Nichola McAuliffe
| Nichola McAuliffe | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nichola Teresa Mary McAuliffe 27 August 1955 Surrey, England, UK |
| Alma mater | LAMDA |
| Occupation | Actress and writer |
| Spouse(s) | Don MacKay |
Nichola McAuliffe (born 27 August 1955) is an English television and stage actress and writer, best known for her role as Sheila Sabatini in the ITV sitcom Surgical Spirit (1989-1995). She has also starred in several stage musicals and won the 1988 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Kiss Me, Kate.
McAuliffe was born in 1955 in Surrey, England, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
In 1984 she won the Clarence Derwent Award for her role as Queen Victoria in the West End production of Poppy at the Adelphi Theatre.
Between 1989 and 1995, she starred as obstreperous surgeon Sheila Sabatini in the ITV sitcom Surgical Spirit, her most high-profile acting role to date. She also appeared in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street between 2001 and 2002. Other TV roles were in "The Sound of Drums", a Doctor Who episode screened on 23 June 2007, and in My Family as the judge in episode "Life Begins at Fifty".
In 1999 she played Jocasta, alongside Michael Sheen in the title role, in a Naxos Records audio recording of Sophocles' Oedipus the King.
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