Fay Masterson

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Fay Masterson
Born (1974-04-15) 15 April 1974 (age 51)
Kent, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active1988–present

Fay Masterson (born 15 April 1974) is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Head Girl in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking , Andrea Garnett in The Last Ship , and as Gail Jones in Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed .

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Career

Masterson's performance career began as a dancer which she gave up at age 11 after being cast in The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking. [1] Masterson started her acting career as a child actress at age 14 with her first appearance as Head Girl in "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking", a fantasy-adventure, musical, family film based on the books by the late Astrid Lindgren. Fay originally auditioned for the role of Pippi Longstocking, but the role went to her former co-star Tami Erin. Ken Annakin liked her so much that he wrote the part of the head girl at the children's home just for her. [2] Since then she has appeared in over twenty-five films and over thirty-five television productions. [3] She has additionally voiced characters in several video games. [3]

In 1986 she was interviewed by a stand-in presenter Kenneth Williams on the British tv show Wogan. [4]

These roles include guest appearances on the television series Jupiter Moon (1990 and 1996), Casualty (1993), [3] Game On (1996) and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1991).

She has appeared in American films including The Power of One (1992), [5] The Man Without a Face (1993) [6] and A Christmas Carol (2009). [7] She also was in the role of ship's Chief Engineer, LCDR Andrea Garnett, on TNT's The Last Ship .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Head Girl
1988Billy's Christmas AngelsHope
1992 The Power of One Maria Elisabet Marais
1993 The Man Without a Face Gloria Norstadt
1994Jock of the BushveldLilian Cubitt
1994 Cops & Robbersons Cindy Robberson
1995 The Quick and the Dead Mattie Silk
1995Avenging AngelMiranda Young
1995 Paparazzo Sadie Prince
1997Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for LivingstoneAlice Pike
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Sally
1999The ManorDolly
1999A Touch of HopeRochelle Kraft
1999 The Apartment Complex Alice
2000 We Married Margo Take Out Girl One
2000Quantum ProjectMiaShort film
2000 Sorted Tiffany
2001 Venus and Mars Celeste
2001BrightnessCarlaShort film
2001 The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Betty Armstrong
2001Drive, She SaidHerShort film
2002 Johnson County War Clara Jager
2003 The Lone Ranger Grace Hartman
2004 Rancid Monica Klein
2004 Paparazzi Marcy
2004Happily Even AfterElizabeth
2006 Sam's Lake Sam
2007 Her Best Move Lori
2007 Trail of the Screaming Forehead Dr. Sheila Bexter
2008 Broken Angel Mimi
2008 Visioneers Cindy
2008 The Lost Skeleton Returns Again Betty Armstrong
2009 The Crooked Eye SharonShort film
2009 Dark and Stormy Night Sabasha Fanmoore
2009 A Christmas Carol Martha Cratchit/Guest #1/Caroline (Voices)Animated film
2010 Amish Grace Jill Green
2016 A Boy Called Po Valerie
2016The MaidColleen
2017 Fifty Shades Darker Gail Jones
2018 Fifty Shades Freed Gail Jones-Taylor
2018 Vice Edna Vincent
2019 Wish Man Lorraine
2020 Extraction Unknown

Television work

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Press Gang Claire PearsonEpisode: The Week and Pizza
1990-1996 Jupiter Moon Gabriella Tanzi13 episodes
1991 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries SaffronEpisode: Means of Evil
1993 Casualty Amy CroftEpisode: Child's Play
1993 Highlander: The Series Jenny HarrisEpisode: The Beast Below
1996 Game On SusieEpisode: Bruce Willis & Robert De Niro Holding A Fish
1996StrangersClariceEpisode: Touch
1997 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. Allison TroutEpisode: Collateral Damage
1999 Mercy Point Joanne CollinswoodEpisode: No Mercy
2001 Judging Amy Miss WeldonEpisode: Off the Grid
2001 UC: Undercover VeronicaEpisode: Honor Among Thieves
2002 The Agency JenniferEpisode: Son Set
2002 Johnson County War Clara JagerTV miniseries
2003 Peacemakers Debra WannamakerEpisode: Pilot
2003 Monk Diane LudenEpisode: Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy
2003 Miss Match Gabby ThompsonEpisode: Who's Your Daddy?
2004 Without a Trace Melinda GuthrieEpisode: Exposure
2005 Carnivàle WaitressEpisode: Ingram, TX
2005 Medium Female PassengerEpisode: Being Mrs.O'Leary's Cow
2005 Close to Home Jodie EricsonEpisode 6 : Parents on Trial
2005, 2006 The Inside Karen Ryan2 episodes: Thief of Hearts and Aidan
2006 Ghost Whisperer VeraEpisode: Miss Fortune
2007 Cane Marley3 episodes: The Two Alex Vegas, Brotherhood, and One Man Is an Island
2007 Life Amy DujardinEpisode: Dig a Hole
2007 Saving Grace Sister FinnianEpisode: Is There a Scarlet Letter on My Breast?
2008 Emily's Reasons Why Not VinessaEpisode: Why Not to Date a Twin
2008 The Starter Wife Katrina Jane Vanderbrook2 episodes: Her Old Man & The Sea and Woman Over the Influence
2009 Big Love SandyEpisode: On Trial
2009 The Mentalist Melinda BatsonEpisode: The Scarlet Letter
2010 Bones Grace BrysonEpisode: The Dentist in the Ditch
2010 CSI: Miami Laura WilliamsEpisode: Mommie Deadest
2010Sex and the Austen Girl Jane Mansfield 8 episodes
2011 Lie to Me* Gina DobarEpisode: Funhouse
2011 NCIS Angela Simms (uncredited)Episode: Thirst
2013 NCIS Gloria HebnerEpisode: Oil & Water
2014–2018 The Last Ship Commander Andrea Garnett31 episodes

Partial video-game work

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Blazing Angels 2: Secret Missions of WWII Emily Rustonvoice
2008 Legendary Vivianvoice
2009 Dragon Age: Origins Kaitlyn / Oriana Cousland / Panowen / Additional Voicesvoice
2012 Mass Effect 3: Leviathan Dr. Ann Brysonvoice

References

  1. "Stripped for action is not her way". HeraldScotland. 8 September 1992. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Fay Masterson". IMDb. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. "Episode #6.48". IMDb .
  5. Maslin, Janet (27 March 1992). "Review/Film; A Youngster Against The Power of Apartheid". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. Maslin, Janet (25 August 1993). "Review/Film; Mel Gibson in Directorial Debut". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. "Fay Masterson". Yahoo! Movies (portions copyright by Baseline). Retrieved 17 August 2010.