# Sarah Niles

Sarah Niles is a British film, television and theatre actress. She has appeared in Mister Eleven and Beautiful People (2009), Thorne: Sleepyhead (2010), Spotless (2015), Catastrophe (2015–2019), Trust Me (2019), I May Destroy You and Trying (2020), Viewpoint (2021), Riches and The Sandman in 2022. She is most notable for receiving two nominations for an Emmy Award for her performance as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in Ted Lasso.

## Early life

Niles was born in Thornton Heath, south London, and was the youngest daughter of three to her father an electrician, and her mother a care nurse, both Barbadians who arrived in Britain in the late 1950s. She was a drama student at the Manchester School of Theatre, part of the Manchester Metropolitan University.

## Career

Niles has appeared mainly in theatre productions including shows at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, The Old Vic and The Bush Theatre. In 2013 and 2014, she worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company as Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra, performing at Stratford Upon Avon and touring to Miami and The Public Theater New York. In the same year she played Tituba in a sold-out production of The Crucible at the Old Vic, which was streamed to cinemas throughout the UK and internationally. In 2017, she appeared as Carmen in Guillermo Calderón's play B at the Royal Court alongside Paul Kaye, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Danusia Samal.
On screen Niles is best known for co-starring in the BBC comedy Beautiful People alongside Olivia Colman. She has also had roles in various high-profile comedy television shows, appearing opposite Sharon Horgan and American comedian Rob Delaney in Catastrophe and Jason Sudeikis in the second and third seasons of Ted Lasso, for the latter she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series along with the cast of the series and received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2022 and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2023. She recently appeared in Sarah Gavron's award-winning film Rocks, Michaela Coel's I May Destroy You and Netflix's The Sandman. Previously, she appeared in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, London Boulevard and Austenland.

## Filmography
### Film

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Station | Girlfriend | Short |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Tash | |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Hospital Matron | |
| 2012 | Now Is Good | Nurse #2 | |
| 2013 | Austenland | Delilah | |
| 2014 | Cuban Fury | Salsa Pupil | |
| 2014 | The Crucible | Tituba | |
| 2014 | Still | Headmistress M. Jones | |
| 2019 | Rocks | Ms. Booker | |
| 2020 | Richard II | Bolingbroke | |
| 2020 | National Theatre Live: Three Sisters | Lolo | |
| 2021 | Guide Me Home | Michelle | Short |
| 2022 | This Is Christmas | Judith | |
| 2023 | The Toxic Avenger | Mayor Togar | |
| 2024 | No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie | X (voice) | |
| 2025 | F1 † | Bernadette | Post-production |
| 2025 | The Fantastic Four: First Steps † | TBA | Post-production |
| TBA | Heads of State † | TBA | Post-production |
| TBA | The Thursday Murder Club † | TBA | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | A Touch of Frost | WPC #1 | Episode: "Line of Fire: Part 1" |
| 2008 | Doctor Who | Node 1 | Episode: "Silence in the Library" |
| 2008 | Peep Show | Cashier | Episode: "Jeremy's Broke" |
| 2008–2009 | Beautiful People | Reba | 10 episodes |
| 2009 | Mister Eleven | Audrey | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Thorne: Sleepyhead | Maggie Byrne | 3 episodes: "Sleepyhead" 1, 2, 3 |
| 2011 | Being Human | Dr. Hayley Hamilton | Episode: "Though the Heavens Fall" |
| 2014 | Death in Paradise | Sylvaine Dor | Episode: "Rue Morgue" |
| 2014 | Waterloo Road | Cecile Tsibi | 2 episodes: "Dynasty's Choice", "A Bolt from the Blue" |
| 2015 | Don't Take My Baby | Claire | TV film |
| 2015 | Spotless | DCI Diane Squire | 3 episodes: "Say What You See", "Fallowfield", "DCI Diane Squire" |
| 2015–2019 | Catastrophe | Melissa | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Marley's Ghosts | Sue | Episode: "Fit" |
| 2016 | Stan Lee's Lucky Man | Nurse Aboko | Episode: "A Twist of Fate" |
| 2017 | Holby City | Miriam 'Mim' Sugarman | Episode: "The Hard Way Home" |
| 2018 | Moving On | Debs | Episode: "Two Fat Ladies" |
| 2019 | Trust Me | Stella McCain | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | I May Destroy You | Officer Funmi | 3 episodes: "Line Spectrum Border", "It Just Came Up", "Officer Funmi" |
| 2020 | Trying | Alisha | 2 episodes: "Show Me the Love" and "Tickets for a Queue" |
| 2020 | Dracula | Meg | Episode: "The Dark Compass" |
| 2021 | Danny Boy | Stella Marshall | TV film |
| 2021 | Viewpoint | DCI Jill Conroy | 5 episodes |
| 2021–2023 | Ted Lasso | Dr. Sharon Fieldstone | Season 2–3, 13 episodes |
| 2022 | Riches | Claudia Richards | 6 episodes |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Rosemary | Episode: "A Hope in Hell" |
| 2023 | Rugrats | Nanny Pip (voice) | Episode: "Tommy the Giant/Nanny Pip" |
| 2024 | The Loud House | X (voice) | Episode: "Europe Road Trip: A Knight to Remember" |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2021 | Pena de Prata | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Ted Lasso | Nominated |
| 2021 | Pena de Prata | Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series (shared) | Ted Lasso | Won |
| 2022 | 74th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Ted Lasso | Nominated |
| 2022 | 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Ted Lasso | Won |
| 2023 | 75th Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Ted Lasso | Nominated |