Eve Best
Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Bill Anne Episode : Beasts
2000 Casualty Amber Hope Episode : Seize the Night
2001 The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Ellen McGillvray TV mini-series
2004 Waking the Dead Natasha Bloom Episode : Shadowplay : Part 1
2004 Lie With Me Roselyn Tyler TV mini-series
2005 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Amanda Gibson Episode : In Divine Proportion
2006 Prime Suspect : The Final Act Linda Philips
2006 Vital Signs Sarah Cartwright 6 episodes
2009-2013 , 2015 Nurse Jackie Dr. Eleanor O'Hara Main cast ( season 1-5 ) Guest ( season 7 )
2010 American Experience Dolley Madison Episode : Dolley Madison
2010 The Shadow Line Petra Mayler 3 episodes
2012 Up All Night Yvonne Encanto Episode : New Boss
2013 The Challenger Sally Ride
2014 New Worlds Angelica Fanshawe Episodes 1-3
2014 The Honourable Woman Monica Chatwin Episodes 1-8
2015 Life in Squares Vanessa Bell
2016 Stan Lee 's Lucky Man Anna Clayton Main cast
Film , TV , stage
Best , after performing in A Moon for the Misbegotten in New York City , 27 May 2007
Emily Eve Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English stage and screen actress and director, known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009-13), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech. Best won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Hedda Gabler. She made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, and receiving the first of two nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play; the second was for the revival of The Homecoming in 2008. She returned to Broadway in the 2015 revival of Old Times.