Eve Best is known as an English stage and screen actress. She is most famous for her role as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in the TV show, Nurse Jackie.
Eve Best was born on July 31, 1971 in Ladbroke Grove, London, England. She spent her childhood in her hometown of Ladbroke and got early from schooling from there as well. Her mother was an actress and her father was a design journalist. She got enrolled in Wycombe Abbey Girl’s school for her primary education. For her higher studies, she got admitted to Lincoln College, Oxford. At that college, she selected English as her major.
Eve Best very fond of acting since her childhood as she used to participate in different theater programs at her. She has performed publicly with the W11 Opera that was a children’s opera company when she was only 9 years old. She was a member of Oxford University Dramatic Society when she was a student in the same institute. She toured Edinburgh Festival where she made her very first professional performance as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the famous Southwark Playhouse. Besides acting, Eve Best is also fond of singing, sailing, and painting.
Eve Best has not revealed any public information about her personal and private relationships. She seems to be a conservative person and doesn’t like to talk about her love affairs and romances. According to some unconfirmed sources in December 2013, she was seen wearing a wedding ring. She never officially announced her marriage.
At the start of her professional acting career, Eve Best used to work on London fringe and got her best training at the marvelous (RADA) Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She completed her graduation in the year 1999 and then performed in Tis Pity She’s a Whore at Young Vic. For her remarkable performance, she became eligible to receive Evening Standard as well as Critic’s Circle best newcomer awards. As a stage name, she adopted her grandmother’s name because Emily Best was already a registered name with the British Actors’ Equity Association.
Eve has won several awards for her amazing performances. The stunning actress received the Laurence Olivier Award for her title role in the renowned Hedda Gabler. The next year Best was nominated for the same award for giving an extraordinary performance as Josie in A Moon For The Misbegotten, a play of Eugene O’Neill. The play was presented at the Old Vic Theatre in London in May 2007.
She is equally popular on the TV screen and has a very huge fan base developed through her TV performances. She appeared on popular TV shows like The Walking The Dead and Shackleton. In 2006, she played a memorable role in the Prime Suspect: The Final Act. She got a huge bump popularity for her character Dr. O’Hara in a medical drama TV show called Nurse Jackie. The Showtime series starring Edie Falco ran for six seasons. It was about a nurse who had to deal with her drug addiction and job in the wild streets of New York City.
Birth Date: | 31 Jul, 1971 |
Age: | 48 yrs |
Occupations: | Stage actor Film actor |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | London |
Education: | Lincoln College Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | British actress |
Net Worth 2021: | 3 million |