Shannon Tarbet

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Shannon Tarbet
Born (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 32) [1] [2] [3]
Brighton, East Sussex, England [1]
Occupation Actress
Years active2010–present

Shannon Tarbet (born 27 October 1991) is a British actress who has transitioned from an extensive career in theatre to feature film with main roles in Love Is Blind (2019) and Love Sarah (2020), and on television with recurring roles in Genius and in Rellik (2017) and as Amber Peel in Killing Eve (2019).

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Early life

Tarbet was born and lived her early years in Brighton, East Sussex, [1] and attended Greenfields School in Forest Row. [4] Tarbet studied acting at the K-Bis Theatre School in Brighton. [5] From there, Tarbet was working in telesales attempting to save enough money to apply for drama school, when she successfully auditioned at the Royal Court Theatre, igniting her acting career. [3]

Career

Tarbet made her professional stage debut in 2010 as Delilah Evans in the Anya Reiss play Spur of the Moment at the Royal Court Theatre, [6] [7] [2] for which, she was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer in 2010. [4] [8] In 2011, she made a guest appearance in the BBC's Inspector George Gently . [9] In 2012, she appeared as Jane Clairmont in Helen Edmundson's play, Mary Shelley. [10] The same year, Tarbet played a voice role in Nell Leyshon's radio drama Jess's Story, for Children in need, aired on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012, concerning students with mental health issues. [11]

In 2013, Tarbet appeared in the short film Woodland and won the best actor award at the Underwire Film Festival. [12] In 2015, Tarbet was nominated for an Offie award for best female for her performance the play, The Edge of our Bodies at the Gate Theatre (London). [13] In 2017, Tarbet starred alongside Geoffrey Rush in the Ron Howard directed Genius . [14] The same year Tarbet played sixteen year-old Hannah Markham in the BBC drama TV series Rellik . [15]

In 2019, Tarbet starred alongside Matthew Broderick in the dark comedy-drama film Love is Blind . [6]

In 2020, Tarbet played the leading role of Clarissa in Love Sarah , [16] directed by Eliza Schroeder.

In 2022, Tarbet starred in an interactive film, the first of its kind in Europe, The Gallery [17]

Stage performances

YearProductionCharacterVenueNotes/ Reference
2010 Spur of the Moment Delilah Evans Royal Court Theatre [7]
2011 Mogadishu Becky Royal Exchange, Manchester [18]
2012Mary ShelleyJane Clairmont Shared Experience Play by Helen Edmundson [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleCharacterNotes/reference
2013WoodlandShort Film [12]
2013 A Promise Anna [5]
2017The Choke (Short)Alana
2017 Beast Polly
2018Dead Birds (Short)Elsa
2018Helena (Short)Alice
2018 Colette Meg
2019Martha (Short)Martha
2019 Love Is Blind Bess Krafft [6]
2020 Love Sarah Clarissa [16]
2022The Gallery (interactive film) ? [17]

Television

YearTitleCharacterNotes/reference
2011 Inspector George Gently Mary ClavertonGently Upside Down Series 4 episode 1 [9]
2011 Silk Amy1 episode (1.5) [5]
2011 Monroe Natasha1 episode (1.4) [5]
2011 Lewis Samantha Coyle1 episode - Old, Unhappy, Far Off [5]
2015 River Erin FieldingSeries 1, Episodes 1 and 6 [19]
2015VirtuosoInaTV film [20]
2017 Genius Marie Winteler3 episodes [14]
2017 Rellik Hannah Markham6 episodes [15]
2019 Killing Eve Amber Peel2 episodes - I Hope You Like Missionary! and Nice and Neat
2024 Hotel Portofino Eleanor 'Nellie' Gibson-White

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer Spur of the Moment Royal Court Theatre Nominated [8] [4]
2011 Manchester Theatre Awards Best Actress in a supporting role Mogadishu, Royal Exchange, Manchester Won [18]
2013 Underwire Film Festival Actor AwardWoodland (Short film)Won [12]
2015 The Offies Best FemaleThe Edge of our Bodies at the Gate Theatre.Nominated [13]

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