Nichola McAuliffe
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Nichola McAuliffe is an English
television
and stage
actress and writer
, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the sitcom Surgical Spirit.
, England. She is married to Don MacKay, a crime reporter for the Daily Mirror.
McAuliffe is a patron of Action for Children's Arts, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of creative arts among children under 12.
sitcom Surgical Spirit, her most high-profile acting role to date. More recently, she appeared in the long running soap opera
Coronation Street
between 2001 and 2002.
She has also had a number of stage roles and was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) for "Best Actress in a Musical" for Kiss Me Kate
. She also appeared as the evil Baroness Bomburst
in the West End
production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
at the London Palladium
. She was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role or Musical of 2002 for her performance in the production. Other stage appearances have included Oedipus the King
.
McAuliffe provided the voice of James Bond
's BMW
in the 1997
film Tomorrow Never Dies
. Other TV roles were in The Sound of Drums
, a Doctor Who
episode screened on 23 June 2007, and in My Family as the judge in episode Life Begins at Fifty.
In 2009, McAuliffe appeared in the film Cheri (film)
with Michelle Pfeiffer. Nichola appeared as the Wicked Fairy at the Yvonne Arnuad Theatre, Guildford, in Sleeping Beauty alongside Sarah-Jane Honeywell and Shane Lynch.
and A Fanny Full of Soap, a comic novel about the pre-West End run of a stage musical plus a children's story, Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle, both in 2003
. She is also a contributor to newspapers such as the Daily Mail
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and stage
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
actress and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the sitcom Surgical Spirit.
Background
McAuliffe was born in 1955 in SurreySurrey
Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
, England. She is married to Don MacKay, a crime reporter for the Daily Mirror.
McAuliffe is a patron of Action for Children's Arts, an organisation dedicated to the promotion of creative arts among children under 12.
Acting career
Between 1989 and 1995, she starred as obstreperous surgeon Sheila Sabatini in the ITVITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
sitcom Surgical Spirit, her most high-profile acting role to date. More recently, she appeared in the long running soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
between 2001 and 2002.
She has also had a number of stage roles and was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) for "Best Actress in a Musical" for Kiss Me Kate
Kiss Me Kate
Kiss Me Kate was a British sitcom that ran from 1998 until 2000. It followed the everyday life of a woman counsellor, Kate , who must not only manage her clients' problems, but must also help her neighbours and unsuccessful business partner, Douglas, played by Chris Langham. Amanda Holden played...
. She also appeared as the evil Baroness Bomburst
Baroness Bomburst
Baroness Bomburst is a fictional character and one of the antagonists in the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and in the later stage musical adaptation. The character was created by screenwriter Roald Dahl and did not appear in the original Ian Fleming novel....
in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, also known as Chitty the Musical, is a stage musical based on the 1968 film produced by Cubby Broccoli. The music and lyrics were written by Richard and Robert Sherman with book by Jeremy Sams.-Productions:...
at the London Palladium
London Palladium
The London Palladium is a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster. From the roster of stars who have played there and many televised performances, it is arguably the most famous theatre in London and the United Kingdom, especially for musical variety...
. She was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role or Musical of 2002 for her performance in the production. Other stage appearances have included Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King
Oedipus the King , also known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BCE. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone...
.
McAuliffe provided the voice of James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
's BMW
BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
in the 1997
1997 in film
-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...
film Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...
. Other TV roles were in The Sound of Drums
The Sound of Drums
"The Sound of Drums" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was broadcast on BBC One on 23 June 2007, and is the twelfth episode of Series 3 of the revived Doctor Who series...
, a Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode screened on 23 June 2007, and in My Family as the judge in episode Life Begins at Fifty.
In 2009, McAuliffe appeared in the film Cheri (film)
Cheri (film)
Chéri is a 2009 drama film directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, it is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by French author Colette...
with Michelle Pfeiffer. Nichola appeared as the Wicked Fairy at the Yvonne Arnuad Theatre, Guildford, in Sleeping Beauty alongside Sarah-Jane Honeywell and Shane Lynch.
Writing
McAuliffe has also published two novels, The Crime Tsar, based loosely on MacbethMacbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
and A Fanny Full of Soap, a comic novel about the pre-West End run of a stage musical plus a children's story, Attila, Loolagax and the Eagle, both in 2003
2003 in literature
The year 2003 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Peter Ackroyd - The Clerkenwell Tales*Atsuko Asano - No...
. She is also a contributor to newspapers such as the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
.