Amy Wren

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Amy Wren
Born (1989-10-14) 14 October 1989 (age 34)
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Amy Wren (born 14 October 1989) [1] is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in the Disney series Life Bites, Silk (TV series), Skins (British TV series), The Last Kingdom (TV series) and Viewpoint (TV series).

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Personal life

Wren attended Parsnips Youth Theatre in Harborough for four years. She was featured in the Mail in July 2006, when she and two others from Parsnips were chosen to be a part of the National Youth Theatre. [2]

Career

Wren started acting when she was talent spotted by Disney UK at the age of 16. She was then engaged for Disney’s comedy sketch show Life Bites , playing the lead role as Chloe. [3] She moved onto working with Nickelodeon in Genie In The House and Summer in Transylvania . [4] [5] In 2010 she appeared in Andrea Arnold's film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights , in which she played Frances Earnshaw. [6] In 2016 she played Lady Evelyn Herbert in Guy Burt's TV mini-series Tutankhamun which is the story of the archeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. [7]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008 Life Bites ChloeTV series, 49 episodes
2009 Genie in the House DianaTV series, 1 episode
2010 Casualty Kelly OswaldTV series, 1 episode
Summer in Transylvania HeidiTV series, 20 episodes
2011
Life of Riley BeaTV series, 1 episode
Wuthering Heights Frances Earnshaw
2012 Silk BethanyTV series, 13 episodes
Silent Witness Shannon KellyTV series, 2 episodes
2013 uwantme2killhim? Zoey
Skins JaneTV series, 2 episodes
S.L.R.Alexa Short film
2014BorebOlderShort film
2014Silk: The Clerks' RoomBethanyBBC R4 series
2015 The Last Kingdom MildrithTV series, 4 episodes
2016 Tutankhamun Lady Evelyn Herbert TV mini-series, 4 episodes
2017 Little Women Sallie GardinerMiniseries; 1 episode
2021 Viewpoint Gemma HillmanTV Miniseries; 5 episodes

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References

  1. Lucinda Dryzek [@Littlelucyd] (12 October 2013). "Happy birthday @Amy_wren circa 9.23 pm" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  2. "A Disney fairytale come true for Amy". 16 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2012. 18-year-old
  3. Dowell, Ben (18 August 2008). "Life Bites: Teens get acting break in Disney sketch show". The Guardian . London, England. Retrieved 16 April 2012. Eighteen-year old Amy Wren
  4. "Summer in Transylvania - Meet the Characters". 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  5. "Summer in Transylvania". 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  6. "Wuthering Heights - Pressbook" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  7. "Tutankhamun". Radio Times . 7 September 2017.