Kate Fahy

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Kate Fahy
Born (1950-01-29) 29 January 1950 (age 74)
OccupationActor. Director
Years active1971 to present
Spouse
(m. 2015)
Children3

Kate Fahy, Lady Pryce (born 29 January 1950), is an English actor and director. She is known primarily for playing Patricia in Joanna Hogg's 2010 film Archipelago and playing Stevie in Edward Albee's play The Goat or Who is Sylvia at the Almeida Theatre and the Apollo West End. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television since 1971.

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Career

Fahy trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She made her theatre debut at the Playhouse Theatre in Liverpool in Ray Cooney's Not Now Darling, followed by two years at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool playing leading roles in The Taming of The Shrew , The Country Wife, Ted Whitehead's The Sea Anchor and Mike Stott's Funny Peculiar.[ when? ] Her television career started soon after[ when? ] with Arthur Hopcraft's series The Nearly Man at Granada, directed by John Irvin. She has since appeared in numerous stage plays, television and feature films both in the UK and the US.

In recent years[ when? ] she has directed three plays, Oliver Cotton's Wet Weather Cover at the Kings Head and Arts Theatre WE, Jean-Claude Carriere's play Little Black Book at Park Theatre, and again at Park Theatre, Alexander Bodin-Saphir's play Rosenbaum's Rescue.

She played Stevie in the first London production of Edward Albee's The Goat, opposite her partner Jonathan Price. [1]

Personal life

Fahy has been married twice. She met actor Jonathan Pryce in 1972. They had three children, and married in 2015. [2]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
1975 The Nearly Man Millie DuttonTV series (5 episodes)
1978 The Sweeney Julie KingdomTV series (1 episode 'Drag Act' S4 E3)
1980Life for ChristineRoseTV film
1981BognorCoriander CordingleyTV series (6 episodes)
ITV Playhouse Angela BirleyTV series (1 episode: "Sin with Our Permission")
Roger Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRoseTV series (6 episodes)
1984 Bergerac Fleur EwellTV series (1 episode: "House Guests")
Oxbridge Blues Eileen/LizzieTV series (2 episodes)
1985StoryboardDeidre AitkenTV series (1 episode: "King & Castle")
1986 ScreenPlay The Mozart InquestTV series
1991 The House of Elliot Alice BurgoyneTV series (11 episodes: 1991–1993)
1996 Frontiers Diane LightfootTV series
1997 Trial and Retribution Meg RichardsTV series (2 episodes)
1999 Pure Wickedness Detective Inspector Mary CarsonTV series
2000 A Likeness in Stone Mrs WarnerTV film
2001 The Fourth Angel Gail (Jack's Secretary)
2002 The Jury Emma McGladeTV series
2005 Cherished Justice HallettTV film
2006 The Living and the Dead Nancy Brocklebank
The Best ManDr CowleyTV film
2008 Defiance Riva Reich
2010 Silent Witness Margaret HudsonTV series (1 episode: "Intent: Part II")
Archipelago Patricia
2011The hourJemima SherwinBBC Series
Happy AccidentClaireShort
2013 Holby City Mary TinsleyBBC Series (Series 15 ?)
2014Death In paradiseEmmaRed Planet Series
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Georgina ShoreEp. Beyond the Pale
2017 Doctors Ruth Hunter
2018 Witless (Series 3) JaneObjective Prods
2019 (?)The ShowKarenPhoenix Films
Don't Forget the Driver LynBBC series
2022 This England Clare EdwardsSky
A Spy Among Friends Dora PhilbyITV
2023 A Paris Proposal Marion DurandHallmark TV film
Casualty Mags PineBBC

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References

  1. Billington, Michael (4 February 2004). "The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. Kellaway, Kate (16 September 2018). "Jonathan Pryce: 'I'd rather be Welsh than English, that's for sure'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 17 October 2024.