Katherine Pearce

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Katherine Pearce
Born
Katherine Anne Pearce

August 1990 (age 34)
Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England
Education Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
Television Young Hyacinth
Coronation Street
Waterloo Road

Katherine Anne Pearce (born August 1990) is an English actress, known for her work in television and film, as well as on stage. Her television roles include Lolly in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Amy Spratt in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road . Her stage credits include Woyzeck , A Streetcar Named Desire and King John , The Whip and A Midsummer Night's Dream .

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Life and career

Katherine Anne Pearce was born in August 1990 in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. [1] [2] She had appeared in productions of Cats and Chicago as a teenager as part of her local dramatic society, NADOS. [3]

She trained at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2012. Her first credited role was in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Righteous Sisters as Ismay Brown. [4] In 2013, She subsequently went on to make her stage debut in Port at the Royal National Theatre by Simon Stephens. [5] She also appeared in Our Pals at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, before being chosen to be part of the groundbreaking Secret Theatre collective at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. The collective created several shows including adaptations ( Woyzeck , A Streetcar Named Desire ), staged new writing (Chamber Piece, Glitterland, A Stab In The Dark), [6] as well as devising the critically acclaimed Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts. [5] The same year, Pearce made her television debut as Katy in the pilot of the BBC military drama Our Girl . [7] She also played Freya in the podcast series The Confessions of Dorian Gray. [8]

In 2016, Pearce appeared as Daisy in Young Hyacinth , a one-off special set prior to the events of the 1990s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances . [9] She also appeared as Gertie Coomer in the play Husbands and Sons which toured the Royal National Theatre and Royal Exchange, Manchester. [5] In 2017, Pearce appeared as Emily Stone in the BBC drama Three Girls , before making her film debut appearing in My Cousin Rachel , as well as appearing in the films The Last Photograph and England is Mine respectively, as well as starring in the stage plays Low Level Panic and The Last Ballad of Lillian Bilocca. [5] [10] In 2018, she portrayed Charlene in an episode of the ITV drama Vera and appeared as Sonia in the comedy series Girlfriends . She was also part of the 2018 Paines Plough Roundabout Season, starring in three new plays: Sticks and Stones by Vinay Patel, How to Spot an Alien by Georgia Christou and Island Town by Simon Longman, for which she won The Stage Edinburgh Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018. She was also the voice of Fabia in the audio drama Cicero. [5] [11]

In 2019, Pearce joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Lolly, a school friend of Kate Connor's (Faye Brookes). [12] Her character becomes involved in the planning of Kate's wedding to Rana Habeeb (Bhavna Limbachia) and damages the latter's wedding dress, which results in Rana being inside in a fictional factory at the time of the roof collapse, ultimately causing her death. [13] She also provided the voice of Alice Pritchard in the audio drama The War Master . [14] That same year, Pearce appeared as Cardinal Pandulph in King John and Juliet Gilkes-Romero's play The Whip [15] as Horatia Poskitt at the Royal Shakespeare Company Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. The run was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, she appeared in the BBC drama series Rules of the Game as Carys Jenkins. [16] In 2023, Pearce joined the cast of the revival series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road as Amy Spratt, an early career teacher in English and drama. [17] She appeared until the fifteenth series when her character decides to resign. [18] Following her exit from the show in 2024, Pearce played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Barbican Theatre. [19]

As of May 2025, she is due to play Mistress Ford in a new version of The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare's Globe, [20] directed by Sean Holmes.

Filmography

Television and film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2013 Our Girl KatyEpisode: "Pilot" [7]
2016 Young Hyacinth DaisyTelevision special [9]
2017 Three Girls Emily StoneRecurring role [10]
2017 My Cousin Rachel Belinda PascoeFilm role [5]
2017 The Last Photograph Woman #1Film role [5]
2017 England is Mine Anji HardieFilm role [5]
2018 Vera CharleneEpisode: "Black Ice" [5]
2018 Girlfriends Sonia2 episodes [5]
2019 Coronation Street Lolly Recurring role [12]
2021 Royal Shakespeare Company: King John Cardinal PandulphFilm role [5]
2022 Rules of the Game Carys JenkinsRegular role [16]
2023–2025 Waterloo Road Amy Spratt Regular role [17]

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2012The Righteous SistersIsmay BrownRadio drama; 2 episodes [8]
2013The Confessions of Dorian GrayFreyaPodcast series; 2 episodes [8]
2018CiceroFabiaAudio drama; 2 episodes [11]
2019 The War Master Alice PritchardAudio drama; 2 episodes [14]

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2013PortHeather Royal National Theatre [21]
2013Our PalsHeather Royal Exchange [5]
2013 Woyzeck Marie Lyric Theatre [22]
2013 A Streetcar Named Desire EuniceLyric Theatre [23]
2013Chamber PieceAmyLyric Theatre [24]
2014GlitterlandVictoriaLyric Theatre [25]
2014–2015A Series of Increasingly Impossible ActsProtagonist / AntagonistLyric Theatre [26]
2015A Stab in the DarkCaptain De'AthLyric Theatre [27]
2016Husbands and SonsGertie CoomerRoyal National Theatre
Royal Exchange, Manchester		 [28]
2017Low Level PanicJo Orange Tree Theatre [29]
2017The Last Ballad of Lillian BiloccaYvonne / Ensemble Hull Truck Theatre [30]
2018Roundabout SeasonVarious Paines Plough [31]
2019 King John Cardinal Pandulph Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [32]
2020 The Whip Horatia Poskitt Swan Theatre [1]
2023No Pay? No Way!MargheritaRoyal Exchange [33]
2024–2025 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck Barbican Theatre [34]

References

  1. 1 2 "Katherine Pearce on playing Horatia". Royal Shakespeare Company . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Newton-le-Willows actor to star in eight roles in three plays next month". St Helens Star. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Interview with The Whip's Katherine Pearce - Warwickshire & West Midlands | Muddy Stilettos". Muddy Stilettos. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, The Righteous Sisters". BBC . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Katherine Pearce". United Agents. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Trueman, Matt (9 September 2013). "Sean Holmes on Secret Theatre: 'There are no assumptions; it's about honesty'". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 "BBC One - Our Girl, Pilot". BBC . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "4. The Confessions of Dorian Gray Series 04 - The Confessions of Dorian Gray - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 "BBC One - Young Hyacinth". BBC. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 "BBC One - Three Girls, Series 1, Episode 2". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  11. 1 2 "1. Cicero Series 01 - Big Finish Originals - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Is Kate and Rana's wedding OFF in Coronation Street?". Radio Times . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  13. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Katie (22 February 2019). "Who is Lolly on Coronation Street? Who plays her and where have you seen her before?". Manchester Evening News . Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. 1 2 "3. The War Master: Rage of the Time Lords - The War Master - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Akbar, Arifa (12 February 2020). "The Whip review – political drama exposes cost of abolishing slavery". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  16. 1 2 "Rules of The Game: Meet the cast and creators". BBC . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Kym Marsh confirmed to join BBC One's Waterloo Road as cast is revealed". BBC Media Centre . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "Waterloo Road star explains importance of sinister coercive control story". Digital Spy . 4 March 2025. Archived from the original on 10 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  19. ↑ Rook, Olivia (5 November 2024). "'A Midsummer Night's Dream' announces full cast at the Barbican". London Theatre. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  20. ↑ https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/whats-on/the-merry-wives-of-windsor/
  21. ↑ "Port National Theatre 2013 Review". London Theatre. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  22. ↑ Billington, Michael (13 September 2013). "Secret Theatre: Show 1 – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  23. ↑ "Secret Theatre: Show 2 review, Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2013". The Stage. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  24. ↑ "Secret Theatre: Show 3 review, Lyric Hammersmith, London, 2013". The Stage. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Gardner, Lyn (13 February 2014). "Secret Theatre: Show 4 – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  26. ↑ "A Series of Increasingly Impossible Acts | Kiln Theatre". kilntheatre.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  27. ↑ "Secret Theatre Company bows out with Grand Finale at Lyric Hammersmith". WhatsOnStage. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  28. ↑ "Husbands and Sons". Exeunt. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  29. ↑ Gardner, Lyn (21 February 2017). "Low Level Panic review – sexual anxiety in the bathroom queue". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  30. ↑ Gardner, Lyn (10 November 2017). "The Last Testament of Lillian Bilocca review – Maxine Peake salutes Hull's wonder women". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "Katherine Pearce". Paines Plough. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  32. ↑ Gillinson, Miriam (4 October 2019). "King John review – blood and popcorn spill in riches to rags thriller". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  33. ↑ "No Pay? No Way! Political Farce at the Royal Exchange". Harpy. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  34. ↑ "Katherine Pearce in A Midsummer Night's Dream | West End Theatre". West End Theatre. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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