Amy Nuttall

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amy Nuttall

• Amy Nuttall grew up in Lancashire, England.

  

• During her college days, she performed at the National Youth Music Theatre.

• In August 1997, Amy Nuttall played the main role of Princess Ismene in the play Aurelius, which was performed at the Tyne Opera House in Newcastle.

• The play was also shown at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.

• Amy Nuttall was the youngest actress to play the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera at age 17 during the National Tour.

• She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, and Old Trafford.

• Amy Nuttall won an episode of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes as Sarah Brightman.

• Before leaving the television show ‘Emmerdale,’ she acted in ‘Notes from New York’ at Trafalgar Studios with Jon Lee and Julie Atherton.

• In 2005, Amy Nuttall toured the UK and portrayed Eliza Doolittle in the show My Fair Lady, which received great reviews.

• She shared the role with Lisa O’Hare because of her album commitments.

• The tour began on 5 October 2005 at the Palace Theatre in Manchester and ended on 12 August 2006 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.

  

• In 2005, Amy Nuttall released her first song Best Days, under EMI Classics.

• She then went on to film her music videos for her songs ‘No Greater Gift’ and ‘Scarborough Fair,’ which became popular on Classic FM TV.

• Soon after its release, the song Best Days reached number four on the UK classical chart.

• It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2006 Classic BRIT Awards.

  

• In 2006, Amy Nuttall joined the television reality show Celebrity Shark Bait with Richard E. Grant and Ruby Wax.

• She then appeared in the singing reality show Celebrate Oliver, which aired on BBC One.

• In January 2007, Amy Nuttall performed the show Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2 with an 80-piece live orchestra.

• In May 2007, she joined the stage show Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre. She acted alongside Patricia Hodge, Mark Rylance, and Roger Allam.

• On 2 October 2007, Amy Nuttall replaced Kim Medcalf in Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre and left Boeing-Boeing.

• Her original six-month contract in Cabaret was extended until the show closed on 21 June 2008.

• In 2009, Amy Nuttall played the role of Melanie Hughes, a receptionist, in the television show Hotel Babylon, which aired on BBC One.

  

• In June and July 2010, she played a lead role in The Hired Man at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

• The same year, she played the role of Stella Kowalski in the show A Streetcar Named Desire at the same theatre.

• Amy Nuttall portrayed Lady of the Lake in the show Spamalot during her UK tour, which started on 18 October 2010 at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

• In September 2011, she played the role of maid Ethel in the second series of the television show Downton Abbey.

  

• From December 2011 to March 2012, Amy Nuttall performed in the theatre show Noises Off at London’s Old Vic.

• On 8 June 2013, she appeared in the Saturday drama show The Weather Girl, which aired on BBC Radio 4. In the show, she played the role of Abigail, a prisoner being assessed by a psychologist.

• In 2019, Amy Nuttall lent her voice to the character Olga in the podcast Letters of Love in WW2, which aired on HISTORY and was based on real wartime letters.

  

• She dated Emmerdale co-star Ben Freeman for four years.

• In February 2023, reports confirmed that Amy Nuttall and her husband, Buchan, had split before Christmas.

• She supports the Brain Tumour Charity.

  

• Amy Nuttall has been featured on the cover of various renowned magazines and tabloids.

  

• She likes travelling to distant places in her free time.

  

• Amy Nuttall is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages and cigarettes on various occasions.