vital Signs, Dolley Madison
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Fact
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Beginning rehearsals for her run as the title character in 'Hedda Gabler' at the National Theatre, UK. [January 2005]
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Has played the wife of a British King (former) as Wallis (Warfield Simpson Windsor), Duchess of Windsor in The King's Speech (2010) and the wife of an American President as Dolley Madison in American Experience (1988): Dolley Madison (in 2010), both characters of American birth, although Eve Best is of English birth.
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Nominated for the 2008 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "The Homecoming".
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Nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Actress in a Drama for "A Moon for the Misbegotten".
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Prior to studying at Oxford, she was rejected from RADA, only to be accepted by them at age 24.
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Studied English at Oxford University.
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She was awarded the 1999 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Newcomer for her performance in 'Tis Pity She's A Whore performed at the Young Vic Theatre.
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She was awarded the 1999 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore performed at the Young Vic Theatre.
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She was awarded the 2003 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mourning Becomes Electra performed at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton.
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