Naomi Battrick

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Naomi Battrick
Born
Naomi Faye Battrick

(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 32)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Naomi Faye Battrick (born 11 April 1991) is an English actress.

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Career

She was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire and her first television appearance was in a guest role on The Bill as Miranda Roscoe, following which she won the part of 15-year-old band member Toyah Swann in the 2009 CBBC show My Almost Famous Family , [1] for which she is predominantly known, starring alongside Dominique Moore and Rakie Ayola. It revolved around a family band who were part of a chat show. The series ended in November 2009. Following this, Battrick made guest and recurring appearances on television shows including Casualty and as Grace Jacobs in Doctors , for which she is also predominantly known. She has also appeared in films, including the 2012 thriller film Blood as Miriam Fairburn. [2] In January 2014, she joined the cast of BBC One school drama Waterloo Road where she appeared as the new girl Gabriella Wark, and in 2015 signed on for the third season of Crossing Lines as ICC Agent Ellie Delfont-Bogard. Since 2017 she appears in the Sky One drama Jamestown as Jocelyn Woodbryg, Mrs., later Widow, Samuel Castell.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2012 Una Noche Tiffany
2012 Blood Miriam Fairburn
2013Orbit Ever AfterThe Girl
2014Down DogElla
2015Cherry TreeFaith
2016 Whisky Galore! Peggy Macroon
2016 Brimstone Older Sam
2018 The Titan Reyenne Gorski
2020 The Postcard Killings Sylvia
2023 Bank of Dave Henrietta

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2008 The Bill Miranda RoscoeEpisode: "Over the Limit"
2009 My Almost Famous Family Toyah SwannMain role
2012 The Indian Doctor Verity ToddRecurring role (series 2), 5 episodes
2012 Benidorm Hermione1 episode
2012 Casualty Sheena JourdanEpisode: "An Amateur Sport"
2012 Doctors Grace Jacobs4 episodes
2013 Some Girls Gemma2 episodes
2013 Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker Sophie ParkerTV film
2014 Waterloo Road Gabriella WarkMain role (Series 910); 17 episodes
2014 Ripper Street Lily TimpsonEpisode: "Heavy Boots"
2015 Crossing Lines Ellie Delfont-BogardMain role (season 3)
2017–2019 Jamestown Jocelyn WoodbrygMain role
2019 Endeavour Dr Naomi Benford1 episode (series 7)
2020 Flack Maddy1 episode
2022 The Serpent Queen Anne d'Etampes
His Dark Materials Death Lyra1 episode (Season 3)
2023 Partygate Cleo Watson [3]

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References

  1. "Naomi Battrick is Toyah". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  2. "Naomi Battrick". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. "Meet the cast of Partygate on Channel 4". Radio Times . 3 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.