Nicola Jane Bryant (born 11 October 1960) is an English actress known for her roles as Peri Brown, a companion to both the Fifth and Sixth Doctors in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986 and as Martine Johnson the dance teacher in the school drama series The Biz from 1995 to 1997. She also played Miss Brown in The Stranger film series and Lana in Star Trek Continues.

Filmography

• Tales of the Tardis — Peri Brown
• 2022Doctor Who: The Eternal Mystery — Peri Brown
• 2022The Wilds — Helen
• 2019The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
• New Blood — Sophie Baxter
• 2016Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter — Dr. Shaw
• 2013Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS — Peri Brown (archive footage)
• 2013Strike! Strike! Strike!
• 2010Chain Reaction
• 2010Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 — Peri Brown (archive footage)
• Scoop — Anne Boleyn/PC's Wife
• 2008Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 — (archival footage)
• 2008The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
• 2008The Ties That Bind Us — Peri Brown (archive footage)
• 2008Trials and Tribulations
• 2007The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
• 2006Built for War: The Sontaran Story
• 2006Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
• Doctor Who Confidential
• 2003Adventures in Time and Spain — (archive footage)
• 2003The Story of Doctor Who
• Doctors — Jackie Fallon, Sonia Heyward-Smith
• My Family — Janet, Anne
• 2000TravelWise — Laura
• Holby City — Reporter, Catherine Sloman
• 1999Parting Shots — Beverley
• The Biz — Martine
• 1994Stranger than Fiction
• 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time — Peri Brown
• The 10 Percenters — Julia
• 1993The Airzone Solution — Elenya Brown
• 1993The Stranger: In Memory Alone — Miss Brown
• 1992The Stranger: More Than a Messiah — Miss Brown
• The Stranger — Miss Brown
• 1991The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows — Miss Brown
• 1988Blackadder's Christmas Carol — Millicent
• Casualty — Susan Harris
• 1986Doctor Who: Mindwarp — Peri Brown
• 1986Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: The Two Doctors — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: Timelash — Peri Brown
• 1985Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos — Peri Brown
• 1984Doctor Who: Planet of Fire — Peri Brown
• 1984Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani — Peri Brown
• 1984Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma — Peri Brown
• Doctor Who — Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2025Space: 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit — Self
• 2024Looking for Dursley — Self
• 2023Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals — Self
• 2019Doctor Who: The Trial — Self
• 2019Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner — Herself / Peri (archive footage)
• 2019The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited — Self
• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa — Self
• Myth Makers — Herself
• 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion — Self / Peri Brown (archive footage)
• Pointless Celebrities — Self
• 1998Lust in Space — Self
• 199330 Years in the TARDIS — Herself
• 1987Myth Runner — Herself