Nicola Walker is set to reprise her role as Hannah Stern as The Split returns to screens for a two-episode special tonight. The actress, 54, has held a wide-ranging career on stage and screen, after rising to fame in the 90s and going on to be nominated for several awards.
Image Credit: Metro [TELEVISION PROGRAMME: SPOOKS... Picture Shows: NICOLA WALKER as Ruth TX: BBC ONE MONDAY JULY 21, 2003 When Harry's (PETER FIRTH) house is broken into the trail of evidence leads the team to a young suspect who's skills in disarming the hi tech security system installed in their chief's house prove extremely useful to MI5. WARNING: This copyright image may be used only to publicise current BBC programmes or other BBC output. Any other use whatsoever without specific prior approval from the BBC may result in legal action....BBC ONE Unmanipulated picture MONDAY JULY 21, 2003]
One of her most beloved characters is now making a comeback, with The Split, starring Stephen Mangan and Annabel Scholey, returning after three seasons came to an end in 2022. The fan-favourite BBC drama followed the Defoe family through familial romance, affairs, grief, and the trials and tribulations of modern marriage.
Image Credit: Metro [Television Programme: Last Tango In Halifax Series 3 with Gillian (Nicola Walker), Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) - TX: n/a - Episode: Last Tango In Halifax S3 (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Gillian (NICOLA WALKER), Caroline (SARAH LANCASHIRE) - (C) Red Productions - Photographer: Ben Blackall]
Ahead of The Split’s shock return, we’ve taken a look at Nicola’s private life and career, including her famous husband. Nicola’s first big roles came in various episodes of Chalk and Touching Evil from 1997. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web
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Image Credit: Metro [Marriage Ian (SEAN BEAN); Emma (NICOLA WALKER),The Forge,Rory Mulvey]
Up Next. She went on to play Harriet Ambrose in The Last Train, before the role she’s now best known for as Ruth Evershed in Spooks, which ran from 2002 to 2011, and saw Nicola star alongside the likes of Peter Firth and Matthew Macfadyden. Following the BBC spy drama, Nicola appeared in the likes of Broken News, Torn, Inside Men and A Mother’s Son.
Image Credit: Metro [LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Cast member Barnaby Kay attends the press night after party for The Donmar's production of "Welcome Home, Captain Fox!" at The Hospital Club on March 1, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)]
In 2012, she began her role as Gillian Greenwood in Last Tango in Halifax, alongside Sarah Lancashire. She was nominated for a Bafta TV award for best supporting actress and a Satellite award for the same category, and remained on the show until its last season in 2020.
Image Credit: Metro [Nicola Walker 'Lorraine' TV show, London, UK - 04 Feb 2020 ?WHY 'THE SPLIT' WAS MY TOUGHEST TV ROLE TO DATE...' * Nicola Walker is certainly busy. Currently filming series 4 of Unforgotten we'll see her in Last Tango in Halifax later this month and next week she's back in The Split. * Despite her obvious success she'll be telling Lorraine who she still feels like a jobbing actress at heart, why The Split was her toughest role to date and about the night her Last Tango co-star Anne Reid took her partying in New York. Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX (10547619q)]
![[TELEVISION PROGRAMME: SPOOKS... Picture Shows: NICOLA WALKER as Ruth TX: BBC ONE MONDAY JULY 21, 2003 When Harry's (PETER FIRTH) house is broken into the trail of evidence leads the team to a young suspect who's skills in disarming the hi tech security system installed in their chief's house prove extremely useful to MI5. WARNING: This copyright image may be used only to publicise current BBC programmes or other BBC output. Any other use whatsoever without specific prior approval from the BBC may result in legal action....BBC ONE Unmanipulated picture MONDAY JULY 21, 2003]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IP_2317527-605f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
![[Television Programme: Last Tango In Halifax Series 3 with Gillian (Nicola Walker), Caroline (Sarah Lancashire) - TX: n/a - Episode: Last Tango In Halifax S3 (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: Gillian (NICOLA WALKER), Caroline (SARAH LANCASHIRE) - (C) Red Productions - Photographer: Ben Blackall]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AD_153051922-5a8a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
![[Marriage Ian (SEAN BEAN); Emma (NICOLA WALKER),The Forge,Rory Mulvey]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_120130266-474a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
![[Nicola Walker 'Lorraine' TV show, London, UK - 04 Feb 2020 ?WHY 'THE SPLIT' WAS MY TOUGHEST TV ROLE TO DATE...' * Nicola Walker is certainly busy. Currently filming series 4 of Unforgotten we'll see her in Last Tango in Halifax later this month and next week she's back in The Split. * Despite her obvious success she'll be telling Lorraine who she still feels like a jobbing actress at heart, why The Split was her toughest role to date and about the night her Last Tango co-star Anne Reid took her partying in New York. Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/REX (10547619q)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PRI_185959121-7170-e1735481671528.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
