In 1964, Pagett appeared in several productions with
Worthing Repertory Company and the Glasgow Citizen's Theatre. Then her performance in the television play
The Girl in the Picture caught the attention of
Sir Robert Helpmann who cast her to tour with
Vivien Leigh in the stage play
La Contessa. In 1965, she appeared in the Incorporated Television Company (
ITC) production of ''
Gideon's Way, episode 10, "How to Retire without Really Working" in an uncredited role as girl at railway station. Also in 1965, under the name Nicola Paget, she appeared in Gideon's Way'' series 1 episode 15 called "The Alibi Man". She also appeared in the British TV series
Danger Man in an episode called "The Mirror's New". She appeared in episode 13 of
The Persuaders! and episode 7 of
Special Branch. After starring as
Florence Maybrick in an episode of
Wicked Women (1970), she appeared as
Elizabeth Bellamy in the British series
Upstairs, Downstairs. This was followed in 1975 by an appearance in the British television police drama,
The Sweeney. Pagett appeared in the episode
Stoppo Driver in which she played the character of Sara Prince, part of a family of criminals involved in the
kidnap of the wife of
Detective Constable Brian Cooney, a
Flying Squad driver. In May 1976, she appeared as Bella Manningham in
Gas Light at the
Criterion Theatre, London, with
Peter Vaughan and
Anton Rodgers. She played the title role in the 1977
BBC adaptation of
Anna Karenina and gave a memorable performance in
David Nobbs's TV series
A Bit of a Do. She appeared in films such as
The Viking Queen (1967),
Come Back Peter (1969),
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), ''
There's a Girl in My Soup (1970), Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), Operation Daybreak (1975), Oliver's Story (1978), Privates on Parade (1982), Scoop and An Awfully Big Adventure (1995). She appeared in leading roles (as the young Irish bride Conor) in the 1980 Australian mini-series The Timeless Land and in the 1994 to 1995 sitcom Ain't Misbehavin'''. ==Personal life==