Amy Nuttall
{{Short description|English actress and singer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
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| birth_name = Amy Abigail Nuttall
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|6|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Blackburn, Lancashire, England
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| education = Bury Grammar School for Girls
| alma_mater = Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Andrew Buchan|2012|2022|reason=separated}}
| partner =
| children = 2
| awards = Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Bolton
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Amy Abigail Nuttall{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Interview by Nick |date=2024-03-31 |title=Amy Nuttall: ‘My dad cut up my first — and only — credit card’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/amy-nuttall-emmerdale-character-husband-downton-abbey-net-worth-cwz9tkr0s |access-date=2024-03-31 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}} (born 7 June 1982) is an English actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Chloe Atkinson in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2000–2005), housemaid Ethel Parks in the ITV/PBS period drama Downton Abbey (2011–2012), and "Little" Jane Butterfield in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.{{cite web|title=Emmerdale's Chloe Atkinson (Amy Nuttall)|url=http://www.emmerdale.org/emmerdale/profiles/Chloe.htm|publisher=Emmerdale.org|access-date=7 February 2010}}{{cite news|title=Amy's 5-star TV return|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/p/1094518|date=4 February 2009|publisher=M.E.N. Media|access-date=7 February 2010|last=Moss|first=Adam|work=Manchester Evening News|archive-date=16 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516081541/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/amys-5-star-tv-return-909372|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Nuttall was born in Blackburn, Lancashire.{{cite web|author1=General Register Office|author-link=General Register Office for England and Wales|title=England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1982|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV4H-5MLH|website=FamilySearch|access-date=18 May 2018}} She was educated at Bury Grammar School for Girls and trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. She performed with the National Youth Music Theatre, notably playing the lead role of Princess Ismene in Aurelius at the Tyne Opera House, Newcastle and the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh in August 1997.{{cite web|title=Amy Nuttall who plays Emmerdale's Chloe Atkinson|url=http://www.emmerdale.org/emmerdale/profiles/chloe/amy.htm|publisher=Emmerdale.org|access-date=7 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630004849/http://www.emmerdale.org/emmerdale/profiles/chloe/amy.htm|archive-date=30 June 2009|url-status=dead}}
Career
Nuttall is credited as the youngest actress to understudy and play the lead role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (at age 17) (National Tour), she has sung at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall and Old Trafford and won an edition of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes as Sarah Brightman.{{cite web|title=Official site |url=http://clients.elliotjaystocks.com/emi/websites/amy_nuttall/?detectflash=false& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818222342/http://clients.elliotjaystocks.com/emi/websites/amy_nuttall/?detectflash=false& |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 August 2010 |access-date=8 February 2010 }}
Shortly before leaving Emmerdale, Nuttall appeared in Notes from New York at the Trafalgar Studios opposite Jon Lee and Julie Atherton. In 2005, she released her debut album as a classical vocalist, Best Days, on EMI Classics and filmed music videos for her tracks "Best Days", "No Greater Gift" and a version of "Scarborough Fair", which was heavily requested on Classic FM TV. Best Days peaked at number four in the UK classical chart and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2006 Classic BRIT Awards.
In the same year, Nuttall took part in the reality TV programme Celebrity Shark Bait,{{cite news|title=ITV nets stars for Celebrity Shark Bait|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jul/28/ITV.broadcasting|date=28 July 2005|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=7 February 2010| location=London|work=MediaGuardian}} which also featured Richard E. Grant and Ruby Wax and appeared in Celebrate Oliver, a musical special for BBC1.{{cite news|title=BBC Television Christmas highlights 2005|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/22/christmas_one.shtml|date=22 November 2005|publisher=BBC Press Office|access-date=7 February 2010}}
In the autumn of 2005, Nuttall toured the UK extensively as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady to critical acclaim. She shared the role with Lisa O'Hare on the National Tour due to other commitments with her first album. The tour started on 5 October 2005 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester and ended on 12 August 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
In January 2007, Nuttall performed on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night with an 80-piece live orchestra and in May 2007, she joined the cast of the stage revival of Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre opposite Patricia Hodge, Mark Rylance and Roger Allam.{{cite news|title=Nuttall to replace Outhwaite in Boeing-Boeing|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/16502/nuttall-to-replace-outhwaite-in-boeing-boeing|date=13 April 2007|publisher=The Stage|access-date=8 February 2010}} On 2 October 2007, Nuttall replaced Kim Medcalf in the London production of Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre,{{cite news|title=Cabaret: Julian Clary pours on the sauce|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/3669720/Cabaret-Julian-Clary-pours-on-the-sauce.html|date=6 December 2007|work=The Telegraph|access-date=7 February 2010| location=London | first=Dominic | last=Cavendish}} transferring directly from her role in Boeing-Boeing. In April 2008, Nuttall's initial six-month contract was extended until the production's closure on 21 June. Nuttall appeared in Hotel Babylon in 2009 as Melanie Hughes, the new hotel receptionist.
In June and July 2010, Nuttall played one of the lead roles in the revival of the hit musical The Hired Man at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.{{cite web |title=Cast: Amy Nuttall in Octagon's Hired Man |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/northwest/E8831269850593/Cast:+Amy+Nuttall+in+Octagon%27s+Hired+Man.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209200716/http://www.whatsonstage.com/news/theatre/northwest/E8831269850593/Cast:+Amy+Nuttall+in+Octagon's+Hired+Man.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 February 2013 |publisher=WhatsOnStage.com |date=30 March 2010 |access-date=19 April 2010 }} Later that year, she returned to the Octagon Theatre, Bolton to play Stella Kowalski in the Tennessee Williams classic A Streetcar Named Desire. She shared the role of the Lady of the Lake in the UK tour of Spamalot, which began on 18 October 2010 at the Edinburgh Playhouse.[http://www.spamalotontour.co.uk/cast_creatives Spamalot UK Tour Cast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311172612/http://spamalotontour.co.uk/cast_creatives |date=11 March 2016 }}. Spamalotontour.co.uk. Retrieved on 11 February 2013. From September 2011, Nuttall began appearing in the second series of Downton Abbey, appearing as the new maid, Ethel.{{cite web|url=http://www.clicklancashire.com/clocked/celeb-stories/129100-amy-nuttall-filming-new-downton-abbey-.html |title=Amy Nuttall filming new Downton Abbey |publisher=Click Lancashire |date=7 March 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008032738/http://www.clicklancashire.com/clocked/celeb-stories/129100-amy-nuttall-filming-new-downton-abbey-.html |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}
In December 2011, she appeared in Noises Off at London's Old Vic until March 2012. On 14 July 2011, Nuttall was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts by the University of Bolton.{{cite news|url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/districtnews/9138596.Star_s_joy_at_honour_from_university/ |title=Star's joy at honour from university |work=The Bolton News |date=14 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915044247/http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/districtnews/9138596.Star_s_joy_at_honour_from_university/ |archive-date=15 September 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bolton.ac.uk/News/News-Articles/2011/Jul2011-3.aspx |title=University celebrates student success |publisher=Bolton.ac.uk |date=11 July 2011 |access-date=18 September 2011}} On 8 June 2013, Nuttall starred in the Saturday Drama on BBC Radio 4. Entitled The Weather Girl, she played the lead role of Abigail, a prisoner whose mental state is assessed by a clinical psychologist.
In 2019, Nuttall lent her voice to Olga in HISTORY's podcast Letters of Love in WW2 - a series based on the real-life letters of a couple separated by the Second World War.{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/letters-of-love-in-ww2/id1465879260 |title=Letters of Love in WW2 on Apple Podcasts |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=20 June 2019}}
In 2024, Nuttall played a grown-up "Little" Jane Butterfield in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, a sequel to 1988's Beetlejuice, replacing Rachel Mittelman, who originated the role in the original film.{{cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24571947.beetlejuice-amy-nuttall-hits-screens-long-awaited-sequel/|title=Beetlejuice: Amy Nuttall hits screens in long-awaited sequel|website=Lancashire Telegraph|date=September 9, 2024|first=Melanie|last=Disley|access-date=March 12, 2025}}
Personal life
Nuttall dated fellow Emmerdale cast member Ben Freeman for four years.Ellis, James. (27 October 2009) [http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/1137-amy-nuttall Amy Nuttall | Metro News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006001205/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/1137-amy-nuttall |date=6 October 2012 }}. Metro.co.uk. Retrieved on 11 February 2013. She married actor Andrew Buchan on 8 September 2012, having been in a relationship since 2007.[https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/tv/2011/09/12/amy-nuttall-joins-downton-abbey-and-reveals-she-is-getting-married-to-long-term-boyfriend-andrew-buchan-115875-23413867/ Amy Nuttall joins Downton Abbey and reveals she is getting married to long-term boyfriend Andrew Buchan]. mirror.co.uk, 12 September 2011 They have two children, a daughter and a son. In February 2023, it was reported Nuttall and Buchan had split up before Christmas.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/28/andrew-buchan-leaves-wife-amy-nuttall-and-moves-in-with-co-star-18360392/|title=Broadchurch star Andrew Buchan ‘rips up’ marriage to wife Amy Nuttall and ‘moves in’ with BBC co-star Leila Farzad|website=Metro|last=Nozari|first=Aisha|date=28 February 2023|access-date=13 March 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.manchesterworld.uk/news/people/emmerdale-actress-amy-nuttall-found-lingerie-andrew-buchan-bought-for-leila-farzad-4046644|title=Amy Nuttall spotted ‘tell-tale signs’ Andrew Buchan was cheating and found lingerie bought for Leila Farzad|website=Manchester World|last=Stagg|first=Holly|date=1 March 2023|access-date=13 March 2023}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Moll | |
| 2015
| Maya | |
| 2018
| Who Is My Husband? | Sabrina | Alternative title: My Husband's Double Life |
| 2024
| Jane Butterfield | |
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| After the War | Margaret | Pre-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2000–2005
| Chloe Atkinson | 178 episodes |
| 2009
| Melanie Hughes | Series 4; episodes 7 & 8 |
| 2011–2012
| Ethel Parks | Series 2 & 3; 16 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Hollie Goodridge | Mini-series; episode 4 |
| Moving On
| Toni | Series 5; episode 4: "Hush Little Baby" |
| 2014
| Agnès | Series 1; episode 6: "The Exiles" |
| 2014–2015
| Caitlin Standing | Series 11; episodes 1 & 10, & series 12; episodes 1 & 2 |
| 2015
| Sal Tyler | Series 4; episode 4 |
| 2016
| Debra | Series 8; episode 3: "Burden" |
| 2020
| Liar | Winnie Peterson | Series 2; episodes 1–6 |
| 2021
| Phyllis Dalby | Series 2; episode 3 & 6: "We Can But Hope" & "Home Truths" |
| 2022
| Sylvia Bassington-ffrench | Mini-series; episodes 2 & 3 |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Grace Strachan | Episodes 4–6 |
| Mr Bates vs The Post Office
| Lisa Castleton | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| rowspan="2" | 2025
| Peggy | Series 28; episodes 9 & 10: "I Believe in Love...: Parts 1 & 2"{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/811755/silent-witness-fans-react-downton-abbey-doc-martin-guest-stars/|title=Amy Nuttall and Joe Absolom guest starred in the final story of series 28|accessdate=2025-02-16}} |
| The Feud
| Sonia Spence |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Award ! Category ! Result ! scope=col class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| 2001
| Best New Actor/Actress | {{nom}} | align="center" | {{cite web |url=http://www.tvquick.co.uk/ |title=Welcome to the TVQuick Awards 2001! |work=TV Quick |publisher=H Bauer Publishing |access-date=19 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010720124616/http://www.tvquick.co.uk/ |archive-date=20 July 2001 }} |
| 2002
| Sexiest Female | {{nom}} | align="center" | {{cite web|last=Welsh|first=James|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a7412/british-soap-awards-2002-nominations/|title=British Soap Awards 2002: Nominations|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hearst Communications|date=16 May 2002|accessdate=30 April 2019}} |
| 2003
| The British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | {{nom}} |
| 2004
| The British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | {{nom}} |
| 2005
| The British Soap Awards | Sexiest Female | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1142271|Amy Nuttall}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL_Pe1f8KdY Scarborough Fair Video]
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