Nichola Burley

Nichola Burley is an English actress who was born in Leeds and studied performing arts at Intake High School in Bramley. She started acting in 2005 as Michelle in Dominic Savage's film Love + Hate, then took guest parts in The Ghost Squad and Shameless and joined the ensemble of the Channel 4 show Goldplated. She played Zoe in Savage's BBC drama Born Equal, starred as Cathy McAleer in the BBC Three show Drop Dead Gorgeous, and had the lead in the dance film StreetDance 3D (2010). Her other screen work includes Donkey Punch, the role of Isabella Linton in an adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2011), the BBC drama Candy Cabs, and an episode of Lewis. On stage she appeared at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Bollywood Jane in June 2007 and played Constanza in a Sheffield revival of Amadeus. In 2025 she appeared as Sophie Brodenham in the BBC One crime series Virdee.