Emily Fairn | |
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Born | Liverpool, England | 16 September 1998
Education | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2022–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.
From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020. [2]
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 .
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022–present | The Responder | Casey | 10 episodes |
2023 | Rain Dogs | Frida | Episode: "Jesus Loves a Hustler" |
Black Mirror | Suzie | Episode: "Demon 79" | |
Chuck Chuck Baby | Amy | Film | |
COBRA | Polly Wright | 4 episodes | |
2024 | Mary & George | Jenny | 6 episodes |
Joy | Lily | Film | |
Saturday Night | Laraine Newman | Film | |
2025 | House of Guinness | Anne Guinness | In production |