Julie Wilson Nimmo
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Julie Wilson Nimmo | |
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 Wilson Nimmo in 2011 | |
| Born | East Kilbride, Scotland |
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| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Balamory, Scot Squad, Olga Da Polga |
| Spouse | Greg Hemphill (m. 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
Julie Wilson Nimmo is a Scottish actress and dancer. She is known for portraying the role of Miss Hoolie in the BBC Children's series Balamory and DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scottish television series Scot Squad.
Career
Nimmo started her career along with a lot of other Scottish actors and comedians in the 1995 sketch show Pulp Video which was partly written by her now husband Greg Hemphill and his co writer Ford Kiernan. Between 1999 and 2002, Nimmo was a regular star in the sketch show Chewin' the Fat by the same writers. She starred in all four series and the New Year specials.
After taking a break from acting, Nimmo returned to the stage in Glasgow as So-Shy in a production of Sandy Wilson's pantomime musical Aladdin. She also briefly appeared in the Scottish comedy television series Rab C. Nesbitt, and played Elizabeth Macquarie in the docudrama, The Father of Australia.
In 2002 Nimmo starred in the BBC children show Balamory as Miss Hoolie;[1] she starred in all four seasons ending in 2005.
She plays Lovely Sue in the Radio 4 comedy series Fags, Mags and Bags. She played Katrine Trolle and other witnesses in a radio dramatisation of the court case HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan.[2]
In 2014, she starred as a guest in a children’s special of Pointless Celebrities alongside fellow Balamory star Andrew Agnew but lost in the head-to-head round.
In 2016, she starred with John Michie and Lorraine McIntosh in the BBC One Scotland horror comedy West Skerra Light, which was written and directed by her husband Greg Hemphill. She subsequently reunited with Michie and McIntosh for Hemphill's 2018 horror comedy Long Night at Blackstone.
In 2017, she played DC Megan Squire in the BBC Scotland comedy show Scot Squad. In 2018, she appeared in an episode of Still Game, alongside her husband.[3]
In 2020, she took part in Scenes For Survival project, a response to the closure of live theatre since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, written and directed by her husband for National Theatre Of Scotland.
In 2021, she starred as Olive The Reindeer at Tron Theatre.
In 2022, she celebrated Balamory’s 20th anniversary and return to BBC iPlayer with television and radio appearances, including This Morning with Andrew Agnew.[4]
In October 2022, Julie co-hosted the breakfast show with Ewan Cameron, which went out across the Scottish Bauer Network.[5]
In December 2022-January 2023, she will appear in The Wizard of Oz at the Tron Theatre.
From November 2022, Julie is currently starring as Mrs Sawdust, alongside husband Greg Hemphill as Mr Sawdust, in new CBeebies television series Olga da Polga.[6]
Personal life
Nimmo is married to actor Greg Hemphill.[1] They appeared together in the television comedies Pulp Video (1995–1996, her first major television credit), and Chewin' the Fat (1999–2002). They have two sons, Benny and Chevy. They previously lived in Titusville, Florida near Kennedy Space Center, before moving back to Glasgow.
References
- ^ a b English, Paul. "INTERVIEW: Julie Wilson Nimmo - Working with someone you love is really weird, it was like 'Are we the new Richard & Judy?'". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ Radio Scotland Programmes – The Trials of Tommy. BBC (2011-01-26). Retrieved on 2017-05-28
- ^ Marshall, Lucy; writer, Kyle O'Sullivan, Mirror TV features (10 December 2020). "Where Balamory cast are now from driving buses to tragic death". HullLive. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "What's the story in Balamory - 20 years later!". ITV. 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Clyde 2 - Ewen & Cat at Breakfast: Ewen & Julie Wilson Nimmo 18 Oct 2022". Bauer Media Group. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Greg Hemphill and Julie Wilson Nimmo work with children and animals as loved tales reach TV". The Sunday Post. 14 November 2022.