Daisy Waterstone

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Daisy Waterstone
Born (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 29)
Hammersmith, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present
Known for The Durrells
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Daisy Waterstone (born 13 June 1994) is a British actress, best known for playing Margo Durrell in the ITV family drama The Durrells .

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Early life

Waterstone was born on 13 June 1994 [1] in Hammersmith, London, one of eight children of Sir Tim Waterstone, founder of the Waterstones bookshop chain, and film director/ producer and novelist Rosie Alison. [2] She attended Francis Holland School, Sloane Square. [3]

Waterstone became a member of the National Youth Theatre when she was thirteen, and later took a one-year foundation course at the Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts before moving on to her acting career. [4]

Career

Waterstone started her professional career on stage at The Pleasance Theatre, Islington, as Lucy/Nibs in the original production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong , followed by playing Susanna Walcott at The Old Vic in Yaël Farber's production of The Crucible , [4] and has also played Emma in Rules for Living at the Royal National Theatre. [5] In 2014 she appeared as Katie Bowman in two episodes of the TV series Silent Witness , as Beatrice in the TV miniseries And Then There Were None , [5] and as Clare Leighton in Testament of Youth . [6] In 2015 she had parts in Cyberbully and Dark Was the Night. [7] From 2015 to 2019, Waterstone played the role of Margo Durrell, a main character in the family comedy drama series The Durrells which ran for four series finishing in May 2019. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes or ref
2014 Testament of Youth Clare Leighton [4]
2015 Cyberbully Tamara Mathis [5]
2015Dark Was the NightVikShort film [5]
2018La La Means I Love YouLoisShort film
2018The Time TreeKateShort film
2018The Eternal MomentElsaShort film
2020IndefinatelyTillyShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2014 Silent Witness Katie BowmanEpisode: "Fraternity" (2 parts) [4]
2015 And Then There Were None Beatrice1 episode [5]
2015–2019 The Durrells Margo Durrell 26 episodes [3]
2019–2022 The Capture Abigail4 episodes [9]
2022 T.S. Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land'The Hyacinth GirlTV documentary
2023 Inspector Dalgliesh Octavia Aldridge2 episodes
2023 The Long Shadow Jacqueline Hill2 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreRef
2013 Peter Pan Goes Wrong Lucy/Nibs The Pleasance Theatre
2014 The Crucible Susanna Walcott The Old Vic [10]
2015 Rules for Living Emma The Royal National Theatre
2016 Alligators Genevieve Hampstead Theatre

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References

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  2. ↑ Forster, Katherine (28 April 2019). "Relative Values: Tim Waterstone, the bookshop founder, and his daughter, the Durrells actress Daisy Waterstone". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Durrells TV drama revives the dying ritual of family viewing". theguardian.com. 25 February 2018.
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  9. ↑ "Meet the cast of BBC conspiracy thriller The Capture". Radio Times. 2019.
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