Emily Fairn

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Emily Fairn
Born (1998-09-16) 16 September 1998 (age 26)
Liverpool, England
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2022–present
Television The Responder
Black Mirror

Emily Fairn (born 16 September 1998) [1] is an English actress who has appeared on television, stage and in film.

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Early life

From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020. [2]

Career

Fairn made her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022. [3] [4] The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023. [5]

She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper. [6] [7] She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix. [8]

On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader. [9] [10] Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut, [11] and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits". [12]

She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh. [13] She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA , She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George , in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore. [14]

Fairn portrayed comedienne Laraine Newman in the 2024 biopic Saturday Night .

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2022–present The Responder Casey10 episodes
2023 Rain Dogs FridaEpisode: "Jesus Loves a Hustler"
Black Mirror SuzieEpisode: "Demon 79"
Chuck Chuck Baby AmyFilm
COBRA Polly Wright4 episodes
2024 Mary & George Jenny6 episodes
Joy LilyFilm
Saturday Night Laraine Newman Film
2025 House of Guinness Anne GuinnessIn production

References

  1. ↑ "Instagram".
  2. ↑ "Emily Fairn". gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Ramsden, Sam (26 January 2022). "Casey's Accent In The Responder Is Boss For A Very Good Reason". Bustle.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Responder's cast and creator discuss the new drama about life on the front line of British policing". bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Abby (21 April 2023). "The Responder writer gives season 2 update and teases "good names"". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Saunders, Huw (12 April 2023). "Rain Dogs: Season 1 Review – When It Rains". Culture Vultures. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Emily Fairn". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Cormack, Morgan (25 June 2023). "Meet the cast of Black Mirror season 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ↑ McIntosh, Steven (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist play receives middling reviews". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Cohen, Alexander (17 May 2023). "Interview: 'I Know I'm Going to Learn So Much': Emily Fairn on Accents, Opportunities and Making Her Stage Debut in Brokeback Mountain". Broadway World. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Curtis, Nick (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace review: this stripped-back show is a potent, subtle piece of dramatic alchemy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Mountford, Fiona (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are splendid as secret lovers". iNews. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (22 March 2022). "UK chicken factory musical 'Chuck Chuck Baby' starts shooting in Wales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  14. ↑ Gant, Charles (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Emily Fairn (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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