26 March 2013 : She’s nominated!
CONGRATULATIONS to Nicola on being nominated in the category of Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the 2013 Olivier Awards!!!
Nicola has been nominated for her role as Judy, Christopher’s mother in Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. She is recognised as having given a “moving and heart-wrenching performance” during the Play’s initial run at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in 2012. Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time has earned 8 nominations, the most number of nominations in the 2013 Olivier Awards. Read the press release HERE. Nicola and Luke Treadaway (as Christopher) are the only cast members who earned acting nominations. For all information which we have collected on this Play when Nicola was still involved, go HERE. You can check out a full list of the 2013 nominees in all categories HERE.
©Manuel Harlan / Royal National Theatre
This is Nicola’s first nomination for an Olivier Award. Each of the four other actresses is a previous Olivier Awards nominee/winner so the competition in this category will be intense :
The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatre related awards in the UK. Nicola has often said in the past that she considers herself a stage actress first who does occasional roles on TV. So this nomination must mean a lot for her. You can find out more about the history of the Olivier Awards and how the awards are voted on by going to The official Olivier Awards website.
We have high hopes that Nicola will attend the award ceremony which will be held at the Royal Opera House, London on 28 April 2013.
The play is still being staged at the West End. If you’re interested in going (even though Nicola is no longer involved), HERE is the theatre’s official website.
28 April 2013 : She Won!!!
MANY MANY CONGRATULATIONS to Nicola. She’s won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for her performance in the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. This award must mean a lot to her since she’s always considered herself a stage actress first who dabbles in TV work on the side.
The 2013 Olivier Awards was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2. There was no direct telecast. It is difficult for us to understand the logic (of the power-that-be) of giving coverage to an awards show which celebrates visual arts only via an audio channel! After the actual ceremony finished, iTV broadcast only an edited highlights show for general viewers which was heavy on all the musical numbers but cut all of the speeches from the winners in the Drama category, with the exception of big names like Helen Mirren. You can view the full results on the official Olivier Awards homepage. Click on each category to see the names of the nominees and the winner in that category.
Nicola’s acceptance speech
Nicola was presented with her award by her Spooks co-star, Rupert Penry-Jones. The Awards was a bit of a Spooks Alumni meeting, as in addition to Rupert, Lara Pulver and Anna Chancellor were also there as presenters. In addition, Suranne Jones, Nicola’s co-star from Scott & Bailey was also there as a presenter.
In the televised version of the Awards Ceremony, Nicola was allotted only 14 seconds of screen time. A fan has very helpfully uploaded this clip onto YouTube :
The ever wonderful and resourceful @SofieB_, who was on the red carpet, also filmed this clip from the outdoor broadcast.
We managed to tape Nicola’s acceptance speech off the BBC Radio 2 broadcast and present it here for your hearing pleasure. Warning : Nicola used one word which BBC Radio 2 felt might be offensive to some listeners. If you’re the easily offended type, then don’t click on this clip. The Olivier Awards and BBC Radio 2 own the copyright in this audio clip. No infringement is intended.
9 August 2013
Finally!!! The Official London Theatre channel on YouTube has put the clip of Nicola accepting her award on YouTube.
Nicola pics at the event
You can look in HERE for 28 pics of Nicola on the red carpet and back stage. You can also see Nicola on stage in this photo from the official Oliver Awards website. For copyright reasons, we can’t present those images here.
Nicola’s dress
You can find more information about the dress HERE and HERE. We said it on Twitter, and we’ll say it again here : whoever helped Nicola put together her look for awards night – hair, makeup + dress, brought out the beauty that is Nicola in real life. Thank you, kind sir/madam!
Thank you, Ruth (@theoofoof) for finding the information on the dress for us. 🙂
Turn the page to read press coverage after the awards ceremony.
Thanks for posting the photos of Nicola & Barnaby they are fantastic
Love these photos – thanks Lucy/@Liga for sharing!
You’re very welcome! 🙂
Wonderful! Funny speech too. Hopefully they will show the National Theatre Live recording of the play again after this. Does anyone know what the red wristband stands for?
The wristbands were prepared by fans of Nicola who greeted her on the red carpet. We have a full report of what went down which should be coming soon. Our special correspondents are still recovering from the overdose of excitement they experienced yesterday outside the Royal Opera House :D!
Oh wow, that’s so lovely, can’t wait to hear your report!
I was thrilled to see that Nicola won, it made my day, just a shame we can’t see the video if her winning
I second that – congratulations to Nicola, what a great achievement! And an amazing night all round for The Curious Incident. Shame it wasn’t broadcast live on TV but it’s been good listening on Radio 2!
Congratulations to Nicola for best supporting actress. Looking forward to the next theatre perfirmance!
Congratulations to Nicola on the Olivier Awards nomination, that’s a great achievement in itself! It’s a shame she wasn’t able to transfer to the West End production of Curious but I’m glad I got to see the play in the Cottesloe – especially as it’s going to be rebuilt soon as part of the NT’s makeover. Hope Nicola enjoys the Awards evening!
Well it’s about time… let’s hope Nicola has something to add to her trophy cabinate!