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Eve Best

1971 - Today

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Emily "Eve" Frances Finlay Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014) and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon (2022–2024). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech. Best won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Hedda Gabler. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Eve Best is the 8,854th most popular actor (down from 7,667th in 2024), the 6,174th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,410th in 2019) and the 997th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eve Best ranks 8,854 out of 13,578. Before her are Valentina Cervi, Deidre Hall, Yoo Seung-ho, Joseph Campanella, Angela Kinsey, and Ayako Kawasumi. After her are Marguerite Marsh, Lew Cody, Mark Salling, Charlie Callas, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Buck Jones.

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Among people born in 1971, Eve Best ranks 501. Before her are Aleksey Ovchinin, Allen Johnson, Tyler Hamilton, Conn Iggulden, Angela Kinsey, and Kurt Warner. After her are Francina Armengol, Chris Horner, Slavko Goluža, Euller, Amanda Coetzer, and Valentyn Vasyanovych.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eve Best ranks 6,176 out of 8,785. Before her are Billy Bragg (1957), Conn Iggulden (1971), Andrew Howard (1969), Stuart Williams (1930), Eddie Hapgood (1908), and Simon Webbe (1978). After her are Martin Clunes (1961), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), Alexander Keith Johnston (1804), Evelyn Glennie (1965), Jann Mardenborough (1991), and John Rae (1813).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Eve Best ranks 997. Before her are Tom Cullen (1985), Valerie Leon (1943), Caroline Bliss (1961), Skandar Keynes (1991), Joseph Mawle (1974), and Andrew Howard (1969). After her are Martin Clunes (1961), Daniel Kaluuya (1989), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (1983), Steve Valentine (1966), Jefferson Hall (1977), and Amanda Holden (1971).

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