Emma Handy

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Emma Handy (born 24 March 1974) is a British actress best known for her West End stage work and her role as DC Paula McIntyre in the ITV1 award-winning drama series Wire in the Blood in which she appeared for five series.

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Early life

Handy trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). During the summer of her second year she was invited to Hungary to play the leading role in the first English translation of Csongor és Tünde by Peter Zollman at the Merlin International Theatre, Budapest.

Career

During her final year at drama school Handy was offered the part of Yuliya in a new translation of Chekhov's The Wood Demon by Frank Dwyer at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. She went straight onto the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Jessica in Merchant of Venice [1] and to create the role of Rhona in the premiere of Robert Holman's Bad Weather.

Much of Handy's stage work has been involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in Nicholas Wright's multi award-winning play Vincent in Brixton directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre; Rhona in Robert Holman's Bad Weather directed by Steven Pimlott for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Lou in Murray Gold's 50 Revolutions directed by Dominic Dromgoole for the Trafalgar Studios and Cathy in Polly Teale's award-winning Speechless for Shared Experience at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Handy played Maudie Miller in Trevor Nunn's 2011 revival of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket marking the centenary of Terence Rattigan's birth.[ citation needed ]

In January 2013, she performed at the Adelaide Festival in Australia in the premiere of Thursday [2] by the acclaimed playwright Bryony Lavery ( Frozen ) in a collaboration with Australian-based theatre company Brink Productions and English Touring Theatre. [3]

Handy performed a lead role, the young Queen Elizabeth ll, 'Liz' in Moira Buffini's critically acclaimed play Handbagged examining the relationship between the Queen and prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The production toured the UK in 2015, including performances at the Theatre Royale in Bath, [4] [5] the Cambridge Arts Theatre, [6] and also at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham. [7] In 2016, Handy talked about playing the queen in an interview timed to coincide with the monarch's 90th birthday. [8]

In 2021, Handy played the role of Ida in the BBC Radio 4 drama series Faith, Hope and Glory. [9]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Black CabJemTV series
2000Pretending to be JudithKeeley2 episodes
2001 The Bill Lisa HayesEpisode: "Real Crime"
2002 The American Embassy Jules BrodyTV series
2002 The Bill Jodie White1 episode
−2002InnocentsNurseTV movie
2003 Hear the Silence AnnTV movie
−2003 Vincent in Brixton Anna Van GoghTV movie
2004 William and Mary Tracy Mellor4 episodes
2004 Silent Witness DS Gwenda Newton2 episodes
2004See MeJoTV movie
2005Beneath the SkinLouisaTV movie
2003–2008 Wire in the Blood DC Paula McIntyre24 episodes
2010 Doctors Linda Stow4 episodes
2011 Threesome Dr CartwrightTV series
2011 Holby City Katie BlakemanEpisode "See You on the Ice"
2016 The Coroner Debbie PattersonEpisode: "Crash"
2016 The Worst Witch Mrs Hallow3 episodes
2017 Doctor Who MotherEpisode: "The Lie of the Land"
2015-2022 Doc Martin Samantha Trappett7 episodes
2023 The Beaker Girls Mrs CookSeries regular

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
1997 Velvet Goldmine Jean Todd Haynes
2001 Iris PC Keaton Richard Eyre
2002 Club Le Monde [10] RaSimon Rumley
2003VacuumsMarge Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas
2003 Vincent in Brixton Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre
2006Balham vs ClaphamEmilyTom Yarwood
2012 Fast Girls Rebecca- Team GB OfficialRegan Hall

Theatre

YearTitleAuthorRoleDirectorNotes
1996 Csongor és Tünde Peter ZollmanTundeLazlo MagacsMerlin International Theatre, Budapest
1997The Wood Demon Anton Chekhov YuliyaAnthony ClarkThe Playhouse Theatre, London
1997–1999 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Lady in Waiting Adrian Noble Royal Shakespeare Company
1997–1999 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Jessica Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company
1997–1999Bad WeatherRobert HolmanRhona Steven Pimlott Royal Shakespeare Company
199950 Revolutions Murray Gold Lou Dominic Dromgoole Trafalgar Studios
2002–2003 Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre National Theatre London, Wyndham's Theatre London, Playhouse Theatre, London
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Hermia Tito Celestino da CostaInternational Opera Festival, Lisbon
2008Crown MatrimonialRoyce RytonElizabeth, Duchess of YorkDavid GrindleyACT Productions
2009Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness Anthony Neilson Madame PouletSteve Marmion Headlong
2010"Speechless" Polly Teale Cathy Polly Teale Shared Experience, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
2011 Flare Path Terence Rattigan Maudie Miller Trevor Nunn Haymarket Theatre, London
2012The Boy who Fell into a Book Alan Ayckbourn MoniqueSteve Marmion Soho Theatre
2013"Thursday" Bryony Lavery Bonita D'OliveraChris DrummondETT and BRINK Productions for the Adelaide Festival, Australia
2014"Miss Julie" August Strindberg / Rebecca Lenkiewicz KristinJamie Glover Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival
2015"Handbagged" Moira Buffini Liz Indhu Rubasingham UK tour

References

  1. Shakespeare, William (3 March 2010). The Merchant of Venice. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135–. ISBN   978-1-137-00461-1.
  2. Thursday by Bryony Lavery
  3. "Festival Review: Thursday". Glam Adelaide, by Barry Lenny on 5 March 2013
  4. "Handbagged review: Susie Blake and Emma Handy star in the comedy at the Theatre Royal". ChronicleLive 27 October 2015
  5. "Handbagged review at Theatre Royal, Bath" Archived 14 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Bath Chronicle, 1 December,
  6. "Review: Handbagged at Cambridge Arts Theatre" [ permanent dead link ]. Cambridge News, By LydiaFallon. 13 October 2015
  7. "The arts diary: Handbagged, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham" Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Gloucestershire Echo 17 November 2015
  8. Turner, Lauren (21 April 2016). "Queen at 90: How Elizabeth II is portrayed on stage and screen". BBC News Online . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. Writer: Rex Obano; Director: Jessica Dromgoole; Producer: Mary Peate (15 February 2021). "Clement and Gloria". Faith, Hope and Glory Series 1. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. Pym, John (2010). Time Out Film Guide 2011. Time Out Guides Limited. pp. 197–. ISBN   978-1-84670-208-2.