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Emily "Eve" Best is an English stage and screen actress and director, known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–13), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014). She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech.
Birth Name
Emily Best
Born
Saturday, 31 July 1971
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Maryland | Rosaline | 2023 |
| House of the Dragon | Princess Rhaenys Targaryen | 2022 |
| Fate: The Winx Saga | Farah Dowling | 2021 |
| A Woman of No Importance | Mrs. Arbuthnot | 2017 |
| The Crown | Carole Middleton | 2016 |
| The Millionaires' Holiday Club | Narrator | 2016 |
| Lucky Man | Anna Clayton | 2016 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Life in Squares | Vanessa Bell / Older Vanessa Bell / Vanessa Bell, older | 2015 |
| The Honourable Woman | Monica Chatwin | 2014 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Maryland | Rosaline | 2023 |
| House of the Dragon | Princess Rhaenys Targaryen | 2022 |
| Fate: The Winx Saga | Farah Dowling | 2021 |
| A Woman of No Importance | Mrs. Arbuthnot | 2017 |
| The Crown | Carole Middleton | 2016 |
| The Millionaires' Holiday Club | Narrator | 2016 |
| Lucky Man | Anna Clayton | 2016 |
| Unity | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Life in Squares | Vanessa Bell / Older Vanessa Bell / Vanessa Bell, older | 2015 |
| The Honourable Woman | Monica Chatwin | 2014 |
| Someone You Love | Kate | 2014 |
| New Worlds | Angelica Fanshawe | 2014 |
| The Challenger Disaster | Sally Ride | 2013 |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | 2012 |
| Up All Night | Yvonne Encanto | 2011 |
| The Shadow Line | Petra Mayler | 2011 |
| The King's Speech | Wallis Simpson | 2010 |
| Nurse Jackie | Dr. Eleanor O'Hara | 2009 |
| The 62nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2008 |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2007 |
| Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act | Linda Philips | 2006 |
| Vital Signs | Sarah Cartwright | 2006 |
| Lie with Me | Roselyn Tyler | 2004 |
| Shackleton | Eleanor Shackleton | 2002 |
| The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | Ellen McGillvray | 2001 |
| The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Amanda Gibson | 2001 |
| Waking the Dead | Natasha Bloom | 2000 |
| American Experience | Dolley Madison | 1988 |
| Casualty | Amber Hope | 1986 |
| The Brief | Anne | 1984 |
