Phoebe Sarah Nicholls (born April 7, 1957) is a British author and actress of film, stage, and television. She is married to Emmy-nominated director Charles Sturridge.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
2003
Downton Abbey
2014
Lewis
2007
Screen Two
1985
Spooks
2006
Tales of the Unexpected
1982
New Tricks
2013
Playhouse
1980
The Sandman
2025
Endeavour
2017
Foyle's War
2002
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
69
2025
The Sandman
as Tamaris
2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Abigail / Rose
2024
Widow Clicquot
as Marie-Catherine Clicquot
2024
Eric
as Anne
2024
Dalgliesh
as Agatha Betterton
2022
Anatomy of a Scandal
as Tuppence Whitehouse
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Mrs Wain
2021
A Very British Scandal
as Helen Whigham
2020
The Empty Man
as Nurse
2019
Berlin, I Love You
as Capucine
2019
Mari
as Margot
2019
Sticks and Stones
as Janice Lancing
2017
Chubby Funny
as Aunty Jane
2017
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Aunt Helen
2017
Finding Your Feet
as Janet
2017
Endeavour
as Caroline Bryce-Morgan
2016
Starfish
as Tom's Mother
2016
Three Women Wait for Death
as Miranda
2015
Fortitude
as Doctor Allerdyce
2014
Downton Abbey
as Susan MacClare
2013
New Tricks
as Annie Banks
2012
The Scapegoat
as Charlotte
2012
Loving Miss Hatto
as Mrs. Hatto
2010
The Road to Coronation Street
as Mrs Simpson
2007
The Trial of Tony Blair
as Cherie Blair
2007
Clapham Junction
as Natasha
2007
Lewis
as Caroline Croft
2006
Spooks
as Janet Wheeler
2004
Hawking
as Isobel Hawking
2003
Midsomer Murders
as Laura Smythe-Webster
2003
Foyle's War
as Amanda Reece
2002
I'm Alan Partridge
as Karen Colman
2002
Foyle's War
2002
Shackleton
as Emily Shackleton
2001
People Like Us
2000
The Miracle Maker
as Old Woman (voice)
2000
Second Sight
as Judith Bendrix
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
as Polly Wright
1997
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as May Thrace
1995
Persuasion
as Elizabeth Elliot
1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Jackie Jarvis
1994
Heart of Darkness
as The Intended
1991
Seduction
as Annabel (Segment "Tell Me More")
1991
Prime Suspect
as Shaw
1990
Drowning in the Shallow End
as Sarah
1990
Screen Two
as Sarah
1987
Maurice
as Anne Durham
1987
Gentry
as Susannah
1985
Poppyland
as Louie Jermy
1985
Screen Two
as Louie Jermy
1984
Hay Fever
as Sorel Bliss
1984
Ordeal by Innocence
as Tina Argyle
1983
Party Party
as Rebecca
1983
To the Camp and Back
as Christine
1983
All for Love
as Christine
1982
The Missionary
as Deborah Fitzbanks
1982
Tales of the Unexpected
as Carol
1981
Brideshead Revisited
as Cordelia Flyte
1980
The Elephant Man
as Merrick's Mother
1980
Blade on the Feather
as Christabel Cavendish
1980
Hesther for Example
as Geraldine
1980
Playhouse
as Geraldine
1979
Secret Orchards
as Stella
1977
Alternative 3
1977
Van der Valk
as Treesje
1969
Women in Love
as Winifred Crich
1967
Our Mother's House
as Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls)
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Carol Rogers (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
1964
The Pumpkin Eater
as Younger Elizabeth