Patsy Ferran

Patsy Ferran
Born	Patricia Ferran (1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 35) Valencia, Spain
Education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present
Known for	Full list
Awards	Full list

Patricia Ferran (born 25 November 1989) is a Spanish-British actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before becoming known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received a number of accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award.

Ferran started her career acting on the London stage acting in a revival of Nöel Coward's Blithe Spirit (2014). She went on to win the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role in the Tennessee Williams revival Summer and Smoke (2018). She was Olivier-nominated for her performance as Blanche DuBois in another Tennessee Williams revival A Streetcar Named Desire (2023).

She made her film debut in Tulip Fever (2017) she has since taken roles in Darkest Hour (2017), Living (2022), Firebrand (2023), and Mickey 17 (2025). On television, she had a recurring role in Jamestown (2017) and took roles in Black Narcissus (2020) and Miss Austen (2025).

Early life and education

Ferran was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1989. ^[1] Her father is from Barcelona and her mother is from Valencia. The family moved to England when Ferran was a child. ^[2] She attended Notre Dame School, an all-girls convent school in Cobham, Surrey.

She read Drama and Theatre Arts at Birmingham University, ^[3] and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2014. ^[4]

Career

In 2017 Ferran made her film debut acting in three films; the costume drama Tulip Fever , the romance drama God's Own Country , and the historical drama Darkest Hour . That same year she made her television debut acting in three projects; the Netflix miniseries Guerrilla , the British series Jamestown , and the TNT historical fiction series Will . In 2018 she acted in an Rebecca Frecknall directed revival of the Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke playing Alma Winemiller at the Almeida Theater. Michael Billington of The Guardian praised her performance declaring, that the production was built "around Patsy Ferran, who confirms her status as one of the most exciting actors on the British stage." ^[5] For her performance she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. ^[6] In 2019 she played Björk in the coming of age film How to Build a Girl . The following year she played a nun in the miniseries Black Narcissus (2020). ^[7]

In 2022, she had a supporting role in the drama Living starring Bill Nighy. That same year, she returned to the theater taking a leading role as Blanche DuBois acting opposite Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowalski in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire . For the production she reunited with director Rebecca Frecknall. The play received positive reviews with critics praising her performance. Demetrois Mattheou of The Hollywood Reporter noted, "[Ferran] joined the production just before it was to open...when Lydia Wilson had to withdraw due to injury. The rescue act makes her heartbreaking, very individual performance even more remarkable." adding, "Ferran enthusiastically gobbles up Williams’ lines, capturing the wit of the wobbly flirt perfectly, accompanied by a dry, bitter self-knowledge". ^[8] For her performance she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress losing to Jodie Comer in the one-woman show Prima Facie . ^[9] She and Mescal reprised their roles at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2025. ^[10]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Tulip Fever	Tart
	God's Own Country	Robyn
	Darkest Hour	Maid
2019	How to Build a Girl	Björk
2021	Tom & Jerry	Joy
	Mothering Sunday	Milly
2022	Living	Fiona
2023	Firebrand	Mary I of England
2024	White Bird	Mille Petitjean
2025	Hot Milk	Julieta
	Mickey 17	Dorothy
	Jay Kelly		Post-production [11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Guerrilla	Gwen	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Jamestown	Mercy Myrtle	Recurring role, 24 episodes
	Will	Peg	1 episode
2020	Black Narcissus	Sister Blanche	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2022	Life After Life	Pamela	Miniseries, 4 episodes
2025	Miss Austen	Jane Austen	Miniseries, 4 episodes [12]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2014	Blithe Spirit	Edith	Gielgud Theatre	[13]
	The Angry Brigade	Anna	Theatre Royal, Plymouth	[14]
			Oxford Playhouse	[15]
			Warwick Arts Centre	[16]
			Watford Palace Theatre	[17]
	Treasure Island	Jim	National Theatre	[18]
2015	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	Royal Shakespeare Company	[19]
2016	As You Like It	Celia	National Theatre	[20]
2017	Speech & Debate	Diwata	Trafalgar Studios	[21]
2018	My Mum's a Twat	Girl	Royal Court Theatre	[22]
	Summer and Smoke	Alma Winemiller	Almeida Theatre	[23]
			Duke of York's Theatre	[24]
2019	Three Sisters	Olga Sergeyevna	Almeida Theatre	[25]
2020	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Booth Theatre	[26]
	A Christmas Carol	Various roles	Bridge Theatre	[27]
2021	Camp Siegfried	Her	Old Vic	[28]
2022	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Almeida Theatre	[29]
2023			Phoenix Theatre	[30]
2024			Brooklyn Academy of Music	[31]
2023	Pygmalion	Eliza Doolittle	The Old Vic	[32]

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	North and South	Margaret Hale	BBC Radio [33]
2024	The Mysterious Affair at Styles	Mary Cavendish	Audible original [34]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2014	Critics’ Circle Theatre Award	Most Promising Newcomer	Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island	Won	[35]
2015	Evening Standard Theatre Award	Emerging Talent Award	Treasure Island	Nominated	[36]
2019	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actress	Summer and Smoke	Won	[37]
	Critics’ Circle Theatre Award	Best Actress		Won	[38]
	WhatsOnStage Award	Best Actress in a Play		Nominated	[39]
2023	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actress	A Streetcar Named Desire	Nominated	[40]

References

1. "Summer and Smoke star Patsy Ferran: 'I enjoy being goofy, manly, ugly on stage, it's liberating'". 27 November 2018.
2. "PATSY FERRAN PATHWAY #5" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
3. "Meet our graduates: Patsy Ferran" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
4. "Patsy Ferran" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
5. "Summer and Smoke review – gripping return for rare Tennessee Williams". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
6. "Patsy Ferran wins Best Actress Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard". Youtube. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
7. "Meet the cast of BBC One's Black Narcissus". RadioTimes. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
8. "'A Streetcar Named Desire' Theater Review: Paul Mescal Makes an Explosive Stanley Kowalski in a Brutal Revival". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
9. "Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer Win Olivier Awards for West End Debuts". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
10. "A Streetcar Named Desire". NYTheater. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
11. Kroll, Justin (14 March 2024). "Netflix Sets All-Star Ensemble To Round Out Cast Of Noah Baumbach's Next Film". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 14 March 2024.
12. Rice, Lynette (7 December 2023). "'Miss Austen': Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
13. "Full Cast for Blithe Spirit at Gielgud Theatre" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
14. "The Angry Brigade, Theatre Royal, Plymouth – review". 28 September 2014.
15. "The Angry Brigade: Oxford Playhouse". 9 October 2014.
16. "A Paines Plough and Theatre Royal Plymouth production The Angry Brigade by James Graham" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
17. "THE ANGRY BRIGADE – REVIEW". 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
18. "Treasure Island review – astonishing spectacle". 14 December 2014.
19. "POLLY FINDLAY 2015 PRODUCTION" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
20. "As You Like It" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
21. "Speech and Debate review – tech-savvy kids battle with a phoney adult world". 12 February 2017.
22. "My Mum's a Twat" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
23. "Summer and Smoke" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
24. "Almeida West End Summer and Smoke". Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
25. "Three Sisters" . Retrieved 14 March 2019.
26. "Laurie Metcalf, Eddie Izzard to Lead 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' on Broadway" . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
27. "Simon Russell Beale, Patsy Ferran and Eben Figueiredo discuss the Bridge Theatre's A Christmas Carol". 3 December 2020.
28. "The Old Vic announces new season, including 'Into The Woods', Emma Rice and Caryl Churchill" . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
29. "Almeida cancels first week of Streetcar Named Desire as lead actor withdraws" . Retrieved 13 January 2023.
30. "Olivier-Winning Streetcar, Starring Normal People's Paul Mescal, Concludes Run May 6". Playbill. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
31. "Paul Mescal Stars in A Streetcar Named Desire Off-Broadway Beginning February 28". Playbill. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
32. "Pygmalion". www.oldvictheatre.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
33. "North and South Episodes". BBC Radio. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
34. Shafer, Ellise (2 October 2024). "Peter Dinklage, Jessica Gunning, Himesh Patel and More to Star in Audible Adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
35. "2014 Results". January 2015.
36. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Stars of the future take the spotlight". 10 November 2015.
37. "The Olivier Award for Best Actress goes to… @PatsyFerran for @SummerSmokePlay! #OlivierAwards". 7 April 2019.
38. "2018 Results". January 2019.
39. "Hamilton and Aidan Turner among winners at 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". 3 March 2019.
40. "My Neighbour Totoro Leads 2023 Olivier Award Nominations; Read the Full List". Playbill. Retrieved 11 March 2025.

External links

• Patsy Ferran at IMDb