
Cecilia Noble
Acting
Biography
Cecilia Angela Noble (born 11 June 1966) is an English actress who has appeared in various television series, films and on stage with a career spanning over thirty years. Some of her notable television roles include Beverley Jackson in The Bill (2004), Pauline in The Teacher (2022) and Barbara in Killing Eve (2022). Her notable theatre roles include Ruta Skadi in the play His Dark Materials (2003–2004) and Aunt Maggie in Nine Night (2018). Noble was born on 11 June 1966 in Hackney, London and attended Our Lady and St Joseph's Catholic Primary school leaving in 1978. She trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She began her acting career in 1992, with her first credited role being Grace Kelley in the crime drama Resnick. In 1995, she played Captain Tara Weldon in two episodes of Space Precinct. In 1997, she appeared in the third series of Thief Takers as Marilyn Parker on a recurring basis. In 2004, Noble portrayed Beverley Jackson in seven episodes of the police drama The Bill. In 2015, she played Myrtle in the drama film Danny and the Human Zoo. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise. In 2022, Noble appeared in the Channel 5 miniseries The Teacher. She played Pauline, a friend and colleague of co-star Sheridan Smith's character. She also appeared in the final series of Killing Eve as Barbara. Noble has also appeared extensively in theatre and has received several nominations for her work. In 2014, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in The Amen Corner at the National Theatre, and in 2019, she was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performances in Faith Hope and Charity and Downstate. Her other theatre credits include Nine Night, His Dark Materials, Henry V, The Recruiting Officer and Is God Is.
Known For

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie.
Death in Paradise

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Call the Midwife

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
Black Mirror

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Casualty

A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible.
Silent Witness

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
Father Brown

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
Waking the Dead

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Killing Eve

A thriller anthology series detailing the separate stories of teachers.
The Teacher

An NYPD officer transfers his family to a space station.
Space Precinct

An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
Small Axe

Mandy is a woman with dreams. Big dreams. Most of all she dreams of breeding Doberman Pinchers. But there are hurdles to overcome before that dream can become a reality. In the series we'll see her go on a health kick, rent out her small back bedroom on Airbnb and attempt a series of short-lived jobs in the modern gig economy.
Mandy

As World War I rages on, Dr. Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
The Choral

Investigators Rose Linden and Marion Maloney, of the Criminal Justice Review Agency, take on claims of miscarriages of justice, assessing whether there are grounds to reopen old cases.
Rose and Maloney

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
The Lady in the Van

Unfolding in real time, divorcé Stuart's life is complicated by his ex-wife living across the street, leading to farcical situations as he tries to navigate his new family life.
Semi-Detached

On the evening of her 18th birthday, Molly Dawes finds herself drunk and is sick in the doorway of an army recruitment office. She looks into the window of the office and sees a life-sized photograph of an army girl, everything that Molly isn't but wants to be - respected. The following morning, Molly finds herself back in the recruitment office and is eventually persuaded to complete an aptitude test. No-one thinks she can stick it out, including herself. But slowly and surely, Molly is maturing and learning to believe in herself. She digs in and finds a strength that she never thought she had.
Our Girl
Paul Whitehouse stars in Nurse, a poignant character comedy drama for BBC Two. Whitehouse plays eight different characters whose lives are connected by Liz, an overstretched Community Mental Health Nurse played by Esther Coles.
Nurse

William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)

After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence.