Sarah Niles

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Sarah Niles is a British film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in Mister Eleven and Beautiful People (2009), Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010), Spotless (2015), Catastrophe (2015–2019), Trust Me (2019), I May Destroy You and Trying (2020), Viewpoint (2021), Riches and The Sandman in 2022. She is most notable for receiving two nominations for an Emmy for her performance as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in Ted Lasso.

Early life[edit]

Niles was born in Thornton Heath, south London, and was the youngest daughter of three to her father an electrician, and her mother a care nurse, both Barbadians who arrived in Britain in the late 1950s.[1] She was a drama student at the Manchester School of Theatre, part of the Manchester Metropolitan University.[1]

Career[edit]

Niles has appeared mainly in theatre productions including shows at the National Theatre,[2] the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic and The Bush Theatre. In 2013 and 2014, she worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra, performing at Stratford Upon Avon and touring to Miami and The Public Theater New York. In the same year she played Tituba in a sold-out production of The Crucible at the Old Vic, which was streamed to cinemas throughout the UK and internationally. In 2017, she appeared as Carmen in Guillermo Calderón's play B at the Royal Court alongside Paul Kaye, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Danusia Samal.[2]

On screen Niles is best known for co-starring in the BBC comedy Beautiful People alongside Olivia Colman. She has also had roles in various high-profile comedy television shows, appearing opposite Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney in Catastrophe[3] and Jason Sudeikis in the second and third seasons of Ted Lasso, for the latter she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series along with the cast of the series[4] and received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2022 and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2023.[5][6] She recently appeared in Sarah Gavron's award-winning film Rocks, Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You and Netflix's The Sandman. Previously, she appeared in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, London Boulevard and Austenland.[7]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Station Girlfriend Short
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Tash
2010 London Boulevard Hospital Matron
2012 Now Is Good Nurse #2
2013 Austenland Delilah
2014 Cuban Fury Salsa Pupil
The Crucible Tituba
Still Headmistress M. Jones
2019 Rocks Ms. Booker
2020 Richard II Bolingbroke
National Theatre Live: Three Sisters Lolo
2021 Guide Me Home Michelle Short
2022 This Is Christmas Judith[8]
2023 The Toxic Avenger Mayor Togar
TBA Heads of State Filming
TBA Untitled Joseph Kosinski film Filming

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1999 A Touch of Frost WPC #1 Episode: "Line of Fire: Part 1"
2008 Doctor Who Node 1 Episode: "Silence in the Library"
Peep Show Cashier Episode: "Jeremy's Broke"
2008–2009 Beautiful People Reba 10 episodes
2009 Mister Eleven Audrey 2 episodes
2010 Thorne: Sleepyhead Maggie Byrne 3 episodes: "Sleepyhead" 1, 2, 3
2011 Being Human Dr. Hayley Hamilton Episode: "Though the Heavens Fall"
2014 Death in Paradise Sylvaine Dor Episode: "Rue Morgue"
Waterloo Road Cecile Tsibi 2 episodes: "Dynasty's Choice", "A Bolt from the Blue"
2015 Don't Take My Baby Claire TV film
Spotless DCI Diane Squire 3 episodes: "Say What You See", "Fallowfield", "DCI Diane Squire"
2015–2019 Catastrophe Melissa 8 episodes
2016 Marley's Ghosts Sue Episode: "Fit"
Stan Lee's Lucky Man Nurse Aboko Episode: "A Twist of Fate"
2017 Holby City Miriam 'Mim' Sugarman Episode: "The Hard Way Home"
2018 Moving On Debs Episode: "Two Fat Ladies"
2019 Trust Me Stella McCain 2 episodes
2020 I May Destroy You Officer Funmi 3 episodes: "Line Spectrum Border", "It Just Came Up", "Officer Funmi"
Trying Alisha 2 episodes: "Show Me the Love" and "Tickets for a Queue"
Dracula Meg Episode: "The Dark Compass"
2021 Danny Boy Stella Marshall TV film
Viewpoint DCI Jill Conroy 5 episodes
2021–2023 Ted Lasso Dr. Sharon Fieldstone Series 2–3, 13 episodes
2022 Riches Claudia Richards 6 episodes
The Sandman Rosemary Episode: "A Hope in Hell"
2023 Rugrats Nanny Pip (voice) Episode: "Tommy the Giant/Nanny Pip"

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Pena de Prata Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Ted Lasso Nominated [9]
Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared) Won [9]
2022 74th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [9][5]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won [9][4]
2023 75th Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated [9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "You've got to bask in the sun of life: actor Sarah Niles on her newfound acclaim". theguardian.com. 21 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "national Theatre – Sarah Niles". nationaltheatre.org.uk. 2008. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ Catastrophe a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan
  4. ^ a b "The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Emmy Awards (12 July 2022). "Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series – 2022". Television Academy. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Nominees / Winners 2023". Television Academy. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Sarah Niles". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Kaya Scodelario and Alfred Enoch to star in Sky rom-com This Christmas". Radio Times.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Sarah Niles Awards". IMDB (Index source only). Retrieved 28 October 2022.

External links[edit]

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