NEW SIGNING + NICOLA O’ROURKE

2nd July 2026
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NEW SIGNING + NICOLA O’ROURKE

Talent

A huge welcome to NEW SIGNING Costume Designer and Hair & Make Up Designer Nicola O'Rourke!

Nicola is a very technical and creative designer who can do looks from all periods plus SFX makeup. She has worked on fantastic dramas such as Dirty Business (directed by Joseph Bullman), which received 5 stars from The Guardian and The Financial Times. It also currently has 100% on Rotton Tomatoes

"Two amateur detectives in an Oxfordshire village discover dying fish in their river. When they contact the water company for answers, the company's odd, evasive response prompts them to launch an investigation that continues today." 

The series stars David Thewlis (Kingdom of Heaven), Jason Watkins (The Crown), Asim Chaudhry (The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin), Posy Sterling (The Outrun) and Tom McKay (Senna).

Nicola also worked on Partygate: The True Story, directed by Joseph Bullman. 

"Karaoke, suitcases of wine, ambushing cake – this factual drama tells the story of Covid from inside 10 Downing Street as staff kicked back at lockdown breaching parties."

The drama stars starring Charlotte Ritchie (You, Ghosts), Hugh Skinner (Fleabag, Les Misérables), Ophelia Lovibond (Guardians of the Galaxy, Oliver Twist) and Kimberley Nixon (Wild Child, Under Salt Marsh

Partygate was the Winner of Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society, UK and was nominated for Best Director, Fiction at the BAFTA Awards!

Check out the trailers for both dramas below.

Welcome Nicola!

  • Partygate: The True Story (Limited Series - Trailer)

    Partygate: The True Story (Limited Series - Trailer)

    Director: Joseph Bullman

    Production Co: Channel 4

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  • Dirty Business (Limited Series - Trailer)

    Dirty Business (Limited Series - Trailer)

    Director: Joseph Bullman

    Production Co: Channel 4

    14028

  • Nicola O’Rourke

    Nicola is a Hair & Makeup and Costume Designer working in film, TV and commercials. Nicola is a very technical and creative designer who can do looks from all periods plus SFX makeup. Nicola recently designed the powerful docu-drama Dirty Business directed by Joseph Bullman for Channel 4. The series stars David Thewlis, Jason Watkins and Asim Chaudhry. Other credits include RTS Award-winning drama Partygate directed by Joseph Bullman and the feature Blockhead directed by Matt Harlock. For commercials, Nicola has worked with directors like Ben Woolfe, Jamie Crawford and Dean Kay Berry and for clients like Dyson, Ford and First Choice. 

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