Aimee-Ffion Edwards | |
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Born | 1986or1987(age 38–39) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2002–present |
Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1986 or 1987) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sketch in Skins , Esme Shelby in Peaky Blinders , Sophie in Detectorists , Abi in Loaded , and Shirley Dander in Slow Horses . Her video game voice roles include Rachel Baker in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture , Mio in the English dub of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 , and Ranni the Witch in Elden Ring .
Aimee-Ffion Edwards was born in Newport in 1986 or 1987. [1]
Edwards is fluent in English and Welsh, having attended the Welsh-speaking schools Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd (Newport Welsh Medium Primary School) and Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw (Torfaen Welsh Medium High School). She played for a local youth rugby team, the only girl on the boys' team, until she was 14. She would often go from her ballet lessons to rugby matches. She studied A-level drama and later joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales. [2]
Edwards appeared in the 2002 short film Dŵr Dwfn. [3] She was training to be a classical singer when she appeared on the Pop Idol -type Welsh language TV show Wawffactor in 2006, finishing as runner-up. [2] She made her television debut as the character Sketch in the E4 series Skins in 2008. [2] In 2009, she appeared in the Casualty episode "Stand By Me" as a teenager who finds a replacement speed date in the wards of Holby City Hospital, and ends up involved in a serious gun-related incident. In the first episode of Casualty 1909 , she played a young prostitute who was being abused by her father.
In 2010, Edwards appeared in an episode of the supernatural BBC drama series Being Human as a theatre usher who is also a ghost. In 2011, she appeared in series 2 of the BBC drama series Luther as Jenny Jones. [2] In 2012, she appeared in Sky Atlantic's four-part series Walking And Talking, a spin-off from an episode of Sky One's Christmas series of shorts Little Crackers . In 2013, 2014, and 2021, she appeared as Esme Shelby in the BBC series Peaky Blinders . In 2014, she appeared in two BBC Cymru Wales television productions celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas: as part of an all-Welsh cast in a television adaptation of Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood , playing the Laugharne Voice, [4] and as Marianne in A Poet in New York , Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Thomas' last days. [5]
In 2014, Edwards appeared as Katy in the Inside No. 9 episode "The Harrowing". [1] From 2014 to 2015, she played Sophie in the BBC Four comedy series Detectorists . [6] [7] [8] In 2016, she appeared in Death in Paradise as Sian. In 2017, she appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series Loaded . In 2019, she played Miss Aitken in BBC Three's comedy series Man Like Mobeen . In 2022, she joined the cast of Slow Horses during its second season as Shirley Dander.
Edwards made her stage debut in 2008 in SH*T-M*X at the Trafalgar Theatre in London. [9] In 2009, she performed in Jerusalem at the Royal Court Theatre. [1] [2] In 2011, she made her Broadway debut when she reprised her role in Jerusalem at New York's Music Box Theatre. [1] She appeared in the London revival of Jerusalem later that year. In 2012, she appeared in The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse, [1] and in Marius von Mayenburg's Fireface at the Young Vic. [10] In 2013, she appeared as Avonia Bunn in Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse. [11] In 2017, she played Marcella in B, a play by Guillermo Calderón which had a limited run at the Royal Court Theatre.
In 2015, Edwards voiced Rachel Baker in the video game Everybody's Gone to the Rapture . In 2022, she voiced Ranni the Witch, a major non-playable character in Elden Ring and Mio in the English dub of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Dŵr Dwfn | Short film | |
2007 | Olas de verano | Madlen Vaughan | Short film |
2012 | Epithet | Rebecca | Short film |
One Day Some Years Ago | Lisa | Short film | |
2014 | A Poet in New York | Marianne | Television film |
Under Milk Wood | Laugharne Voice | Television film | |
Steak Knife | Julia | Short film | |
Queen and Country | Sophie Adams | ||
2015 | Bugsplat! | Shona Berry | Television film |
2016 | Zero Sum | Ruth Sharman | Short film |
2018 | To Provide All People | Patient | Television film |
2019 | The Left Behind | Annes | Television film [12] [13] |
2020 | Blithe Spirit | Edith | |
2022 | Life and Death in the Warehouse | Megan | Television film [14] [15] |
2025 | Mr Burton | Cis | [16] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Skins | Sketch | 7 episodes |
2009 | Casualty | Nina | Episode: "Stand by Me" |
Casualty 1909 | Deborah Lynch | 1 episode | |
2010 | Being Human | Robin | Episode: "In the Morning" |
Law & Order: UK | Kim Baker | Episode: "Hounded" | |
Little Crackers | Mary | Episode: "Better Than Christmas" | |
2011 | Luther | Jenny Jones | 4 episodes |
2012 | Walking and Talking | Mary | 4 episodes |
2013–2017; 2022 | Peaky Blinders | Esme Shelby | 15 episodes |
2014 | Inside No. 9 | Katy | Episode: "The Harrowing" |
2014–2015 | Detectorists | Sophie | 12 episodes |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Elizabeth Barton | 2 episodes |
2016 | Death in Paradise | Sian Evans | Episode: "Flames of Love" |
2017 | Loaded | Abi | 8 episodes |
Summer Comedy Shorts | Leila | Episode: "Morgana Robinson's Summer" | |
Comedy Playhouse | Jemma Smith | Episode: "Mister Winner" | |
2018 | Troy: Fall of a City | Cassandra | 7 episodes [17] |
2018–2020 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Havoc (voice) | 13 episodes |
101 Dalmatian Street | Arabella, Big Fee, Summer (voice) | 11 episodes [18] | |
2019 | Curfew | Ruby Newman | 8 episodes [19] |
Keeping Faith | Madlen Vaughan | 6 episodes | |
The Reluctant Landlord | Charlotte | Episode: "Love & Marriage" | |
Four Weddings and a Funeral | Tabby | 5 episodes | |
Man Like Mobeen | Miss Aitken | 2 episodes | |
2021 | War of the Worlds | Isla | 8 episodes |
2022–present | Slow Horses | Shirley Dander | Main cast [20] |
2023 | Dreamland | Leila | Main cast [21] |
TBA | The Revenge Club | Emily | Filming [22] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2015 | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Rachel Baker | [23] |
2022 | Elden Ring | Ranni the Witch | [24] [23] |
2022 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Mio | [25] [23] |
...all achieved while still under the age of 27.