Linette Beaumont

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Linette Beaumont is a British actress from Hertfordshire. Beaumont has appeared in Agatha Raisin Series 3, the Endeavour Series V drama, produced by Mammoth Studios; and co-starred in the award-winning film The Prowler. She's a veteran of numerous television productions including EastEnders, Casualty, and Coronation Street.

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Her upcoming film roles include Disney's Cruella (2021), starring Emma Thompson and Emma Stone, directed by Craig Gillespie; All the Small Things starring James Faulkner (Game of Thrones), in the role of Dorothy; All the Things You Are, a story about caring for aging loved ones that she's co-producing under her production company Moonlight Drive Productions.

Career beginnings

Beaumont's father was a Marine Commando who became the chief herdsman at the Hatfield House and her mother was an opera singer from New Zealand. She began dancing at three, trained with Ivy Baker, an original director of Laine Theatre Arts, and at age 16 began teaching dance to other children who would otherwise not have had the opportunity. She studied acting at Drama Centre London in her mid-20s. She was signed to her first talent agency before graduating from the Drama Centre and was cast in Lynda LaPlante's crime drama Trial and Retribution.

More roles followed with Holby City, [1] Casualty, The Bill, [2] Coronation Street, Grange Hill, a drama series on BBC One, and a 2004 drama Murder in Suburbia. [3]

Stage

On stage, Beaumont's leading credits include playing Lady MacBeth described in a UK Theater critique by Sara Mae Tuson as the "journey she takes from manipulative harpy to broken queen" is a "vividly portrayed, compelling performance." [4] Her work as the lead, Lady Teazle, in a School for Scandal was a "delicious" portrayal. [5] Beaumont also played the leads as Martha Dobie in The Children's Hour and Libby in Blue Window.

Film and television

Beaumont played a wife interested in her dead husband's money on Agatha Raisin Series 3: When the Pig Turns, [6] catching the suspicious eye of Agatha (Ashley Jensen). Beaumont says she "read the [Agatha Raisin] mystery books as a child" and says the show "is a tonic with wonderful mad characters." [7] In the episode, Beaumont had to faint in her opening scene. "Everyone thought I fainted for real and came running to my aid," she recalled, saying the "joke was on me because I had to faint again and again." [8]

She noted that working with director Craig Gillespie on Cruella was a "huge deal for me and unforgettable" because she's a big fan of his. [9]

Beaumont starred opposite Dominic Rowan in The Prowler, an award-winning short film released March 2015. [10] The project evolved from Beaumont's having previously worked with director Tim Kent at Pinewood Studios.

It was a "unique collaboration of industry veterans" with the screenplay written by television industry veteran and novelist Matthew Arlidge. [11] Beaumont said her character in The Prowler "finds herself in a very dark place" and that it's her job "to tell my character's story without judgement.". [12] Beaumont won for Best Performance, Toronto Film Festival 2017; Best Shorts California 2017; Madrid Film Festival 2017 Best Lead Actress, nomination.

The director of cinematography was BAFTA award-winner James Friend, ASC BSC; sound design by Glenn Freemantle.

Beaumont guest-starred on the ITV drama, Endeavour Series V: Episode 2 Cartouche, as the sister-in-law of Detective Thursday (Roger Allam) and the wife of his brother Charlie, played by Phil Daniels. [13] She previously portrayed Cherish Hylton on EastEnders and guest-starred on Doctors. [14]
Other productions of note include being cast in The Shooting Party, a classical TV drama based on Isabel Colgate's book of the same title; the sci-film The Ungone [15] by Simon Bovey that was shortlisted at Cannes and described as a "near perfect sci-fi short"; and starred opposite Con O'Neil in the film What's Your Name 41?. [16] She is in pre-production as the lead role in Melody's Tune, with writer-director Daniel Yost. [17]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleMedia
2023 Doctors Trudy Palmer Episode: "The Leaving Party" [18]
2021 Cruella Posh Guest 2Film
2021All the Things You AreTabithaFilm
2021 All Those Small Things DorothyFilm
2020 Agatha Raisin Amy BeechSky One
2018 Endeavour Series VPauletteITV
2018Sparrows CallSarahFilm
2018Melody's TuneWanda/LuluFilm
2017The Prowler FilmEvaFilm
2016 EastEnders Cherish Hylton BBC
2016DoctorsLeona SharpleyBBC
2013MacBethLady MacBethTraffic of the Stage
2010 The Bill Lisa CooperITV
2008 Coronation Street IzzyITV
2007 Holby City Roberta ColvinBBC
2007The Un-GoneMaya SalingerFilm
2006A School for ScandalLady TeazleUpstairs at the Gatehouse
2005The BillSally DelveccioITV
2005What's Your Name 41?NataliaFilm
2003EastEndersKimberlyBBC
2002 Trial and Retribution JustineITV
2002Grange HillZoe HartfieldBBC

Personal Interests

Beaumont uses her professional acting and dance background to mentor and encourage children who have been bullied, have confidence issues, health problems and physical disabilities. She also has a rescue dog, Stan.

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