
Niky Wardley
Department: Acting
Biography
Niky Wardley is an English stage and screen actress. Her most notable role is schoolgirl Lauren Cooper's sidekick in the BBC's Emmy and BAFTA-nominated sketch series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007). She also appeared alongside Catherine Tate in the Netflix mockumentary sitcom Hard Cell (2022) and played the lead role in the BBC One sitcom In with the Flynns (2011–2012). As a voice actress, she is best known for her role as the Eighth Doctor's companion Tamsin Drew in audio dramas based on the BBC's long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
Known For

The Affair of the Necklace
2001

The Nan Movie
2022

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013

The Gays Days
2020

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014

Go Away!
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National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
2017

Catherine Tate's Nan
2014

You Can't Teach a New Dog Old Tricks
2016

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009

This Weekend Will Change Your Life
2018

The Catherine Tate Show
2004

Benidorm
2007

In with the Flynns
2011

Catherine Tate's Nan
2015

Asylum
2015

Hard Cell
2022

Citizen Khan
2012

Little Crackers
2010

Still Open All Hours
2014

Home from Home
2018

Call the Midwife
2012

The Spa
2013

Peep Show
2003

Queen of Oz
2023

How Not to Live Your Life
2008

Shameless
2004

Boarders
2024

Boarders
2024