Resumé
Esther Coles is a London-based actress and writer, originally from Nottingham.
Having trained at Rada, her theatre work includes plays for Nottingham Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Lyric Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Court, Young Vic and most recently, ‘Dusty’, the musical biography of Dusty Springfield directed by Maria Friedman.
Esther’s voiceover work spans across animation, videogames, audiobooks and BBC Radio 4 Dramas ‘Golden Years’, ‘Nurse’ and ‘Down The Line’.
She is known for the lead role of Liz in the BBC comedy series ‘Nurse’, in which she performed and co-wrote with Paul Whitehouse and David Cummings.
Other screen credits include ‘Enola Holmes’ and as Mrs Cox in Autumn de Wilde’s ‘Emma’ alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, ‘On Chesil Beach’, ‘Sixty Six’, ‘Josh’, ‘Doctors’, ‘House of Fools’ all for BBC, ‘Damned’ (Channel 4), 'Great Night Out' (ITV), ‘Rosie Gives up Everything’ (Sky)
Offstage, Esther is an avid beekeeper and co-hosts the wonderful Podcast series ‘Queen Bees’ with her lifelong friend Jane Horrocks.
Having trained at Rada, her theatre work includes plays for Nottingham Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, Lyric Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, Royal Court, Young Vic and most recently, ‘Dusty’, the musical biography of Dusty Springfield directed by Maria Friedman.
Esther’s voiceover work spans across animation, videogames, audiobooks and BBC Radio 4 Dramas ‘Golden Years’, ‘Nurse’ and ‘Down The Line’.
She is known for the lead role of Liz in the BBC comedy series ‘Nurse’, in which she performed and co-wrote with Paul Whitehouse and David Cummings.
Other screen credits include ‘Enola Holmes’ and as Mrs Cox in Autumn de Wilde’s ‘Emma’ alongside Anya Taylor-Joy, ‘On Chesil Beach’, ‘Sixty Six’, ‘Josh’, ‘Doctors’, ‘House of Fools’ all for BBC, ‘Damned’ (Channel 4), 'Great Night Out' (ITV), ‘Rosie Gives up Everything’ (Sky)
Offstage, Esther is an avid beekeeper and co-hosts the wonderful Podcast series ‘Queen Bees’ with her lifelong friend Jane Horrocks.