Sarah Niles
{{short description|English actress}}
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Sarah Niles is an English actress. She became widely known for her performance as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in the Apple+ series Ted Lasso, for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She has also appeared in Beautiful People (2009), Spotless (2015), Catastrophe (2015–2019), I May Destroy You and Trying (2020), Viewpoint (2021), Riches and The Sandman in 2022, among others.
Early life and education
Sarah Niles was born in Thornton Heath, south London, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/aug/21/youve-got-to-bask-in-the-sun-of-life-actor-sarah-niles-on-her-newfound-acclaim| title=You've got to bask in the sun of life: actor Sarah Niles on her newfound acclaim|website=The Guardian|first=Michael|last=Hogan|date=21 August 2022}}
She was a drama student at the Manchester School of Theatre, part of the Manchester Metropolitan University.
Career
= Stage =
Niles has appeared in many theatre productions, including shows at the National Theatre,{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/43294/company-members/sarah-niles.html| title=national Theatre – Sarah Niles|website=nationaltheatre.org.uk |year=2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120222044419/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/43294/company-members/sarah-niles.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2012}} the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic, and The Bush Theatre.{{cn|date=May 2025}}
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 in New York City.{{cn|date=May 2025}} 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.
=Screen =
On the big screen, Niles appeared in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), London Boulevard, and Austenland.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/sarah_niles/| title=Sarah Niles|work=comedy.co.uk |access-date=29 October 2022}}
She co-starred in the BBC TV comedy series Beautiful People alongside Olivia Colman.{{when|date=May 2025}}{{cn|date=May 2025}} She has also had roles in various other high-profile comedy television shows, appearing opposite Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney in Catastrophe[http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/catastrophe-a-new-c4-comedy-created-by-rob-delaney-and-sharon-horgan Catastrophe a new C4 comedy created by Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan] 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,{{Cite web|title=The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/28th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|access-date=25 March 2022|website=Screen Actors Guild Awards|language=en}} and also received two Emmy nominations: for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2022 and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Emmy Awards |date=12 July 2022 |title=Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series – 2022 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-supporting-actress-in-a-comedy-series |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Television Academy}}{{Cite web |title=Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Nominees / Winners 2023 |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-guest-actress-in-a-comedy-series |access-date=21 July 2023 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}
She appeared in Sarah Gavron's award-winning film Rocks, Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You, and Netflix's The Sandman.
Filmography
=Film=
{{Pending films key}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| Station | Girlfriend | Short |
| 2008
| Tash | |
| 2010
| Hospital Matron | |
| 2012
| Nurse #2 | |
| 2013
| Delilah | |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Salsa Pupil | |
| The Crucible
| Tituba | |
| Still
| Headmistress M. Jones | |
| 2019
| Rocks | Ms. Booker | |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| |
| National Theatre Live: Three Sisters
| Lolo | |
| 2021
| Guide Me Home | Michelle | Short |
| 2022
| |
| 2023
| Mayor Togar | |
| 2024
| No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie | X (voice) | |
| rowspan="4"| 2025
| {{pending film|F1}} | Bernadette | Post-production |
| {{pending film|Heads of State}}
| {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
| {{pending film|The Fantastic Four: First Steps}}
| Lynne | Post-production |
| {{pending film|The Thursday Murder Club}}
| {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1999
| WPC #1 | Episode: "Line of Fire: Part 1" |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Node 1 | Episode: "Silence in the Library" |
| Peep Show
| Cashier | Episode: "Jeremy's Broke" |
| 2008–2009
| Reba | 10 episodes |
| 2009
| Audrey | 2 episodes |
| 2010
| Maggie Byrne | 3 episodes: "Sleepyhead" 1, 2, 3 |
| 2011
| Dr. Hayley Hamilton | Episode: "Though the Heavens Fall" |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| Sylvaine Dor | Episode: "Rue Morgue" |
| Waterloo Road
| Cecile Tsibi | 2 episodes: "Dynasty's Choice", "A Bolt from the Blue" |
| rowspan="2"|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
| Melissa | 8 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| Sue | Episode: "Fit" |
| Stan Lee's Lucky Man
| Nurse Aboko | Episode: "A Twist of Fate" |
| 2017
| Miriam 'Mim' Sugarman | Episode: "The Hard Way Home" |
| 2018
| Debs | Episode: "Two Fat Ladies" |
| 2019
| Trust Me | Stella McCain | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2020
| 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" |
| rowspan="2"|2021
| Stella Marshall | TV film |
| Viewpoint
| DCI Jill Conroy | 5 episodes |
| 2021–2023
| Dr. Sharon Fieldstone | Season 2–3, 13 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|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" |
| 2024
|X (voice) |Episode: "Europe Road Trip: A Knight to Remember" |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan="2" |2021
|rowspan="2" | Pena de Prata |Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | rowspan="5" |Ted Lasso |{{nom}} |
| Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared)
|{{won}} |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series |{{nom}} |{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502425/awards?ref_=nm_ql_2|title=Sarah Niles Awards|work=IMDB (Index source only)|access-date=28 October 2022}} |
| 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards
|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |{{won}} |
| 2023
|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |{{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1502425}}
- [https://spotlight.com/2515-6758-3087 Sarah Niles] at Spotlight
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Category:20th-century British actresses
Category:21st-century British actresses
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Croydon
Category:Actors from Thornton Heath
Category:Alumni of the Manchester School of Theatre
Category:Black British actresses
Category:British film actresses
Category:British stage actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:English people of Barbadian descent