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Quick facts for kids Eve Best
Eve Best in 2007
Born	Emily Best (1971-07-31) 31 July 1971 (age 54) London, England
Education	Lincoln College, Oxford (BA) Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (GrDip)
Occupation	Actress, director
Years active	1995–present

Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is famous for her roles on stage and screen. Many people know her as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in the HBO series House of the Dragon.

She has also appeared in other popular shows. These include Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in Nurse Jackie and Monica Chatwin in The Honourable Woman. In movies, she played Wallis Simpson in the award-winning film The King's Speech.

Best is also a celebrated stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for her leading role in the play Hedda Gabler. She has been nominated for two Tony Awards for her work on Broadway in New York City.

Early Life and School

Eve Best was born Emily Best and grew up in Ladbroke Grove, a neighborhood in London. Her mother was an actress, and her father was a design journalist. She started performing at a young age. When she was nine, she joined the W11 Opera, a children's opera group in London.

She went to Wycombe Abbey Girls' School. Later, she studied English at Lincoln College, Oxford. At Oxford, she was active in student drama groups. She even performed at the famous Edinburgh Festival. After graduating, her first professional role was as Beatrice in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

Acting Career

Stage Success

After university, Best studied at the famous Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. After she graduated in 1999, she starred in a play called ‘Tis Pity She’s a .... Her performance was so good that she won two "best newcomer" awards. She started using "Eve" as her stage name because another actress was already named Emily Best.

In 2006, she won a Laurence Olivier Award, a top British theatre prize, for playing the main character in Hedda Gabler. The next year, she was nominated for the same award for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten.

She took that play to Broadway in New York City. Her performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress. She received a second Tony nomination in 2008 for the play The Homecoming. She has also directed plays, including a version of Macbeth at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in 2013.

Television and Film Roles

Best is well-known for her television work. From 2009 to 2013, she played Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie. In 2010, she appeared in the movie The King's Speech as Wallis Simpson.

She has played many other interesting characters. She was Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, in the TV film The Challenger Disaster. She also played the headmistress Farah Dowling in the fantasy series Fate: The Winx Saga.

Starting in 2022, she gained worldwide fame as Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in House of the Dragon. This show is a prequel to Game of Thrones. In 2023, she also appeared in the TV series Maryland and played Carole Middleton in The Crown.

Selected Works

Here are some of the movies, TV shows, and plays Eve Best has been in.

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and Nominations

Eve Best has won many awards for her acting, especially for her work in the theatre.

See also

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