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Emma Fielding

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Emma Fielding
Born (1970-10-07) 7 October 1970 (age 54)[1][2][3]
Catterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK[1][2]
Alma materRoyal Conservatoire of Scotland
OccupationActress

Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding (born 7 October 1970) is an English actress.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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The daughter of a British Army officer, Colonel Johnny Fielding, and Sheila Fielding, she was raised Catholic and spent some of her childhood in Malaysia and Nigeria, and a period in Malvern.[4][5] While studying at the Berkhamsted Collegiate boarding school,[6] she won a place at Robinson College, Cambridge[7] to study law, after spending a gap year which included five months in a kibbutz in the occupied West Bank, Palestine, picking watermelons,[8] and as an usherette at the Oxford Apollo; before embarking on the study of acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[9]

Career

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After graduation she worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to the attention of critics in 1993's National Theatre production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, in which she created the role of Thomasina,[10] and then most notably in John Ford's The Broken Heart for which she won the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress.[citation needed] Also in 1993, she was Agnes in The School for Wives at the Almeida Theatre, for which she won the Ian Charleson Award.[11] She made her Broadway theatre debut in 2003 in Noël Coward's Private Lives.[12] She has also appeared in numerous radio plays for the BBC, including playing Esme in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, a role she also played in the West End. More recently, she appeared in the BBC TV mini-series Cranford.

In 2009, she appeared as Daisy alongside Timothy West in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders. She has also appeared in the crime drama Death in Paradise playing the part of Astrid Knight. (Season 1, Episode 4). In 2014, she appeared in another crime drama DCI Banks (Series 3, Episodes 17 & 18).

In 2018, Fielding appeared in EastEnders as Ted Murray's (Christopher Timothy) daughter.

In November 2018, she provided the voice for the alien Kisar in the Doctor Who episode "Demons of the Punjab".

Awards and nominations

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Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
1998 The Scarlet Tunic Frances Groves
2000 Pandaemonium Mary Wordsworth
Exposure Bridget, TV director Short film
2001 The Discovery of Heaven Helga
2002 Shooters Detective Inspector Sarah Pryce
2003 Unscrew Judy Short film
The Ancient Forests Mother Short film
2008 The Other Man Gail
2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Mabel
2012 Fast Girls Ellie Temple
Twenty8k Jean Weaver
2015 The Briny Short film
2018 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1992 Tell Tale Hearts Becky Wilson 3 episodes
Screenplay Mary Shelley Episode: "Dread Poets' Society"
1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Ruth Chevenix Episode: "Dead Man's Mirror"
Performance Joan Clareville Episode: "The Maitlands"
1996 Kavanagh QC Caroline Wicks Episode: "Job Satisfaction"
1997 Drovers' Gold Elizabeth Watkins Mini-series (5 episodes)
A Dance to the Music of Time Isobel Mini-series (2 episodes: "The Thirties" and "The War")
1998 A Respectable Trade Frances Scott Cole Mini-series (2 episodes)
The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries Eleanor Bing Episode: "Speedy Death"
The Life of Confucius Mother
1999 Horizon Mrs. Lack Episode: "Wings of Angels"
1999, 2001 Big Bad World Beatrice Dempsey 7 episodes
2000 Other People's Children Josie Episode: "#1.2"
2001 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Helen Clyde Episode: "A Great Deliverance"
The Green-Eyed Monster Marni McGuire Television film
2002 The Gist Harriet Gould Television film
Nova Emily Shackleton (voice) Episode: "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance"
Birthday Girl Tracey Jones Television film
2003 My Uncle Silas Hermione Episode: "A Funny Thing"
2004 Waking the Dead Dr. Greta Simpson 2 episodes: "The Hardest Word: Parts 1 & 2"
2005 The Government Inspector Susan Watts Television film
Beneath the Skin Jennifer Hintlesham Television film
The Ghost Squad D/Supt. Carole McKay 8 episodes
2007 Fallen Angel Janet Byfield Mini-series (1 episode: "The Office of the Dead")
2007, 2009 Cranford Miss Galindo 8 episodes
2010 Midsomer Murders Faith Kent Episode: "The Silent Land"
2011 Kidnap and Ransom Naomi Shaffer 3 episodes
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Mary Kent Episode: "The Murder at Road Hill House"
Death in Paradise Astrid Knight Episode: "Missing a Body?"
2014 Father Brown Ada Gerard Episode: "The Prize of Colonel Gerard"
DCI Banks Liz Forbes 2 episodes: "Piece of My Heart: Parts 1 & 2"
Inspector George Gently Agnes Webb Episode: "Blue for Bluebird"
Silk Elizabeth Buchan Episode: "The Real McCoy: Part 2"
New Tricks Caroline Tate Episode "Breadcrumbs"
The Game Valerie Parkwood Mini-series (1 episode)
2015 Foyle's War Joyce Corrigan Episode: "Elise"
Arthur & George Charlotte Edalji Mini-series (3 episodes)
This Is England '90 Roma Mini-series (1 episode: "Summer")
Capital Strauss Mini-series (1 episode)
2016 Close to the Enemy Miss Clarkson Mini-series (6 episodes)
Dark Angel Helen Robinson Mini-series (2 episodes)
2018 Silent Witness Sally Vaughan 2 episodes: "Moment of Surrender: Parts 1 & 2"
EastEnders Judith Thompson 3 episodes
Unforgotten Amy Hollis 6 episodes
Doctor Who Kisar (voice) Episode: "Demons of the Punjab"
2018‒2019 Les Misérables Nicolette Mini-series (6 episodes)
2019 Years and Years Jane Bordolino Mini-series (1 episode)
2020‒2023 Van der Valk Julia Dahlman 9 episodes
2023 Sanditon Lady Montrose 6 episodes
2024 Beyond Paradise Marion Goddard Episode: "#2.4"
2024 Sister Boniface Mysteries Venetia Thistleton Episode: "A Fragrant Scandal"

Video games

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Year Film Role Notes
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Queen Curtana (English version, voice) [13]
2009 Dragon Age: Origins The Lady of the Forest / Mother Perpetua / Traveller (voice)
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Katha Niar (voice)
2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper Blighters / London Civilian (voice)
2017 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Jain Zar (voice)
2018 Call of Cthulhu Additional voices
2022 Steelrising Marie-Antoinette (voice) / Additional Voices
2023 The Invincible Marit (voice)
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon Morgana (voice) [13]

Audiobooks

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She has narrated the following for Naxos Audiobooks:

for Random House Audio:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Emma Fielding". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Greenstreet, Rosanna (16 February 2002). "Q & A". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Fielding, Emma (10 July 2022). Twitter https://twitter.com/emmagafielding/status/1546066849288290304. Retrieved 10 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Archive news from the Worcester News". Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Archived 26 April 2003 at worcesternews.co.uk (Error: unknown archive URL)
  6. ^ "Berkhamsted Collegiate School: Former Pupils". Schools Guide Book. Archived from the original on 3 February 2006.
  7. ^ The Cambridge University List of Members up to December 1991, Cambridge University Press, p. 443
  8. ^ , but abandoned it.My hols: actress Emma Fielding[dead link] The Sunday Times - 10 August 2003
  9. ^ "403 Forbidden". Archived from the original on 28 September 2004. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. ^ Measure For Measure, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon[dead link] The Independent on Sunday - 6 May 2003
  11. ^ a b Fowler, Rebecca. "Triumphant first acts". Sunday Times. 13 March 1994.
  12. ^ "From the bookies to Stratford's RSC" Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Worcestershire News - 26 April 2003
  13. ^ a b "Emma Fielding (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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