Emma Fielding

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Emma Fielding
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Born (1970-10-07) 7 October 1970 (age 54) [1] [2] [3]
Alma mater Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Occupation Actress

Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding (born 7 October 1970) is an English actress. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and education

The daughter of a British Army officer, Colonel Johnny Fielding, and Sheila Fielding, she was raised Catholic and spent some of her childhood in Malaysia and Nigeria, and a period in Malvern. [4] [5] While studying at the Berkhamsted Collegiate boarding school, [6] she won a place at Robinson College, Cambridge [7] to study law, after spending a gap year which included five months in a kibbutz in the occupied West Bank, Palestine, picking watermelons, [8] and as an usherette at the Oxford Apollo; before embarking on the study of acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. [9]

Career

After graduation she worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to the attention of critics in 1993's National Theatre production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, in which she created the role of Thomasina, [10] and then most notably in John Ford's The Broken Heart for which she won the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress.[ citation needed ] Also in 1993, she was Agnes in The School for Wives at the Almeida Theatre, for which she won the Ian Charleson Award. [11] She made her Broadway theatre debut in 2003 in Noël Coward's Private Lives. [12] She has also appeared in numerous radio plays for the BBC, including playing Esme in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll , a role she also played in the West End. More recently, she appeared in the BBC TV mini-series Cranford .

In 2009, she appeared as Daisy alongside Timothy West in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders. She has also appeared in the crime drama Death in Paradise playing the part of Astrid Knight. (Season 1, Episode 4). In 2014, she appeared in another crime drama DCI Banks (Series 3, Episodes 17 & 18).

In 2018, Fielding appeared in EastEnders as Ted Murray's (Christopher Timothy) daughter.

In November 2018, she provided the voice for the alien Kisar in the Doctor Who episode "Demons of the Punjab".

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1998The Scarlet TunicFrances Groves
2000 Pandaemonium Mary Wordsworth
ExposureBridget, TV directorShort film
2001 The Discovery of Heaven Helga
2002 Shooters Detective Inspector Sarah Pryce
2003UnscrewJudyShort film
The Ancient ForestsMotherShort film
2008 The Other Man Gail
2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Mabel
2012 Fast Girls Ellie Temple
Twenty8k Jean Weaver
2015The BrinyShort film
2018 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992 Tell Tale Hearts Becky Wilson3 episodes
Screenplay Mary ShelleyEpisode: "Dread Poets' Society"
1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Ruth ChevenixEpisode: "Dead Man's Mirror"
Performance Joan ClarevilleEpisode: "The Maitlands"
1996 Kavanagh QC Caroline WicksEpisode: "Job Satisfaction"
1997Drovers' GoldElizabeth WatkinsMini-series (5 episodes)
A Dance to the Music of Time IsobelMini-series (2 episodes: "The Thirties" and "The War")
1998 A Respectable Trade Frances Scott ColeMini-series (2 episodes)
The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries Eleanor BingEpisode: "Speedy Death"
The Life of ConfuciusMother
1999 Horizon Mrs. LackEpisode: "Wings of Angels"
1999, 2001Big Bad WorldBeatrice Dempsey7 episodes
2000 Other People's Children JosieEpisode: "#1.2"
2001 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Helen ClydeEpisode: "A Great Deliverance"
The Green-Eyed Monster Marni McGuireTelevision film
2002The GistHarriet GouldTelevision film
Nova Emily Shackleton (voice)Episode: "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance"
Birthday GirlTracey JonesTelevision film
2003 My Uncle Silas HermioneEpisode: "A Funny Thing"
2004 Waking the Dead Dr. Greta Simpson2 episodes: "The Hardest Word: Parts 1 & 2"
2005 The Government Inspector Susan WattsTelevision film
Beneath the SkinJennifer HintleshamTelevision film
The Ghost Squad D/Supt. Carole McKay8 episodes
2007 Fallen Angel Janet ByfieldMini-series (1 episode: "The Office of the Dead")
2007, 2009 Cranford Miss Galindo8 episodes
2010 Midsomer Murders Faith KentEpisode: "The Silent Land"
2011 Kidnap and Ransom Naomi Shaffer3 episodes
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Mary KentEpisode: "The Murder at Road Hill House"
Death in Paradise Astrid KnightEpisode: "Missing a Body?"
2014 Father Brown Ada GerardEpisode: "The Prize of Colonel Gerard"
DCI Banks Liz Forbes2 episodes: "Piece of My Heart: Parts 1 & 2"
Inspector George Gently Agnes WebbEpisode: "Blue for Bluebird"
Silk Elizabeth BuchanEpisode: "The Real McCoy: Part 2"
New Tricks Caroline TateEpisode "Breadcrumbs"
The Game Valerie ParkwoodMini-series (1 episode)
2015 Foyle's War Joyce CorriganEpisode: "Elise"
Arthur & George Charlotte EdaljiMini-series (3 episodes)
This Is England '90 RomaMini-series (1 episode: "Summer")
Capital StraussMini-series (1 episode)
2016 Close to the Enemy Miss ClarksonMini-series (6 episodes)
Dark Angel Helen RobinsonMini-series (2 episodes)
2018 Silent Witness Sally Vaughan2 episodes: "Moment of Surrender: Parts 1 & 2"
EastEnders Judith Thompson3 episodes
Unforgotten Amy Hollis6 episodes
Doctor Who Kisar (voice)Episode: "Demons of the Punjab"
2018‒2019 Les Misérables NicoletteMini-series (6 episodes)
2019 Years and Years Jane BordolinoMini-series (1 episode)
2020‒2024 Van der Valk Julia Dahlman12 episodes
2023 Sanditon Lady Montrose6 episodes
2024 Beyond Paradise Marion GoddardEpisode: "#2.4"
Sister Boniface Mysteries Venetia ThistletonEpisode: "A Fragrant Scandal"
Strike Katya Upcott4 episodes: "The Ink Black Heart: Parts 1‒4"

Video games

YearFilmRoleNotes
2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Queen Curtana (English version, voice) [13]
2009 Dragon Age: Origins The Lady of the Forest / Mother Perpetua / Traveller (voice)
2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Katha Niar (voice)
2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper Blighters / London Civilian (voice)
2017 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Jain Zar (voice)
2018 Call of Cthulhu Additional voices
2022 Steelrising Marie-Antoinette (voice) / Additional Voices
2023 The Invincible Marit (voice)
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon Morgana (voice) [13]

Audiobooks

She has narrated the following for Naxos Audiobooks:

for Random House Audio:

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  10. Measure For Measure, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [ dead link ] The Independent on Sunday - 6 May 2003
  11. 1 2 Fowler, Rebecca. "Triumphant first acts". Sunday Times . 13 March 1994.
  12. "From the bookies to Stratford's RSC" Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Worcestershire News - 26 April 2003
  13. 1 2 "Emma Fielding (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)