Nicole Ansari has been acting since she was 9 years old in her native Germany, where she had her first big break in the German Cop series Tatort alongside German star Goetz George, followed by guest- starring roles in other TV series like Polizeiruf and Kommissar Rex. After studying Drama and Dance in Hamburg she starred in two Independent Art house movies- "Franta", directed by Matthias Allary , an adaptation of the First World War novel and "Little King Eric" by Thomas Bahmann. She then left Germany to join the renowned Zuerich-based Repertory company Theater am Neumarkt. In Zuerich she starred in the Swiss/Iraki Filmmaker Samir's first feature Film, "Always and Forever", an adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's "The Game is over." She also starred in the TV series Eurocops, directed by Markus Imboden. In Germany she also worked with director Thomas Jahn in the feature "Kai Raabe gegen die Vatikankiller." She then went to study further in New York and auditioned for Uta Hagen, with whom she studied for the following 2 years and also for the Actor's Studio with Susan Batson, where she got accepted as a working temporary Member. Back in Europe she was chosen out of thousands of Applicants in a grueling 3 months long Audition process to become a Member of the famed Theatre du Soleil in Paris under the director Ariane Mnouchkine and performed there and on tour for 2 1/2 years. In Paris she replaced French Film star Maria Schneider and collaborated with Corine Blue on the short Film "Quand Fred rit", alongside Valeria Bruni-Tedesci. After Paris she went to Vienna, where she played the "Muse of the four Arts" Alma Mahler on stage and in a TV Mini series for Arte, which was the start of collaborating with director Paulus Manker and writer Joshua Sobol. She subsequently performed many leads at the Public Theater (Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac; Irma in Irma la Douce; Romy Schneider in Romy, ich...Berenice in Berenice) and starred in the TV movie "Two women, a man and a baby", which raised the Issue of Same Sex marriage and as Desdemona in "Jago", a modern day adaptation of Othello. During that time she was also a regular on the German Cop TV series "SK Koelsch." After getting married to the Scottish actor Brian Cox and having two children with him she split her time between the US and the UK, where she kept working mostly in Television, in the UK in Phillip Saville's "The Biographer" and in the US most notably as a recurring character in the HBO Original series Deadwood. She also Co- starred in Scottish Punk- Rocker Richard Jobson's feature "a Woman in Winter." Nicole originated the part of Lenka, a Czech student of Philopsophy in Tom Stoppard's "Rock N' Roll" at the Royal court and in the West end in London and revived her role on Broadway at the Bernhard B. Jacobs Theater. Back in NY she also started producing Independent movies and has two feature Films -the Thriller "As good as dead" with Andy McDowell and the Comedy "Blumenthal" with Brian Cox, in which she also Co-stars -and a short Documentary about the Arts program in a Public school "Padim" (which she directed)-under her belt. She is a NY working actor and guest- starred as a Transsexual in the First Interactive TV show for current TV, "Bar Karma", which was produced by Sims creator Will Wright and producer Abi Hecht and in the last season of the longest running Soap "As the world turns" .She has recently worked with Steven Soderbergh in "Side effects" as well as Co-starred in the upcoming Indie "Maggie Black" and also guest-starred in the new NBC show "The Mysteries of Laura."
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Biography from IMDb.
- January 1, 1969 (57)
- Köln, Germany
- Actor, also producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
What are Nicole Ansari-Cox's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 6
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 4
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 2
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous5
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Nicole Ansari-Cox's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Nicole Ansari-Cox's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
43 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.
The Fix(2026)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Just Play Dead(2026)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Your Fault: London(2026)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Glenrothan(2025)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Angel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Jukebox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
What a Feeling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Venus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Land of Dreams(2021)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Hit & Run(2021)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
Making the Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Son of the South(2020)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Little Voice(2020)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Last Moment of Clarity(2020)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Lawrence: After Arabia(2021)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Maggie Black(2017)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
FBI(2018)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Succession(2018)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Die Liebe deines Lebens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Einstein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Mysteries of Laura(2014)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all showsBlumenthal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Side Effects(2013)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
As Good as Dead(2010)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Hard Four (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
A Woman in Winter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Deadwood(2004)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Biographer(2002)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Invention of Dr. Morel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Oh Baby, a Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Alma - A Show biz ans Ende (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
SK Kölsch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Inspector Rex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Der König (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Die Wache (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Kleiner König Erich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Always & Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Police Call 110(1971)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Tatort(1970)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
As I Am (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Sheep Xing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 41 of them dated from 1970 to 2026; peak year 2021.
Film career
Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2010Screen debut· As Good As Dead
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Nicole Ansari-Cox's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
8 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Universally Panned1
- Loved with Detractors1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser8
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed8
Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Nicole Ansari-Cox work with?
People who share at least 2 of Nicole Ansari-Cox's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brian Cox shares the most, 4.
Actors
- Brian CoxShared titles: Glenrothan (2025), Lawrence: After Arabia (2021), Last Moment of Clarity (2020), As Good as Dead (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Brian Cox
Producers
- Compton RossShared titles: Just Play Dead (2026), Glenrothan (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Compton Ross
- Phil HuntShared titles: Just Play Dead (2026), Glenrothan (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Phil Hunt
