Nicole da Silva

Nicole da Silva (born 18 September 1981) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Stella Dagostino in the series Rush (2008–2011), and as Franky Doyle in the show Wentworth (2013–2018, 2019). She has made appearances in series such as Carla Cametti PD (2009) and Doctor Doctor (2016–present).

Nicole da Silva
Born (1981-09-18) 18 September 1981
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present
Notable work
Rush (2008–2011)
Wentworth (2013–2018, 2019)
Doctor Doctor (2016–present)

Early life and education

Nicole da Silva was born on 18 September 1981, in Sydney. Her family is from Portugal and has family living in Portugal and Brazil. Da Silva obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Nepean, now known as Western Sydney University.

Career

Da Silva's first on-screen credit came in the Seven Network medical drama show All Saints, in which she played Sasha Fernandez for 11 episodes in 2005. That part helped in securing her future roles, so in 2007 da Silva played Erica ‘EC’ Eulestra in the Fox8 series Dangerous, a role that got her a Logie Award nomination, for story of forbidden love, set in Sydney's culturally diverse backgrounds.

Da Silva gained notable recognition in the Network Ten police drama series Rush, in which she appeared in all 70 episodes in four seasons as Stella Dagostino in the story based on the real-life Victoria Police Critical Incident Response Team, something similar to the SWAT in the US, with the plot exploring both the personal and working lives of the team. In the meantime, Nicole played one of the main roles as Lisa Testro in the show Carla Cametti PD (2009) for six episodes, but the series was canceled after just one season.

Da Silva is probably best known for her role in the SoHo TV drama series Wentworth, in which she appeared for 55 episodes from 2013 to 2018 as Franky Doyle, a character played by Carol Burns in the original classic Network Ten show Prisoner, which aired from 1979 to 1986. Franky is in Wentworth correctional facility, a tough lesbian inmate battling against fellow inmate Jacs Holt for the position of top dog. Da Silva played this role in the first six seasons of the series, and in the opening three seasons her character was a central role before being released at the end of the third season, however, she did return for a limited supporting role in the fourth season, and again for the fifth season when Franky is wrongly imprisoned for murder and tries to prove her innocence. The first three episodes of the sixth season conclude her story before she left the series in 2018. This role got Da Silva the ASTRA Award for the Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Female) in 2014, and several other nominations.

In 2015, Nicole made her big-screen debut as Nana in Sophie Mathisen's romantic comedy Drama, starring Agnès Boury, Julien Bravo and Jonathan Burteaux. While working on "Wentworth Prison", Da Silva was cast for the role of Charlie Knight in the Nine Network medical drama show Doctor Doctor, in the story of a rising heart surgeon's life and his problems that converted him from a big city doctor into a small town doctor. Da Silva also starred in a sci-fi movie called The Tangled directed by Christopher Soren Kelly.

Personal life

In February 2014, she was announced as the first National Champion of UN Women Australia, for which she supported women's empowerment and gender equality at events around the country.[1]

In April 2018, da Silva announced that she was pregnant with her first child,[2] and gave birth to a baby in July 2018.

Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2005 All Saints Sasha Fernandez Recurring; Season 8 (11 episodes)
2006 Home and Away Jane Simms Guest; Season 19, episode 26 (#4126)
2006 Final Call Pharmacist Short film
2007 Dangerous Erica "EC" Eulestra Main; Season 1 (8 episodes)
2007 East West 101 Lily Guest; Season 1, episode 4: "Haunt for the Killer"
2008 The List Subiaco's Ex-wife Short film
2008–2011 Rush Stella Dagostino Main; Seasons 1–4
2009 Carla Cametti PD Lisa Testro Main; Season 1 (6 episodes)
2011 Cop Hard Syvan Recurring; Season 1 (2 episodes)
2012 Stuffed Easter TV short
2013–2018; 2019 Wentworth Franky Doyle Main (season 1–6); guest (season 7)
2015 Drama Nana Feature film
2016 Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street Dvora Henwick Guest; Season 2, episode 14: "Gortimer and the Jacks of All Trades"
2016–present Doctor Doctor Charlie Knight Main
2017 Have You Been Paying Attention? Herself Guest Quiz Master
2018 The Tangle Francesca
2019 Harrow Danica Guest; Season 2, episode 7

Awards
YearAwardCategoryTV showResult
2008Logie AwardGraham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New TalentDangerousNominated
2014ASTRA AwardMost Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Female)WentworthWon
2015ASTRA AwardMost Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Female)WentworthNominated
2015Logie AwardMost Outstanding ActressWentworthNominated
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References
  1. "Nicole da Silva announced as first National Champion of UN Women". UN Women. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Wentworth star confirms: yes I'm pregnant!".


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