Emma Amos (actress)

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Emma Amos
Born (1964-08-18) 18 August 1964 (age 59)
OccupationActress
Years active1988–Present
Spouse
(m. 1998)
Children1

Emma Amos (born 18 August 1964 [1] in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English actress. She played Yvonne Sparrow in the last three series and 2016 special of time travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst, replacing original actress Michelle Holmes who held the role from 1993-96. In 1992, she played Sherbet Gravel in Philip Ridley's controversial stage play The Fastest Clock in the Universe . [2]

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Life

Emma Amos trained at the Royal College of Music from 1982 to 1989, and in 1991 she landed a part in the British film Buddy's Song . Designed as a vehicle for the rising pop-singer Chesney Hawkes, the film also starred Roger Daltrey of rock band the Who as Terry, Buddy's dad. Amos was cast as Dawn, Terry's girlfriend, but only featured in a few brief scenes. Amos's first television role was playing 'Phoebe' the talking phone in the children's series Wizadora. She starred in 8 episodes in 1991 for Oxford Press before the series was picked up by ITV and Phoebe was re-introduced as a model phone. She started in an episode of long-running sit-com Men Behaving Badly , playing the part of Mandy, the annoying girlfriend of Tony's brother, in the episode "People Behaving Irritatingly".

Following a variety of supporting-part roles, Amos eventually landed a starring role alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst in the time-travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart . Replacing Michelle Holmes midway through the show's 6 series run, Emma took on the role of time-travelling bigamist Gary Sparrow's 1990s wife, Yvonne. It was in the final three series that the character developed considerably, Emma's performance focusing on Yvonne's increasing success as a high-powered business woman. The show's creators also made the character a far sexier proposition than previously. She was often dressed in smart business suits with short skirts or seen exercising in tight-fitting lycra. In one episode, "The 'Ouses in Between", Amos took on the additional role of Marie Lloyd, a music hall singer in Victorian times who nearly meets Jack the Ripper, when her husband's time-travelling takes him further back in time than usual.

Since then, Amos has appeared in a range of British television series, including Casualty , A Touch of Frost , Peak Practice , Midsomer Murders , The Bill , My Family and Doctors . She has also appeared in Heartbeat, in which she played Anita Hudson in the episode "Little White Lies," as well as having been seen in the feature films Vera Drake and Bridget Jones's Diary . Amos played Julie Davies in The Last Detective .

In January 2009, she appeared in a Churchill Insurance TV commercial. [3] In 2016 it was announced that Amos, as well as her daughter Esme Coy, would appear in a one-off special return of Goodnight Sweetheart .

On 26 April 2017, it was announced that Amos would be appearing in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams from 2–24 June 2017. [4]

Amos, who during her run on Goodnight Sweetheart, was voted as having TV's best legs by readers of British magazine The Economist, is married to the actor Jonathan Coy.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 Rowing with the Wind Joven Veneciana
1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo SopranoTV film
1991 Buddy's Song Dawn
1996 Secrets & Lies Girl with Scar
1997 Firelight Ellen
1998 The Tribe Diana
1999 Passion Killers DawnTV film
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary Paula
2002Not 360Short film
2003 Blackball Local News Reporter
2004 Fur TV TheaTV film
Vera Drake Cynical Lady
2010CopierTinaShort film
2015Scarlet SaysRoseShort film
NightstandLady on the TrainShort film
2021The Football MonologuesKimberly

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989 Hale and Pace Pregnant WomanEpisode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
1992 Men Behaving Badly MandyEpisode: "People Behaving Irritatingly"
Alas Smith and Jones Various roles2 episodes
1994 Murder Most Horrid Miss FlemingEpisode: "Overkill"
Casualty Anna OwenEpisode: "Family Ties"
1994–1995 Moving Story KathySeries regular, 8 episodes
1995 The Bill Trisha RogersEpisode: "Allegations and Allegiances"
1996 Madson Sam ConnorsEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
1997 A Perfect State DeidreSeries regular, 7 episodes
1997–1999 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne SparrowSeries regular, 31 episodes
1999 The Bill Julia MarshallEpisode: "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"
2000 Rhona LindaEpisode: "The Rain"
The Bill Nicky WalkerEpisode: "Caught Short"
2001 Peak Practice Sandy KellyEpisode: "Flesh and Blood"
2002 Rescue Me CathyEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 2"
The Big Impression Various roles2 episodes
2003 A Touch of Frost Emma PalmerEpisode: Held in Trust
2003–2007 The Last Detective Julie DaviesSeries regular, 16 episodes
2004 Heartbeat Angela PriceEpisode: "In Sickness and in Health"
Casualty Nina BarnesEpisode: "Emotional Rescue"
Murder in Suburbia Fiona ArundelEpisode: "Sanctuary"
Midsomer Murders Sandra TateEpisode: "Dead in the Water"
2005 The Golden Hour Kate MurrayEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
Doctors Terri FisherEpisode: "Secrets & Lies"
2006 The Bill Dawn SwansonEpisode: "Long Lost Conscience"
Heartbeat Anita HudsonEpisode: "Little White Lies"
2007 Five Days Councillor Mrs. HullEpisode: "Day Thirty Three"
My Family Joanna DraperEpisode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do"
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Bessie BurchEpisode: "Mrs McGinty's Dead"
2011 Holby City Julia CalderEpisode: "Love Thy Neighbour"
2012 Silent Witness TrudieEpisode: "And Then I Fell in Love"
2013 Holby City Katherine HowardsEpisode: "Old Wounds"
2014 Doctors Julie DanielsEpisode: "Judgement Day"
2016 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne SparrowEpisode: "Many Happy Returns"
Doctors Kate CroftEpisode: "Sins of the Father"
2018 Still Open All Hours Mrs. MachinEpisode: "Series 5, Episode 2"
2019–2021The Stand Up Sketch ShowVarious5 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1988 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
1989 Apples Delilah Royal Court Theatre, London
Blue Heart Dawn National Theatre Studio, London
1990 The Fantasticks Luisa Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
Much Ado About Nothing Ursula Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
1991 The Marriage of Figaro Fanchette Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
1992 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Sherbert Gravel Hampstead Theatre, London
Once a Catholic Mary McGinty Tricycle Theatre, London
1993 The Deep Blue Sea Ann Welch Almeida Theatre, London
SomewhereLinda Liverpool Playhouse Studio, Liverpool
The Neighbour National Theatre Studio, London
Poison Pen Juliette Smith Royal Exchange, Manchester
1994 The Birthday Party Lulu Lyttelton Theatre, London
1996Grace Note The Old Vic, London
2001 The Servant Susan Lyric Theatre, London
2003 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Journalist Donmar Warehouse, London
2010 Hay Fever Myra Arundel West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2011 Sixty-Six Books - In the Land of Uz Bush Theatre, London
2014 Variation on a Theme Mona Finborough Theatre, London
2015 Ivanov Martha Babakina Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2017 Sweet Bird of Youth Miss Lucy Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Lady in the Van Pauline Theatre Royal, Bath
2019 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham also, UK tour

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