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Kimberley Nixon
Actor

Kimberley Nixon

24 Sep 1985Born
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Bristol, England, UKBirthplace

Biography

 Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985) is an English-born 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.

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

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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. She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales.

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. Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue 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 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. 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. She also had leading roles in the ITV drama series "Kidnap and Ransom" and the BBC Two comedy-drama series Hebburn, alongside Chris Ramsey and Vic Reeves. 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. Nixon starred in the medical drama Critical, with Lennie James, Emma Fryer and Paul Bazely, that debuted on Sky 1 on 24 February 2015. She also starred in a Welsh thriller titled Kingdom of Rain, with Julian Lewis Jones and Robert Kazinsky. She took a lead role in the third season of Outlander.

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Filmography

  1. TBAA Very English ChristmasFilm: Emma Taylor
  2. TBAThe Flower WitchFilm
  3. 2026Out ThereFilm
  4. 2026Under Salt MarshSeries: Shell Hill (6 episodes)
  5. 2025FaithfulFilm: Annabelle
  6. 2024MudtownSeries (6 episodes)
  7. 2024My Lady JaneSeries: Lettie (1 episode)
  8. 2024ShardlakeSeries: Joan (2 episodes)
  9. 2023A Very English ChristmasFilm: Emma Taylor
  10. 2023PartygateFilm: Kate Josephs
  11. 2023Date with DeathFilm: Liv
  12. 2023ConsentFilm: Ms Parkinson
  13. 2022PeacockSeries: Beatrice (2 episodes)
  14. 2022Life and Death in the WarehouseFilm: Donna
  15. 2019The AccidentSeries: Detective Anne Hendricks (4 episodes)
  16. 2019The Left BehindFilm: Hannah
  17. 2018Young, Welsh and Pretty MintedSeries: Narrator (3 episodes)
  18. 2017Murder on the Blackpool ExpressFilm: Laura
  19. 2016Aberfan: The Green HollowFilm
  20. 2016New BloodSeries: Alison (7 episodes)
  21. 2015CriticalSeries: Dr. Harry Bennett-Edwardes (13 episodes)
  22. 2014OutlanderSeries: Millie Nelson (2 episodes)
  23. 2014Under Milk WoodFilm: Myfanwy Price
  24. 2014The Dog ThrowerFilm: Jessica
  25. 2012HebburnSeries: Sarah (13 episodes)
  26. 2012OffenderFilm: Elise
  27. 2012Elfie Hopkins: Cannibal HunterFilm: Pippa
  28. 2012Playhouse PresentsSeries: Jessica (1 episode)
  29. 2011ResistanceFilm: Bethan
  30. 2011Hunky DoryFilm: Vicki
  31. 2011Death in ParadiseSeries: Catrina McVey (1 episode)
  32. 2011Fresh MeatSeries: Josephine 'Josie' Jones (30 episodes)
  33. 2011The Last PostFilm: Sophie
  34. 2010Black DeathFilm: Averill
  35. 2009CherrybombFilm: Michelle
  36. 2008Easy VirtueFilm: Hilda Whittaker
  37. 2008Wild ChildFilm: Kate
  38. 2008Angus, Thongs and Perfect SnoggingFilm: Lindsay Marlings
  39. 2007CranfordSeries: Sophy Hutton (7 episodes)
  40. 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries: Louisa Oxley (1 episode)
  41. 2003Celebrity MastermindSeries (1 episode)
  42. 1997Midsomer MurdersSeries: Cloud (1 episode)
  43. 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries: Egg (1 episode)

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