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Bryony Shona Hannah | |
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| Education | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Television | Call the Midwife Dead Boss |
| Children | 1 |
Bryony Hannah is a British actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's Call the Midwife .
The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary. [1]
Hannah received an Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role as Mary Tilford in The Children's Hour . [2] Several reviews of that production mentioned that Hannah was a "virtual unknown" and "stole the show." [1]
Her other stage roles include performances in Earthquakes in London , Every Good Boy Deserves Favour , The Pillowman , The Merry Wives of Windsor and War Horse . In 2017, she appeared in the posthumous premiere of Olivier Award winner Kevin Elyot's final play Twilight Song, alongside Adam Garcia and Paul Higgins.[ citation needed ]
She also appeared in Dead Boss as Christine [3] and provided the voice of Padget, Pando's carer, in the CBeebies TV series Bing .
She is best known for her work on Call the Midwife . Her character, Nurse Cynthia Miller, was in the initial cast of characters of season one. During the course of the show, Cynthia decided she was being called to a religious life, and she became a nun. Her character lived as a nun at Nonnatus House, where she also worked as a midwife. [4] Hannah left the series after season six. [5]
In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child. [6]
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Cemetery Junction | Louise the Waitress | |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending | Nurse Schultz | |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Alice | |
| 2023 | Firebrand | Ellen | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Reversals | Female Student | Minor role, TV movie |
| 2011 | Life's Too Short | Brenda | 1 episode |
| 2012 | Above Suspicion | Felicity Turner | Series 4: "Silent Scream" |
| 2012–2017 | Call the Midwife | Cynthia Miller / Sister Mary Cynthia | Main cast, series 1-6 |
| 2012 | Dead Boss | Christine | 6 episodes |
| 2014-2019 | Bing | Padget | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Unforgotten | Cath | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Death in Paradise | Rebecca Morley | 1 episode |
| 2022 | The Chelsea Detective | Erin Murphy | 1 episode |
| 2024 | Rivals | Deirdre Kilpatrick | Main role |
| Theatre | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | The Children's Hour | Mary Tilford [7] | Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role [2] |
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