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My Take
Eve Best is a stage-trained actor in the truest sense, and you can feel it on screen. An Oxford graduate and Olivier Award winner, she earns the room with weight rather than flash. Many know her as Dr O'Hara in Nurse Jackie, but for me she's unforgettable as Princess Rhaenys in House of the Dragon, commanding entire scenes with a single steady look. That theatrical foundation gives her television work a rare honesty. She doesn't oversell; she simply makes everything around her sharper. I have a deep fondness for performers like this, the ones who quietly raise the level of whatever they're in.
Overview
Emily "Eve" Frances Finlay Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr Eleanor O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special (2011), Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014) and Princess Rhaenys Targaryen in HBO's House of the Dragon (2022–2024).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Eve Best
- Name (Japanese)
- イヴ・ベスト
- Reading
- いゔ・べすと
- Born
- July 31, 1971 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / film director / actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Lincoln College
Awards & achievements
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- 2007 Theatre World Award
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Nurse Jackie | — | |
| Notable work | House of the Dragon | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%20Best
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.