Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol (born 7 August 1953) is an English actress and a three-time SAG Award winner in the Best Cast in a Drama Series category for her starring role as Beryl Patmore in the ITV and PBS drama TV series Downton Abbey. She also starred in the 2019 feature film Downton Abbey.

Nicol’s television roles include Mrs. Beaver in the BBC adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Queen Giant in The Silver Chair and as Henrietta Beecham in the 2019 ITV historical drama Beecham House. She made multiple appearances on ABC’s The Catch in a recurring role playing the matriarch of a London gangland family and also guest-starred on episodes of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys, The CW’s Supernatural (where she played a variation of the witch from Hansel and Gretel), CBS’s reboot of The Odd Couple, ABC’s Once Upon a Time and TVLand’s Hot in Cleveland.