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Eve Best

(1971) Stage Actor United Kingdom

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Eve Best is a stage actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Dolley Madison.

Quick Facts About Eve Best

Born: July 31, 1971
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Stage Actor
Notable works: Dolley Madison
Known for: Nurse Jackie, House of the Dragon

About Eve Best

Emily "Eve" Frances Finlay Best 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Laurence Olivier Awards Theatre World Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play

Quotes by Eve Best

There are so many huge roles in the theatre: if you've got the option to play Hedda Gabler on stage, why wouldn't…

Best

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I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.

Am

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When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - its…

Belief

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I don't read reviews. I find them very distracting, whether they're good or bad.

Bad

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I would love to go and live in the mountains... and make jam.

Jam

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I haven't done the milestoney things - getting married, buying a house, having children.

Buying

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If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the…

Big

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If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

Definitely

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Changing my name was traumatic for me.

Change

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When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.

About

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When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's…

Being

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I don't like, and I've never been very good at, close-up shots. As soon as you have the camera right there in…

Acting

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There's this funny thing with pilots that you have to sign the contract to do the whole job before you're even offered…

About

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I love the Old Vic so deeply, it's like a second home.

Deeply

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I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.

Annoyed

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Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.

Embrace

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