Cast & creator
Daniela Nardini
Best known for Vera, Lewis, Waterloo Road
A Scottish actress of Italian ancestry, Daniela Nardini first shot to fame in the mid 90s playing the part of the feisty and self-destructive Anna Forbes in BBC2 smash hit This Life. The role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress award in 1998 and also earned her a Scottish BAFTA. She received a second Scottish BAFTA in 2009 for her performance in Annie Griffin's New Town.
22
film credits
18
television credits
40
1990–2020 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Vera
Anne Preece
2011
Lewis
Magda Donnelly
2007
Waterloo Road
Esther Fairclough
2006
Timeshift
self
2002
This Life
Anna
1996
The Fades
Helen
2011If...
2004Love in the 21st Century
Ellie
1999
Reckless
Vivien Reid
1997
Gunpowder, Treason & Plot
Lady Huntly
2004The Sherman Plays
Bev
1993The Sherman Plays
Fiona
1993
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Self
2007
Undercover Heart
Lois Howarth
1998
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
The Party's Just Beginning
2018
Tube Tales
Heroine (segment "Mouth")
1999
Sunshine on Leith
Chef
2013
Elephant Juice
Daphne
1999
Big Women
Layla
1998
The Crash
Susanna Grew
2013
Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart
Maya
2006
Sunset Song
Jena Guthrie
2015
Festival
Joan Gerard
2005
Rubenesque
Bethann
2013
Sirens
DC Jay Pearson
2002
This Life +10
Anna Forbes
2007Outside the Rules
2002
Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997
Self - (narrator)
2001
Priest School
Narrator
2020Quite Ugly One Morning
Sara Slaughter
2004
Duck Daze
Johnina
2019
Two Doors Down
Caroline
2013
The Fantastic Mr Feynman
Narrator (voice)
2013
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
New Town
Meredith
2009
Bunny
2018Dancing
1995
Transsexual Stories
Narrator (voice)
2015Rough Treatment
Eve Turner
2000