Fern Deacon

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Fern Deacon
Education Sylvia Young Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Television Ackley Bridge
Hetty Feather

Fern Deacon is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Chloe Voyle on the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge and Agnes Duffett on the CBBC series Hetty Feather .

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Early life

When Fern Deacon was five, her parents enrolled her in acting classes, and at the age of 11, she was accepted into Sylvia Young Theatre School. [1]

Career

In 2011, Deacon made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Kin at the Royal Court Theatre, [2] and later that year, she played the younger version of Electra in an adaptation of Electra at the Gate Theatre. [3] [4] Deacon made her television debut in "Amy's Choice", an episode of the BBC series Doctor Who . [5] She then appeared in three episodes of the BBC supernatural drama The Secret of Crickley Hall . [6]

In May 2017, Deacon portrayed the role of Catherine Davis in the Channel 4 docudrama The Trial: A Murder in the Family . [7] Later that year, she began portraying the role of Chloe Voyle in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge . [8] [9] In the same month, she began appearing in the CBBC series Hetty Feather as Agnes Duffett, a role she portrayed until 2020. [10] In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators as Lily Rattle. [11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Doctor Who UnnamedEpisode: "A Good Man Goes to War"
2012 The Secret of Crickley Hall Susan Trainer3 episodes
2013 Father Brown Kathleen KnightEpisode: "The Mayor and the Magician"
2013 Casualty Ria JonesEpisode: "Isolated Incident"
2013 The Unbeatables Young LaraFilm; voice role
2014 Call the Midwife Gillian GlennonEpisode #3.6
2014 Penny Dreadful Young MinaEpisode: "Closer Than Sisters"
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism HazelFilm
2015 The Enfield Haunting Margaret Hodgson3 episodes
2015 Fungus the Bogeyman Lucy3 episodes
2016 Doctors Jane FarlowEpisode: "Miss Bates"
2017 Uncle EmmaEpisode: "Dinner, I Hardly Knew Her"
2017 Harlots JennyEpisode #1.4
2017 The Trial: A Murder in the Family Catherine DavisMain role; 5 episodes
2017–2022 Ackley Bridge Chloe Voyle Main role
2017–2020 Hetty Feather Agnes DuffettMain role
2017 Will MaidEpisode: "Your Houses"
2018 Strike Kelsey Platt2 episodes
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Lily RattleEpisode: "The Chameleon's Dish"
2020Heart to HeartLiddy HolliganPilot; main role
2020CasualtyLily 'Bluebell' MatthewsEpisode #34.33 [12]
2020 Black Beauty Georgina WinthorpFilm
2021 Trying EmmyEpisode: "Big Heads"

Radio

YearTitleRoleStation
2010Devil in the FogRose BBC Radio 4
2011Weirdstone of BrinsagemSusan
2016Man at the HelmAmy
2016Hidden HarmLucy

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2011KinNina Royal Court Theatre [2] [13]
2011 Electra Young Electra Gate Theatre [3] [14]

References

  1. ↑ creativelondonphotographer (15 November 2014). "Fern Deacon". Michelle George. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Kin, Royal Court". Aleks Sierz. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 Sierz, Aleks. "Electra review at Gate Theatre London". The Stage. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Fern Deacon – There Ought To Be Clowns". Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Amy's Choice - Matt Smith - Eleventh Doctor : Doctor Who In Detail". Mentalis. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "BBC One - The Secret of Crickley Hall, Episode 3". BBC . Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "C4 goes on Trial". Drama Quarterly. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Ackley Bridge - S2 - Episode 5". Radio Times . Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. ↑ Wieg, David (23 February 2018). "A curriculum of difference and identity at 'Ackley' high". SF Chronicle. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Fern Deacon Actress- CV". fernsaffrondeacon. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "BBC One - Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators, Series 1, The Chameleon's Dish". BBC . Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Writers: Rebecca Wojciechowski; Director: John Maidens; Producer: Dafydd Llewelyn (2 May 2020). "Episode 33". Casualty. BBC. BBC One. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  13. ↑ "FERN DEACON". Royal Court. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  14. ↑ "Fern Deacon". Molly Moon's World. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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