Kimberley Nixon

This article is about the Welsh actress. For the transgender woman who filed a human rights complaint against the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter, see Kimberly Nixon.

Kimberley Nixon
Born (1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)
Bristol, England
Alma materRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
TelevisionFresh Meat
Hebburn
Children1[1]

Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985)[citation needed] is a Welsh actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama Cranford, and appearances in various films such as Wild Child and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. She also starred as Josie Jones in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Fresh Meat and as Sarah Pearson in the BBC Two comedy Hebburn.

Early life and education

Born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Nixon and her six brothers were raised in Ynysybwl near Pontypridd, Wales,[2] where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School.[3][4][5]

After high school, Nixon trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff alongside Tom Cullen and Aneurin Barnard. Before her graduation in 2007, she signed to Universal Studios after appearing in a college production of The Comedy of Errors.[6][7] She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales.[7]

Career

Nixon's career began in 2007, when she starred as the motherless Sophy Hutton in the BBC One costume drama series Cranford. 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.[8]

Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue[9] and played one of the leads in Cherrybomb opposite Rupert Grint and Robert Sheehan, before starring in Black Death. In 2011, Nixon played Josie in the Channel 4 TV comedy-drama series Fresh Meat, and starred alongside Michael Sheen, Andrea Riseborough and Iwan Rheon in Resistance, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel, which was released in the UK in November 2011.

Nixon appeared in the musical film Hunky Dory, which is set in 1976 Swansea, with Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard and George MacKay, directed by Marc Evans.[10] The film premièred at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on 25 October 2011, and was released officially on 2 March 2012 in the UK.

Nixon starred alongside Jaime Winstone and Aneurin Barnard in Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons, a horror film about an aspiring teen detective who stumbles into her first real case when investigating the mysterious new family, the Gammons, in her neighbourhood. The film was released on 20 April 2012.[11]

In 2012, Nixon starred in the movie Offender, a thriller about a man who sets up his own imprisonment in order to avenge the assault of his girlfriend.[12] She also had leading roles in the ITV drama series "Kidnap and Ransom" and the BBC Two comedy-drama series Hebburn, alongside Chris Ramsey[13] and Vic Reeves.[14] The sitcom is written by stand-up comic Jason Cook and is based on his experiences of growing up in the north-east of England.[15]

In June 2013, Nixon starred in "Greenshaw's Folly" in the sixth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple, with Matt Willis, Fiona Shaw, Julia Sawalha, Vic Reeves and Martin Compston.[16]

She starred in the 2014 BBC One Wales television remake of Dylan Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood as Myfanwy Price.[17]

She also starred in the Playhouse Presents one-off episode The Dog Thrower, with Matthew Perry and Tim Key, which aired on 1 May 2014 on Sky Arts.[18]

Nixon starred in the medical drama Critical, with Lennie James, Emma Fryer and Paul Bazely, that debuted on Sky 1 on 24 February 2015.[19] She also starred in a Welsh thriller titled Kingdom of Rain, with Julian Lewis Jones and Robert Kazinsky.[20] She took a lead role in the third season of Outlander.

In 2022, Nixon appeared as Donna in the BBC drama Life and Death in the Warehouse.[21][22][23]

In 2023, Nixon played the role of Ms Parkinson in Channel 4's standalone drama Consent.[24]

Personal life

Nixon is a supporter of Humanists UK.[25] She has spoken about having obsessive–compulsive disorder and this came to a head after the birth of her first child in 2020 when she finally realised she'd had intrusive thoughts all her life.[26][27][28]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role
2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Lindsay
Wild Child Kate
Easy Virtue Hilda Whittaker
2009 Cherrybomb Michelle
2010 Black Death Averill
2011 Hunky Dory Vicki Munro
Resistance Bethan
2012 Elfie Hopkins Pippa
Offender Elise
2014 Kingdom of Rain Cerys


Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Cranford Sophy Hutton 5 episodes
2010 Agatha Christie's Poirot Egg Episode: "Three Act Tragedy"
Law & Order: UK Sally Series 3, episode 6
2011 Midsomer Murders Cloud S13, episode 8, “Fit for Murder”
2011–2016 Fresh Meat Josephine "Josie" Jones Main role, 30 episodes
2012 Kidnap and Ransom Florence Holland Series 2
2012–2013 Hebburn Sarah Pearson Main role, 2 seasons
2013 Agatha Christie’s Marple Louisa Oxley Episode: "Greenshaw's Folly"
2013–2014 The Call Centre Narrator 11 episodes
2014 Under Milk Wood Myfanwy Price TV movie
2015 Critical Doctor Angharad 'Harry' Bennett-Edwards Fit for Murder”Main role, 9 episodes
Celebrity Mastermind Herself Series 14 episode 6 winner
2016 New Blood Alison White Main role, 7 episodes
Ordinary Lies Holly Pryce Series 2
2017 Outlander Millie Nelson Season 3, episode 1
Murder on the Blackpool Express Laura Bishop TV movie
2018 Nige Michelle TV movie
2019 Death in Paradise Catrina McVey Series 8, episode 3
The Left Behind Hannah One-off special
2020-2022 The Tuckers Lush 6 episodes
2020 The Salisbury Poisonings Hannah Mitchell Series 1, episode 2
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse Lavender doll TV movie
2022 Life and Death in the Warehouse Donna BBC Television film
The Baby Claudia Episode: The Bulldozer
2023 Consent Ms Parkinson TV movie
Partygate Kate Joseph Political docudrama
2024 Shardlake Joan Miniseries
TBA Under Salt Marsh TBA Upcoming TV series
Video Games
Year Title Role
2021 Bravely Default II Martha (voice)

References

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  13. ^ "South Shields Comic Chris Ramsey Swaps Roles in New Sitcom 'Hebburn'". tyneandwear.sky.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  14. ^ "Vic Reeves, Kimberley Nixon for BBC Two comedy 'Hebburn'". Digital Spy. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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  16. ^ "'Marple': New ITV film casts Matt Willis, Kimberley Nixon, Vic Reeves". Digital Spy. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  17. ^ "What some of you had to say about Under Milk Wood on the BBC last night". South Wales Evening Post. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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  19. ^ "Critical: Every second counts as Lennie James leads ground-breaking Sky1-HD medical drama". Sky. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  20. ^ "Kingdom of Rain". IMDb. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  21. ^ Colderick, Stephanie (7 March 2022). "BBC3 Life And Death In The Warehouse: Who's in the cast, what it's about and when you can watch it". Wales Online. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  22. ^ "It's like a compilation of horrible anecdotes. Craig Parkinson and Kimberley Nixon discuss Life and Death in the Warehouse, a drama inspired by real-world events". BBC. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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  24. ^ "Meet the cast of Consent, Channel 4's bold new factual drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  25. ^ "Kimberley Nixon: Actress and distinguished supporter of Humanism". British Humanist Association. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  26. ^ Nixon, Kimberley (21 August 2022). "I'm still me". Substack. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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