Rosie Day

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Rosie Day
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Born
Rosie Jane Day

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation(s)Actress, writer, director
Years active1999–present

Rosie Jane Day is an English actress, author and playwright. She is known for her roles as Mary Hawkins in the Starz series Outlander [1] and Sarah Jessica Parker's character's daughter in the comedy film All Roads Lead to Rome . [2] She starred as Tina Pemberton in Sky One's Living the Dream [3] and Sierra in the 2018 Summit Entertainment feature Down a Dark Hall . [4]

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Day is an ambassador for the teenage mental health charity stem4. [5] Her novel Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon, based on her one-woman play, was published in 2021. [6] [7]

Life and career

Day has been acting since childhood, both on stage and on screen, following in the footsteps of her older sister. It was at one of her sister's auditions that she was spotted by a casting agent and given her first role, at the age of 4, in BBC's Hope and Glory . [8] In that same year, Day and her sister played two of the Dudakov children in Maxim Gorky's play Summerfolk at the Royal National Theatre in London. [9] She soon became a successful child actor on British television playing roles such as young Tess Elliot in ITV's medical drama Harley Street in 2008, and in theatre including at the Royal Court Theatre and Palace Theatre. [8]

Day never received professional training as an actor, but drew from her experience working with adult co-stars, watching and copying them. [8]

At the age of 16, she played Naomi in the hit stage play Spur of the Moment by award-winning playwright Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End. [10]

In 2012 she made her film debut playing Angel, a sex trafficking victim, in Paul Hyett's horror film The Seasoning House. [11] The role brought her positive acclaim [12] [13] and four awards for Best Actress. To prepare for the part, Day conducted intensive "research into the experience of women who [had] been in that situation" [14] and learned sign language to portray the deaf character. [15] The actress later said that she was "young and very naïve" when taking on the role and that the "film certainly had an effect on [her]." [15]

Rosie was chosen as one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow in 2013. [16] The special edition magazine highlights up and coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.

In 2015 she starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, who Day calls "a huge influence", [15] in the romantic comedy All Roads Lead To Rome. From there she returned to the small screen for the recurring role of Mary Hawkins in the second season of Starz's historical drama series Outlander . [17] In 2014, while working with Scottish actor Sam Heughan on Heart of Lightness, a film based upon Henrik Ibsen's play The Lady of the Sea, the Outlander star told her about the character and suggested Day for the part. [18] As part of Outlander's second-season cast, Day received the Satellite award for "Best Cast in a Genre Show" in 2017. [19]

Later that year she starred alongside Uma Thurman in Summit Entertainment's Down a Dark Hall , an American-Spanish horror film, based on the novel by Lois Duncan. Day portrayed troubled teenager Sierra in the female led piece which, as an outspoken feminist, appealed to the actress. [20] Butterfly Kisses, a film in which she was the lead, won the Crystal Bear for best feature at the 67th Berlinale festival in 2017. [21]

Day starred as Tina Pemberton in the Sky One family comedy-drama Living the Dream from 2017 to 2019. In 2019 she played Jane Asher in Sky Arts 'Urban Myth: Scrambled Eggs'.

In 2021 she starred alongside Russell Tovey and Sian Clifford in the comedy Real Love, and voiced the character Meteion in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleProduction
2011TractionAndrea
2012 The Seasoning House AngelKalidescope Film Distribution
2013SixteenChloeSeize Films
2013 Ironclad: Battle for Blood Kate De VesciContent Media/Warner Bros
2013Heart of LightnessHilde
2015 Howl NinaMetrodome
2016Butterfly KissesZaraBlue Shadow Films
2016 All Roads Lead to Rome Summer
2018 Down a Dark Hall SierraSummit Entertainment
2018 The Convent Sister Emeline
2020 Baby [22]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Hope and Glory Emma6 episodes (series 1)
2000 Black Books Lucy3 episodes
2002 In Deep Charlotte2 episodes
Big Train Jenny1 episode
Darwin's DaughterEtty DarwinTelevision film
Family Affairs Harriet Matherson7 episodes
2003 Trust Emma NaylorMiniseries
Pants on FireLucy BBC
2004–2005 Bernard's Watch Nicolette AshburyMain role (24 episodes)
2006 The Large Family Laura LargeVoice role
The RomanticsDorothy WordsworthMiniseries
2007 My Life as a Popat TatianaSeries 2
2008 Harley Street Tess Elliot4 episodes
2009 Half Moon Investigations Shell TraversEpisode: "The Case of the Purple Pool"
2009, 2011 Doctors Meg White / Alice Goodson2 episodes
2010 Summer in Transylvania MiranaEpisode: "Attack of the Psycho Dates"
2011Good NightCloeShort film
2012 Holby City Kay BarkerEpisode: "Butterflies"
DCI Banks Hannah Rothwell2 episodes
Homefront Millie BarthamMiniseries
2013 Misfits Lucy1 episode
2014 Siblings EllieEpisode: "Intern School"
2014SororGraceShort film (Film 4)
2015 Cuffs Stacey Shawcross3 episodes
2016 Grantchester Joan1 episode
Outlander Mary HawkinsSeries 2
2017 Prime Suspect 1973 Pam TennisonMiniseries; 5 episodes
Watership Down ThethuthinnangVoice role; miniseries
2017–2019 Living the Dream TinaMain role
2018 Good Omens LisaEpisode: "The Doomsday Option"
2018PeripheralShellyFilm
2019Indigo ValleyLouiseFilm
2019FrankBonnieChannel 4
2019Urban Myths: Scrambled EggsJane AsherEpisode: "Paul McCartney's Scrambled Eggs"
2020 Agatha Raisin KarenEpisode: "Love from Hell"
2021–2022 McDonald & Dodds Rose Boleyn2 episodes
2021 Call the Midwife Anita PageChristmas Special
2022 The Sandman Tabby Kitten (voice)Episode: "Dream of a Thousand Cats"
2023Hard Home
TBAReal LoveSallyUpcoming

Filmmaking credits

YearTitleProduction
2020CelaineShort film
2019TracksShort film

Video games

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2021 Bravely Default II Anihal
2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Meteion/The Endsinger [23]
2022 Triangle Strategy Cordelia Glenbrook, Decimal, Quahaug [23]
2022 Arknights Platinum
2022 Another Eden Silver Striker/Alter Premaya
2023Ten DatesMisha
2023 Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed A [23]

Theatre

YearTitleRoleProduction
2000 Summerfolk by Maxim Gorky Anya Royal National Theatre
2001 The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge Lily Royal National Theatre
2002 Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Bohemia Royal National Theatre
2006 Les Misérables Young Cosette Sondheim Theatre, London
2010 Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss Naomi Royal Court Theatre
2011Microwave by Elinor CookBecky Royal National Theatre Studio
2012Pussy RiotKate Royal Court Theatre
2014VelocityDot Finborough Theatre
2018AgainIzzy Trafalgar Studios
2019The Girl Who Fell by Sarah Rutherford Billie Trafalgar Studios
2022Instructions for a Teenage ArmageddonEileen Southwark Playhouse
2022The FellowshipSimone Hampstead Theatre
2024When it happens to youEsme The Park theatre

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  3. ↑ "Philip Glenister and Lesley Sharp star in Sky 1 comedy Living the Dream". Royal Television Society. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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  5. ↑ newstem4. "stem4 - Ambassadors". stem4 - Teenage Mental Health Charity. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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