Susannah Fielding

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Susannah Fielding
Born
Susannah Glanville-Hearson

Poole, Dorset, England
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Awards Ian Charleson Award (2014)

Susannah Glanville-Hearson, [1] known professionally as Susannah Fielding, is an English actress. She won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. [2] [3] She also starred in the CBS sitcom The Great Indoors . From 2019 to 2021, she has co-starred with Steve Coogan in This Time with Alan Partridge .

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Early life and education

Fielding was born in Poole, England, [4] and grew up in Havant, near Portsmouth, before spending two years boarding at Christ's Hospital school in Sussex, where she developed an interest in acting. [1] [5] She also attended Dynamo Youth Theatre, a youth theatre for 11- to 18-year-olds in Havant. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; her performances there included Trinculo in The Tempest (directed by Patsy Rodenburg) and Myrrah in Tales from Ovid (directed by Christian Burgess). [6] She graduated from Guildhall in 2006. [7]

Career

Theatre

Fielding's first four professional roles in theatre were in four productions at the National Theatre: The Rose Tattoo (2007), Philistines (2007), Much Ado About Nothing (2007) and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (2008). She received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for her role as Pietra in Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at the Sheffield Crucible in 2010 alongside Antony Sher. [8]

In 2011 she played Portia in Rupert Goold's production of The Merchant of Venice for the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Sir Patrick Stewart as Shylock, [9] reprising the role in the production's transfer to the Almeida Theatre in 2014. [10] In 2012, she was cast as Kim for the UK run of All New People , a black comedy play written by and starring Zach Braff. The play's UK run included Manchester and Glasgow before culminating in a 10-week run in London's Duke of York's Theatre. Fielding played the role of Evelyn Williams [11] in the musical American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre in December 2013. [12]

Fielding won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her reprised portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. [2] [13] [3] Michael Grandage, one of the four judges, said of her performance in the production, set in a Las Vegas casino, that she had made the familiar role her own, with a "faultless American accent and a huge intelligence in her acting choices". [2]

Television

In 2008 she appeared in "Firewall", the second episode of the BBC TV series Wallander . [14] Fielding was a guest on The Bill in 2009, playing Rochelle Chapman. In 2010 she appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Victory of the Daleks", as well as an episode of Midsomer Murders and Comedy Lab . She played Chloe in the Channel 4 sitcom Pete versus Life . In 2016 Susannah played Emma (Murray's colleague who has a crush on him) in I Want My Wife Back . In 2016, she appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror . She had a recurring role in 2016–2017 in the American sitcom The Great Indoors as Brooke, the ex-girlfriend and current boss of Jack (Joel McHale), who must help him transition from an adventurous reporter to an office worker. [15]

In 2019, she co-starred with Steve Coogan in This Time with Alan Partridge . A second series of the show aired in 2021. [16]

Film

Fielding appeared in the 2010 films 4.3.2.1. and 1st Night (originally titled Cosi), for which she learned to sing opera in Italian. [4] In 2011 she starred in Kill Keith , a comedy horror film featuring Keith Chegwin. She appeared in the 2012 romantic comedy The Knot alongside Mena Suvari and Noel Clarke. She played the beautiful Katherine, Poirot's deceased former lover in the film Death on the Nile (2022). She voiced Jill Warrick in the 2023 video game Final Fantasy XVI .

Personal life

Fielding dated English actor Tom Hiddleston from 2008 to 2011. They met while filming the series Wallander. [17] [18]

Acting credits

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 4.3.2.1. Jas
2010 1st Night Debbie
2010WatchingAnnieShort film
2011 Kill Keith Dawn
2012The KnotJulie
2022 Death on the Nile Katherine

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 She Stoops to Conquer Kate Hardcastle TV film
2008 Wallander Sonja HokbergEpisode: "Firewall"
2009 The Bill Rochelle ChapmanEpisode: "Trust Me"
2010 Doctor Who LilianEpisode: "Victory of the Daleks"
2010 Comedy Lab SamEpisode: "Filth"
2010 Midsomer Murders Jessica PeachEpisode: "The Silent Land"
2010 Pete versus Life Chloe4 episodes
2012UncleMelodineTV film
2013 Pramface FrancescaEpisode: "Grumpy and Target Boy"
2013 Jo GabrielleEpisode: "Place Vendôme"
2013Love MattersSiobhanEpisode: "A Nice Arrangement"
2013 The Job Lot Mia GibbsEpisode: "#1.5"
2013 Drifters FayEpisode: "Nineties Night"
2014 Father Brown Bunty PrydeEpisode: "The Pride of the Prydes"
20124FunniesMelodieEpisode: "Uncle"
2014 Lovesick Phoebe MorrisEpisode: "Phoebe"
2015 Death in Paradise Elizabeth 'Betty' FossEpisode: "4.4"
2015The C WordAbigailTV film
2015 Catastrophe SamanthaEpisode: "2.2"
2016 I Want My Wife Back Emma6 episodes
2016 Black Mirror CarolEpisode: "Nosedive"
2016–2017 The Great Indoors BrookeMain role (22 episodes)
2018 Silent Witness Emma SinghEpisode: "Moment of Surrender (Part 1)"
2018 High & Dry Sandra4 episodes
2019–2021 This Time with Alan Partridge Jennie Gresham12 episodes
2019 Sticks and Stones Isobel Jones3 episodes
2019 Doc Martin Mags FowlerEpisode: "Equilibrium"
2020 Life Ruth StoneMini-series
2021 The Cockfields EstherMain role (7 episodes)
2023 Tom Jones Mrs. WatersMiniseries
2023 The Cleaner Fran CulpepperEpisode: "The Statue"
2023 Who Is Erin Carter? Olivia

Theatre

YearProductionRoleVenue
2007 The Rose Tattoo [19] Rosa National Theatre
2007Philistines [20] Polya National Theatre
2007 Much Ado About Nothing [21] Hero National Theatre
2008 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other [22] Ensemble National Theatre
2010 An Enemy of the People [23] Petra Sheffield Crucible
2011 The Merchant of Venice [9] Portia Royal Shakespeare Theatre
2012All New People [24] Kim Duke of York's Theatre
2013 Trelawny of the Wells Imogen Parrott/ Clara de Foenix Donmar Warehouse
2013 American Psycho [11] Evelyn Williams Almeida Theatre
2014 The Merchant of Venice Portia Almeida Theatre
2015 The Beaux' Stratagem Mrs Sullen National Theatre
2015BullIsobel Young Vic

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2014 Forza Horizon 2 Amy Simpson
2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ShaniExpansion pack Hearts of Stone
2016 Forza Horizon 3 Amy Simpson
2018 Forza Horizon 4 Amy Simpson
2021 Forza Horizon 5 Amy Simpson
2023 Final Fantasy XVI Jill Warrick [25]

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