Saskia Reeves | |
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Born | Paddington, London, England | 16 August 1961
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1984–present |
Children | 2 |
Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961) is an English actress, known for her roles Eastenders (14 episodes, 1998-1999 ) films including Close My Eyes (1991) , I.D. (1995), and Our Kind of Traitor (2016), in the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune , and in TV series, including as a series regular in Luther (2010), Shetland (2016), and Slow Horses (2022–present).
Saskia Reeves was born on 16 August 1961 [1] [2] of a Dutch mother and English father, and brought up in Twickenham and Paddington, London.[ citation needed ] Reeves attended the Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton.[ citation needed ]
According to Reeves, her father was an actor, writer and singer. As a teenager, while her parents did not encourage her, she and her sister attended weekend acting workshops "for a laugh". Reeves was faring poorly in high school, missing classes and not doing homework, and didn't take her university-qualifying A-level exams. She discovered "drama school" as an alternative to university that didn't require A-levels; it sounded like "brilliant fun" and would give her three years to figure out her future. [3] She attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [4] She then worked for a year and a half as a waitress before getting a "decent job in a theatre in Wales", followed by other jobs, until she concluded, "I could earn a living at this". [3]
Early in her career Reeves performed in puppet shows [5] and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. [6] Her stage work includes productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at London's Royal National Theatre. [7] She was a member of the Cheek by Jowl international theatre company. [6] In 2008, she starred in the English Touring Theatre revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London. [8]
Reeves work in film includes: Close My Eyes (1991); I.D. (1995); Butterfly Kiss (1995) co-starring with Amanda Plummer – described in the New York Times as "a disturbing road movie that suggests a twisted British answer to 'Thelma and Louise' spiced with dashes of 'Heavenly Creatures' and 'Natural Born Killers'"; [9] and Our Kind of Traitor (2016).
Reeves' numerous television credits include Spooks , The Commander , and the Bodies finale. In 1997, Portlands, a six-part BBC One miniseries about the creation of the suburbs in the 1920s, was her first major TV series role. [10] In 2010, she starred as Anne Darwin, the wife of John Darwin, in BBC Four's Canoe Man, a dramatization of the John Darwin disappearance case, [11] and co-starred as DSU Rose Teller in the first season of the BBC One series Luther . [12] In 2011, Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love , first shown on BBC Four. [13] She co-stars with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas in the Apple TV series Slow Horses (2022–present).
Reeves has also done voice work, including commercials, narration, and book readings. [14]
Reeves has two children. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Antonia and Jane | Antonia McGill | |
1991 | December Bride | Sarah Gilmartin | |
1991 | Close My Eyes | Natalie / Sister | |
1991 | The Bridge | Isobel Heatherington | |
1994 | Traps | Louise Duffield | |
1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Miriam | |
1995 | I.D. | Lynda | |
1996 | Different for Girls | Jean | |
1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Joy | |
1999 | Heart | Maria Ann McCardle | |
2003 | The Tesseract | Rosa | |
2008 | Me and Orson Welles | Barbara Luddy | |
2013 | Anna (originally Mindscape) | Michelle Greene | |
2013 | Nyphomaniac: Vol. 1 | Nurse | |
2015 | The Program | Conference doctor | |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Tamara | |
2016 | The Prime Minister | US President | |
2020 | Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes | Maddalena Fagandini / Jen / Actor / Mary Wollstonecraft | |
2020 | Shadows | Mother | |
2021 | Creation Stories | Helen | |
2024 | The Outrun | Annie |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Last Day of Summer | Linda | TV movie |
1985 | A Woman of Substance | Edwina | Episode: #1.3 |
1985 | Lytton's Diary | Pretty Girl | Episode 1.2: "Daddy's Girls" |
1989 | Theatre Night | Greta Samsa | Episode: "Metamorphosis" |
1990 | Screen Two | Rosie | Episode: "Children Crossing" |
1991 | Screenplay | Antonia McGill | Episode: "Antonia and Jane" |
1991 | 4 Play | Helen | Episode: "In the Border Country" |
1994 | Citizen Locke | Lady Marsham | TV movie |
1994 | Performance | Irina Shestova | Episode: "Summer Day's Dream" |
1995 | The Perfect Match | Bridget | TV movie |
1995 | Cruel Train | Selina Roberts | TV movie |
1997 | Plotlands | Chloe Marsh | |
1999 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit | TV movie |
2000 | Dune | Lady Jessica Atreides | Episodes 1.2-3 |
2003 | Suspicion | Julie Hopcroft | Episodes: 1.1-3 |
2003 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Laurie Poole | Episodes 3.5-6: "Breaking Glass: Part 1 & 2" |
2004 | A Line in the Sand | Meryl Rodgers | TV mini-series |
2004 | Island at War | Cassie Mahy | |
2005 | The Commander | Eileen Judd | Episode: #2.1-2: "Virus (Part One & Two)" |
2005 | If... | Mary Alton | Episode 2.4: "If... TV Goes Down the Tube" |
2005 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Louise Doyle | TV movie |
2005 | Afterlife | Sheila Rabey | |
2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Eileen Edwards | Episode 5.1: "Natural Causes" |
2006 | MI-5 | Sally / Sally Bernard | Episodes 5.6-7: "Hostage Takers: Part 1 & 2" |
2006 | Bodies | Mary Dodd | Episode 2.11: "The Finale" |
2007 | The Last Days of the Raj | Lady Mountbatten | TV movie |
2007 | Silent Witness | DS Maureen Steele | |
2008 | The Fixer | Andrea Greene | Episode 1.4 |
2009 | Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 | Mandy Wymer | TV movie |
2010 | Canoe Man | Anne Darwin | TV movie |
2010 | Luther | DSU Rose Teller | Season 1 |
2010–12 | Wallander | Vanja Andersson | Episodes 2.3 "The Fifth Woman" (2010), 3.1 "An Event in Autumn" (2012) |
2010–2016 | Midsomer Murders | Marcia Macintyre, Summer Pitt | Episodes 13.2: "The Sword of Guillaume" (2010), 18.4: "A Dying Art" (2016) |
2011 | Lewis | Alison McLennan | Episode 5.1: "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things" |
2011 | Women in Love | Anna Brangwen | TV mini-series |
2011 | Page Eight | Anthea Catcheside | TV movie |
2012 | One Night | Sally | TV mini-series |
2012 | Playhouse Presents | Teddy Brookman | Episode 1.1 "The Minor Character" |
2013 | Vera | Laura Marsden | Episode 3.2 "Poster Child" |
2013 | NTSF:SD:SUV | P.M.O.T.R.N. | Episode 3.10 "U-KO'ed" |
2014 | Salting the Battlefield | Anthea Catcheside | TV movie |
2014 | From There to Here | Claire | TV mini-series. Episodes 1.1-3 |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Johane Williamson | TV mini-series. Episodes 1.1 "Three Card Trick", 1.2 "Entirely Beloved", 1.3 "Anna Regina", 1.4 "The Devil's Spit", 1.6 "Master of Phantoms" |
2016 | Shetland | Freya Galdie | Series 3 (5 episodes) |
2017 | Silent Witness | DS Maureen Steele | Episodes 20.3 "Discovery: Part 1", 20.4 "Discovery: Part 2)" |
2017 | Redemption Road | Mrs. Hales | TV movie |
2017 | The Child in Time | Thelma | TV movie |
2018 | Collateral | Deborah Clifford | TV mini-series. Episodes 1.1, 1.4 |
2019 | Death in Paradise | Frances Compton | Episode: "Beyond the Shining Sea: Part Two" |
2020 | Belgravia | Ellis | TV mini-series |
2020 | Us | Connie Petersen | TV mini-series |
2020 | Roadkill | Helen Laurence | Episodes 1.2-4 |
2022–present | Slow Horses | Catherine Standish | Main role |
2024 | Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game | Herself (Narrator) | 3 Episodes (BBC) |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | TIcks | ||
2001 | Bubbles | Annie | |
2004 | The Knickerman | Mum | |
2006 | Fast Learners | Lynda | |
2013 | Unoriginal | Beatrice | |
2015 | Be Now | Karen | |
2015 | Out for a Walk | Mother |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | National Theatre Live: A Disappearing Number | Ruth Minnen | |
2017 | King Lear: Live from Shakespeare's Globe | Kent | |
2019 | The Tragedy of King Richard the Second | Bushy / Green / Duchess of York | National Theatre Live |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | Dr. Who: The Monthly Adventures | Carmen Rega (voice) |
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