Amy Manson

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Amy Manson
Born (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 39)
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alma mater Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985) [1] is a Scottish actress. She has portrayed Alice Guppy in Torchwood , Abby Evans in Casualty , Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics , Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human , Medea in Atlantis , and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time . [2] [3] [4]

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Background

Born and brought up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, [5] Manson has one sister, Ailsa Manson and one brother, James Manson, all of Sept Manson of Clan Gunn. [6] She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen. [6] She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to film Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud in Romania. [5] She lives in North London. [6]

Career

Manson made her film debut in Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud , and has also appeared in the horror film Blood Monkey and the short film Smile Emily. [7]

Manson has lent her voice to the radio dramas Lost in Plain Sight, The Summer Walking and The Dead Hour. [8]

On television, she played Alice Guppy in two episodes of Torchwood , and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes of Casualty . She has guest-starred in episodes of Doctors , The Bill and My Family .

Manson played Lizzie Siddal, muse, wife and lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics . [9] She appeared as the vampire Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of Being Human , alongside Desperate Romantics co-star Aidan Turner. [10] [11]

Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Marple : The Pale Horse , [12] and also played Fleur Morgan in Outcasts , [13] an eight-part series by Kudos for BBC One. In 2011, Manson portrayed Leah in the third series of Misfits and Emma "Whirly" Tyson in the BBC drama Young James Herriot . [14]

She also appears in the fifth series of Irish drama Raw . [15]

In 2024, she appeared as Rhona Moncrieffe in the BBC drama, Rebus , an adaptation of the Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin. [16]

Awards

Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing Stepdaughter in the National Theatre of Scotland production of Six Characters in Search of an Author . [17]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2007 Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Jodie Hatfield
Blood Monkey Amy Armstrong
2013 Not Another Happy Ending Darsie
Harrigan Vickey Frizell
2015Two DownAir Hostess Call Girl
The ChameleonPamela
EstrangedJanuary
2017 T2 Trainspotting Woman in Club
Edie Fiona
2019 Run Katie
BeatsCat
Doom: Annihilation Lt. Joan Darkcredited as Amy Mason
2021 Spencer Anne Boleyn
She Will Lois

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
2006 The Bill Martine McKenzieEpisode: "405"
2007 My Family Casting P.A.Episode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard To Do"
Nearly Famous MelanieEpisode: "1.5"
2008 Doctors Kelly MooreEpisode: "Jack the Lad"
Torchwood Alice Guppy Episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds"
2008–2009 Casualty Abby Evans9 episodes
2009 Desperate Romantics Lizzie Siddal Period drama
2010 Being Human Daisy 6 episodes
Agatha Christie's Marple : The Pale Horse Ginger CorriganTelevision film
2011 Outcasts Fleur Morgan8 episodes
Misfits LeahEpisode: "3.6"
Young James Herriot Emma "Whirly" Tyson3 episodes
The Field of Blood Karen Burnett
2014–2015 Atlantis Medea
2015–2016 Once Upon a Time Merida Recurring role, 8 episodes
2017 The White Princess Cathy Gordon 4 episodes
2018 Legacies Dryad1 episode
2021–2023 The Nevers Sarah / MaladieMain cast
Effie BoyleEpisode: "Hanged"

Credited as Margaret Tuttle [18]

2023 The Diplomat Giselle2 episodes
The Chemistry of Death Ellen McLeod4 episodes
Bodies Charlotte Hillinghead6 episodes
2024 Rebus Rhona Moncrieffe

Theatre

YearFilmRoleCompanyDirectorNotes
2008 Six Characters in Search of an Author Stepdaughter Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Citizens Theatre, Glasgow [19]
2015 The Caucasian Chalk Circle GrushaLyceum Theatre, EdinburghMark Thomsonadaptation by Alistair Beaton

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