Emily "Eve" Best (born 31 July 1971) is an English actress and director. She is known for her television roles as Dr. Eleanor O'Hara in Nurse Jackie (2009–13), First Lady Dolley Madison in the American Experience special (2011), Monica Chatwin in the BBC miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), and for playing Wallis Simpson in the 2010 film The King's Speech.
Best won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Hedda Gabler. She made her Broadway debut in the 2007 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, winning the Drama Desk Award and receiving a Tony Award nomination. She earned a second Tony nomination for the 2008 revival of The Homecoming and appeared in the 2015 revival of Old Times. She was cast as Rhaenys Velaryon in HBO’s House of the Dragon.
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