Cecilia Noble

Acting

Cecilia Noble

Born

1966-06-11 (60)

Place of birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

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…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

The Lady in the Van poster
6.4

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

2015

Kaleidoscope poster
5.6

A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.

Kaleidoscope

2017

Our Girl poster
6.6

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

2013

Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) poster
6.3

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)

2018

Danny & the Human Zoo poster
6.4

A dramatised account of the early life and career of impressionist, comedian and actor Lenny Henry.

Danny & the Human Zoo

2015

National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity poster
NR

In a run-down community hall on the edge of town, a woman has been cooking lunch for those in need. A choir is starting up, run by a volunteer who's looking for a new beginning. A mother is seeking help in her fight to keep her young daughter from being taken into care. An older man sits silently in the corner, the first to arrive, the last to leave. Outside the rain is falling. Alexander Zeldin’s new play is another uncompromising theatrical experience that goes to the heart of our uncertain times.

National Theatre Live: Faith, Hope & Charity

2019

Mumatar poster
5.0

Mumatar is an original comedy short film about Sandra – a single mum who struggles to adjust when her only child leaves home. After witnessing a bullying incident at the school where she works as a cleaner, Sandra draws inspiration from computer game avatars, dons a homemade costume and becomes a real life local superhero ... Mumatar!

Mumatar

2018

Series credits

Death in Paradise poster
7.5

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

2011

Casualty poster
6.2

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

1986

Black Mirror poster
8.3

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

Black Mirror

2011

Silent Witness poster
7.6

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

Silent Witness

1996

Call the Midwife poster
7.6

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

2012

Father Brown poster
7.7

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

2013

Waking the Dead poster
7.2

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

Waking the Dead

2001

Killing Eve poster
7.9

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

2018

Space Precinct poster
6.3

An NYPD officer transfers his family to a space station.

Space Precinct

1994

Mandy poster
7.5

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

2020

Rose and Maloney poster
6.4

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

2002

Small Axe poster
6.9

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

2020

The Teacher poster
6.3

A thriller anthology series detailing the separate stories of teachers.

The Teacher

2022

Semi-Detached poster
5.9

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

2020

No artwork available
6.0

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

2015