Fay Masterson

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Fay Masterson
Born (1974-04-15) 15 April 1974 (age 49)
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
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 Brightness Carla
2000 We Married Margo Take Out Girl One
2000Quantum ProjectMia
2000 Sorted Tiffany
2001 Venus and Mars Celeste
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
2001 The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra Betty Armstrong
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
2009 The Crooked Eye Sharon
2010 The Lost Skeleton Returns Again Betty Armstrong
2010 Dark and Stormy Night Sabasha Fanmoore
2010 Amish Grace Jill Green
2016The MaidColleen
2017 Fifty Shades Darker Gail Jones
2018 Fifty Shades Freed Gail Jones-Taylor
2018 Vice Edna Vincent
2020 Extraction Unknown

Partial television work

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990-1996 Jupiter Moon Gabriella Tanzi13 episodes
1991 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries SaffronEpisode: Means of Evil
1993 Highlander: The Series Jenny HarrisEpisode: The Beast Below
1993 Casualty Amy CroftEpisode: Child's Play
1996 Game On SusieEpisode: Bruce Willis & Robert De Niro Holding A Fish
2003 Monk Diane LudenEpisode: Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy
2005 Medium Female PassengerEpisode: Being Mrs.O'Leary's Cow
2005 Close to Home Jodie EricsonEpisode 6 : Parents on Trial
2006 Ghost Whisperer VeraEpisode: Miss Fortune
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

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