Kate Fleetwood | |
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Born | Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England | 24 September 1972
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Children | 2 |
Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth , at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017-2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021).
Fleetwood grew up on a farm in Arden, Warwickshire near Stratford-upon-Avon, [1] and she is a graduate of Exeter University. [2] She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa. She began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood. [1]
In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth , opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway, [3]
In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. [4]
She is patron of En Masse Theatre, [5] and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work. [6]
She is married to Rupert Goold, [1] who directed her in Macbeth; [7] they have a son and a daughter.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Getting Hurt | Prostitute | TV film |
2004 | Vanity Fair | Miss Pinkerton's Crone | |
2006 | After Thomas | Kate | TV film |
2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Woman with Baby | |
2009 | Breaking the Mould | Margaret Jennings | TV film |
2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Mary Cattermole | |
2010 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | TV film |
2012 | Les Misérables | Factory Woman 1 | |
2013 | Philomena | Young Sister Hildegarde | |
2014 | National Theatre Live: King Lear | Goneril | |
2015 | London Road | Vicky | |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | First Order Officer | ||
2016 | The People Next Door | Yvonne | TV film |
Deliverers | Eve | ||
2018 | Beirut | Alice Riley | |
2022 | Choose or Die | Laura | Netflix |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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2001 | Holby City | Karina | BBC One | Episode: "Tip of the Iceberg" |
The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Maggie | Hallmark Channel | Episode: "Brownlow's Newspaper" | |
EastEnders | Karen | BBC One | 4 episodes | |
Urban Gothic | Woman | Channel 5 | Episode: "The End" | |
2002 | Doctors | Anna Fielding | BBC One | Episode: "Deceptive Appearances" |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Jill Lowry | BBC One | Episode: "The Unwanted" | |
2004 | The Bill | Lois Townsend | ITV | Episode: "Smoking Gun" |
Silent Witness | Sienna Ricci | BBC One | Episode: "Death by Water" | |
2005 | Twisted Tales | Jacqueline | Fox | Episode: "Flat Four" |
Murphy's Law | Jill | BBC One | Episode: "Strongbox" | |
Midsomer Murders | Sarah Douglas | ITV | Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody" | |
Nathan Barley | Mandy | Channel 4 | Episode: "Pilot" | |
2007 | Foyle's War | Lydia Nicholson | ITV | Episode: "Casualties of War" |
2009 | Hustle | MP Rhona Christie | BBC One | Episode: "Politics" |
Casualty 1909 | Grace Barnes | BBC One | Episode: #1.4 | |
Waking the Dead | Zoe Morrison | BBC One | Episode: "End of the Night" | |
The Sarah Jane Adventures | Ship | CBBC | Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic" | |
2012 | A Touch of Cloth | Kate Cloth | Sky One | Episode: "The First Case" |
2013 | Way to Go | Amanda | BBC Three | Episode: "Dead End" |
2014 | The Widower | Felicity Webster | ITV | Series regular |
2016 | War & Peace | Anisya | BBC One | Episode: #1.4 |
2017–2019 | Harlots | Nancy Birch | ITV Encore | Series regular |
2019 | Victoria | Princess Feodora | ITV | Series regular |
2019–2023 | Rise of the Nazis | Narrator | BBC Two | 12 episodes |
2020 | Brave New World | Sheila | Peacock | 4 episodes |
2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Queen Luna | Netflix | Recurring cast |
2021– | The Wheel of Time | Liandrin Guirale | Prime Video | Series regular |
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... Rupert Goold directed his wife, Kate Fleetwood, in a far more contentious and internationally applauded production of MacBeth.
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