Julie Wilson Nimmo
Quick Facts
Biography
Julie Wilson Nimmo (born 1972) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for playing Miss Hoolie in the BBC One, BBC Two, and CBeebies children's programme Balamory. She is also known for playing Carlotta in Beautiful Burnout (2012).
Early life
Nimmo was born in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire and attended Hunter High School. She trained at the RSAMD from 1991 to 1994.
Career
Wilson Nimmo started her Career along with a lot of other Scottish actors and Comedians in the 1995 Sketch show "Pulp Video" which was partly written by her now Husband Greg Hemphill and his co-writer Ford Kiernan.
Between 1999 and 2002, Nimmo was a regular star in the Sketch Show Chewin the Fat written by Ford Kiernan and her real life Husband Greg Hemphill. She starred in all four series and the New Year Specials.
She may be best known for her role as Mrs Hoolie in Pre-School program Balamory which aired on Cbeebies and BBC Two. This ran between 2002 and 2005.
After taking a break from acting, Nimmo returned to the stage in Glasgow as So-Shy in a production of Sandy Wilson's pantomime musical Aladdin. She also briefly appeared in the Scottish comedy TV series Rab C. Nesbitt, and played Elizabeth Macquarie in the docudrama, The Father of Australia. She plays Lovely Sue in the Radio 4 comedy series Fags, Mags and Bags. She played Katrine Trolle and other witnesses in a radio dramatisation of the court case HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan. In 2016 she was part of the main cast in Scottish Horror drama "West Skerra Light" which was written and directed by her Husband Greg Hemphill, She starred alongside the likes of John Michie and Lorraine McIntosh.
Personal life
Nimmo is married to actor Greg Hemphill. They appeared together in the TV comedies Pulp Video (1995–1996, her first major television credit) and Chewin' the Fat (1999–2002). They have two sons and a dog called Toby.