Daniela Nardini

Biography

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.

Known For

Waterloo Road

Esther Fairclough

Timeshift

self

Lewis

This Life

Anna

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

Lady Huntly

The Fades

Helen

Your Cheatin' Heart

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2020	Priest School	Narrator
2019	Duck Daze	Johnina
2018	The Party's Just Beginning
2018	Bunny
2015	Transsexual Stories	Narrator (voice)
2015	Sunset Song	Jena Guthrie
2013	Rubenesque	Bethann
2013	Sunshine on Leith	Chef
2013	Two Doors Down	Caroline
2013	The Fantastic Mr Feynman	Narrator (voice)
2009	New Town	Meredith
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self
2007	This Life +10	Anna Forbes
2006	Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart	Maya
2005	Festival	Joan Gerard
2004	Quite Ugly One Morning	Sara Slaughter
2000	Rough Treatment	Eve Turner
1999	Tube Tales	Heroine (segment "Mouth")
1999	Elephant Juice	Daphne
1995	Dancing
1990	Your Cheatin' Heart
	Surreally Scozzese: Enrico Cocozza 1921 - 1997	Narrator

Year	TV Show	Role
2013	The Crash	Susanna Grew
2011	The Fades	Helen
2007	Lewis
2006	Waterloo Road	Esther Fairclough
2004	Gunpowder, Treason & Plot	Lady Huntly
2002	Outside the Rules
2002	Sirens	DC Jay Pearson
2002	Timeshift	self
1999	Love in the 21st Century	Ellie
1998	Undercover Heart	Lois Howarth
1998	Big Women	Layla
1997	Reckless	Vivien Reid
1996	This Life	Anna
1990	Your Cheatin' Heart