Nicola Bryant was born the daughter of a heating engineer, in 1960, in Surrey, England. She began her training in dance and music at the age of three, studying classical ballet, then jazz and tap dance, the piano, flute and guitar, and finally acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Here, apart from developing her acting skills, she ...
Despite playing the first American companion on ''Doctor Who'', she is really British. Kept her American accent on ''Doctor Who'' in between takes and during all interviews so that she wouldn't confuse the audience.
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Considered going to university, reading law and becoming a barrister.
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Studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
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She has appeared in three different productions with Colin Baker in which she played a companion of his with the surname Brown: Doctor Who (1963) (Peri Brown), The Stranger series (Miss Brown) and The Airzone Solution (1993) (Elenya "Ellie" Brown).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Scoop
2010
TV Series
Anne Boleyn
My Family
2009-2010
TV Series
Janet / Anne
Doctors
2000-2010
TV Series
Jackie Fallon / Sonia Heyward-Smith
Holby City
2007-2010
TV Series
Reporter / Catherine Sloman
TravelWise
2000
Video
Laura
Casualty
2000
TV Series
Susan Harris
Parting Shots
1998
Beverley
Animal Ark
1998
TV Series
Sara Lawson
The 10 Percenters
1996
TV Series
Julia
The Biz
1995/II
TV Series
Martine
The Airzone Solution
1993
Video
Elenya Brown
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
1993
Video
Miss Brown
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
TV Short
Peri Brown
More Than a Messiah
1992
Video short
Miss Brown
Summoned by Shadows
1992
Video short
Miss Brown
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
TV Short
Millicent
Doctor Who
1984-1986
TV Series
Peri
Saturday Superstore
1984
TV Series
Peri
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
TV Movie
Herself / Peri Brown
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
Pointless Celebrities
2013
TV Series
Herself
The Flames of Sarn
2010
Video documentary short
Herself / Peri
The Cold War
2009
Video documentary short
Herself / Peri
The Making of the Trial of a Time Lord: Part One - Mysterious Planet