Eve Best
Eve Best
Emily "Eve" Bestis an English stage and screen actress and director, known for her television roles as Dr. O'Hara in the Showtime series Nurse Jackie, First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience television special, and Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman. She also played Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth31 July 1971
letting-go needs embrace
Time is about the need to control. Let go of control and embrace what happens.
annoyed watches worn
I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.
mountain jam
I would love to go and live in the mountains... and make jam.
gardening hopefully longing sitting
I am so longing to be domestic,, cooking stew, gardening, hopefully having some children, painting, sitting still in one place.
home love
I love the Old Vic so deeply, it's like a second home.
knew unsure
When I left Oxford, I knew I wanted to act, but I was unsure how to go about it.
classic forces lady played roles women
If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity.