Kimberley Nixon
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Kimberley Nixon is a Welsh
actress.
, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd
, Wales
, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School
.
In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in their list of '50 Sexiest women in Wales for 2011' .
alongside Tom Cullen
and Aneurin Barnard
, where before graduation in 2007 she secured an agent who signed her up to Universal Studios
after appearing in a college production of Quadrophenia
.
costume drama series Cranford
, opposite Dame Judi Dench
. In 2008, she had supporting roles in the films Wild Child
and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
.
In September 2008, she made her stage debut as Griet in a tour and London run of an adaptation of Girl With A Pearl Earring
.
In May 2010, Nixon was named one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue
and played one of the leads in Cherrybomb
opposite Rupert Grint
and Robert Sheehan, before starring in Black Death
. She also will be appearing in the musical film Hunky Dory, which is set in 1976 Swansea
, opposite Minnie Driver
, Aneurin Barnard
and George MacKay
, directed by Marc Evans
. The film is currently in post-production and is slated to be released in summer 2011. Nixon has recently finished completed the filming of Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons, starring alongside Jaime Winstone and, for the second time, Aneurin Barnard
. She also will star alongside Michael Sheen
, Andrea Riseborough
and Iwan Rheon in Resistance
, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers
novel. The film is due for UK release on 25 November 2011.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
actress.
Early and personal life
Born in BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, Nixon and her six brothers were brought up in Pontypridd
Pontypridd
Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School
Pontypridd High School
Pontypridd High School is an English-medium comprehensive school in the village of Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, in the Country of Wales, United Kingdom.-Admissions:...
.
In October 2011 Nixon was announced by Wales Online as number one in their list of '50 Sexiest women in Wales for 2011' .
Early career
Nixon is a former member of the National Youth Theatre Of Wales. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
alongside Tom Cullen
Tom Cullen (actor)
-Early life:Born in Aberystwyth, Cullen was raised in Cardiff, Wales.He has a brother named Joseph.-Early career:Cullen spent a year at the Central School of Speech and Drama before completing his training at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in July 2009...
and Aneurin Barnard
Aneurin Barnard
-Early life:He was born in the former borough of Ogwr in Mid Glamorgan and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama alongside Kimberley Nixon and Tom Cullen, graduating in 2008...
, where before graduation in 2007 she secured an agent who signed her up to Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
after appearing in a college production of Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia
Quadrophenia is the sixth studio album by English rock band The Who. Released on 19 October 1973 by Track and Polydor in the UK, and Track and MCA in the US, it is a double album, and the group's second rock opera...
.
Acting career
Her career began in autumn 2007 she starred as the motherless Sophy Hutton in the BBC OneBBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
costume drama series Cranford
Cranford (TV series)
Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, and Mr Harrison's Confessions...
, opposite Dame Judi Dench
Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is an English film, stage and television actress.Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo...
. In 2008, she had supporting roles in the films Wild Child
Wild Child (film)
Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson. The film made its American television premiere on ABC Family on August 8, 2010.-Plot:...
and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers...
.
In September 2008, she made her stage debut as Griet in a tour and London run of an adaptation of Girl With A Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring (play)
Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 2008 play. Adapted from the novel of the same title by Tracy Chevalier, it premiered at the Cambridge Arts Theatre. It then received its London premiere at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 29 September 2008, directed by Joe Dowling and designed by Peter Mumford...
.
In May 2010, Nixon was named one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's Young Hollywood Issue.
Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue (2009 film)
Easy Virtue is a 2008 British-Canadian romantic comedy film based on Noël Coward's play of the same name. The play was previously made into the silent movie Easy Virtue by Alfred Hitchcock. This adaptation is directed by Stephan Elliott, written by Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins, and stars Jessica...
and played one of the leads in Cherrybomb
Cherrybomb (film)
Cherrybomb is a drama film released in the United Kingdom in 2009, starring Rupert Grint. Filming began on location in Belfast on 7 July 2008, and lasted four weeks. The film involves nudity, drinking, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. It was released to DVD on 23 August 2010 in the UK...
opposite Rupert Grint
Rupert Grint
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor, who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Grint was cast as Ron at the age of 11, having previously acted only in school plays and at his local theatre group...
and Robert Sheehan, before starring in Black Death
Black Death (film)
Black Death is a 2010 historical horror action film directed by Christopher Smith from an original screenplay by Dario Poloni. It stars Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Carice van Houten.-Plot:The film takes place in 1348 in plague-ridden medieval England...
. She also will be appearing in the musical film Hunky Dory, which is set in 1976 Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, opposite Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.- Early life...
, Aneurin Barnard
Aneurin Barnard
-Early life:He was born in the former borough of Ogwr in Mid Glamorgan and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama alongside Kimberley Nixon and Tom Cullen, graduating in 2008...
and George MacKay
George MacKay (actor)
-Biography:MacKay was born in London, England. At the age of five, he produced, directed and created his very own production of the play Peter and the Wolf with his friends playing the characters...
, directed by Marc Evans
Marc Evans
Marc Evans is a Welsh-born film director, whose credits include the films House of America, Resurrection Man and My Little Eye.-Biography:Evans was born in 1963 in Carmarthen, Wales...
. The film is currently in post-production and is slated to be released in summer 2011. Nixon has recently finished completed the filming of Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons, starring alongside Jaime Winstone and, for the second time, Aneurin Barnard
Aneurin Barnard
-Early life:He was born in the former borough of Ogwr in Mid Glamorgan and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama alongside Kimberley Nixon and Tom Cullen, graduating in 2008...
. She also will star alongside Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...
, Andrea Riseborough
Andrea Riseborough
-Early life:Riseborough grew up in Whitley Bay. In reference to The Long Walk To Finchley, she has described her parents as "working-class Thatcherites"....
and Iwan Rheon in Resistance
Resistance (2011 film)
Resistance is a 2011 Welsh film based on the novel of the same name by Owen Sheers. It is scheduled to have a UK release on 25 November 2011 .-Cast:*Andrea Riseborough - Sarah*Michael Sheen - Tommy Atkins*Kimberley Nixon - Bethan*Iwan Rheon - George...
, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers
Owen Sheers is a Welsh poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter.-Biography:Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales...
novel. The film is due for UK release on 25 November 2011.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a 2008 British coming of age film film co-written and directed by Gurinder Chadha starring Georgia Groome. It is based on two teenage novels by Louise Rennison: Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers... |
Lindsay | Supporting role |
| Wild Child Wild Child (film) Wild Child is a 2008 American/British/French teen romantic dramedy film starring Emma Roberts, Alex Pettyfer and Natasha Richardson. The film made its American television premiere on ABC Family on August 8, 2010.-Plot:... |
Kate | Supporting role | |
| Easy Virtue | Hilda Whittaker | Supporting role | |
| 2009 | Cherrybomb Cherrybomb (film) Cherrybomb is a drama film released in the United Kingdom in 2009, starring Rupert Grint. Filming began on location in Belfast on 7 July 2008, and lasted four weeks. The film involves nudity, drinking, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. It was released to DVD on 23 August 2010 in the UK... |
Michelle | Lead role |
| 2010 | Black Death Black Death (film) Black Death is a 2010 historical horror action film directed by Christopher Smith from an original screenplay by Dario Poloni. It stars Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Carice van Houten.-Plot:The film takes place in 1348 in plague-ridden medieval England... |
Averill | Main role |
| 2011 | Hunky Dory | Vicki Munro | |
| Resistance Resistance (2011 film) Resistance is a 2011 Welsh film based on the novel of the same name by Owen Sheers. It is scheduled to have a UK release on 25 November 2011 .-Cast:*Andrea Riseborough - Sarah*Michael Sheen - Tommy Atkins*Kimberley Nixon - Bethan*Iwan Rheon - George... |
Bethan | ||
| Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons | Pippa | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Cranford | Sophy Hutton | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios... |
Egg | Episode: Three Act Tragedy |
| Law & Order: UK | Sally | Episode: 4.2 | |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Cloud | Episode 6.3 |
| 2011 | Fresh Meat | Josie | |