Nigel Le Vaillant

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Nigel Le Vaillant is a British actor, born in Karachi, Pakistan on 11th June 1958.

[edit] Early years

Le Vaillant came to the UK aged 16. He first stepped into acting at school in Dorset. Playwright Alan Ayckbourn asked if he would work as an assistant stage manager in a Scarborough Theatre production. Nigel was to sit A Levels at Oxford, but instead took the job, which was short-lived. He studied English at St. Peter's College, Oxford. Three years later he got his equity card and an agent. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, which he said was a 'big mistake' as it destroyed his confidence.

[edit] Today

Le Vaillant lives in Brixton, South London. He has split from his wife, Nicola Jeffries, whom he had married in January 1995. They met at a read-through, in which she played junior receptionist, Jenny, in series 7 of the BBC's 'Casualty'.