Susannah Wise

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Susannah Walker Wise
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Wise at Waterstones, London in 2023
OccupationActress
Parent(s) Herbert Wise (father)
Fiona Walker (mother)

Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress.

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Life and career

She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. [1] Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show . On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek . [2] She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC , starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting . [3] In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls".

Writing

Her debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize. [4]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Where the Heart Is (British TV series) Wendy Atkins4 episodes
2001 Kavanagh QC Alison HattonFinal episode
2004 Midsomer Murders Liz FrancisSeason 7, The Straw Woman
2008 EastEnders Alice Grayling
2008 Peep Show HeatherBurgling
2013 Derek Rebecca Shaw1 episode
2013 PhoneShop Shelley
2015 The Enfield Haunting SylvieMiniseries [3]
2018 Call the Midwife Hilary [5]
2018 Collateral Inspector ShieldsMiniseries [6]
2018 Press Wendy BoltMiniseries
2020 Roadkill Jessie CoomerMiniseries [7]
2020 Father Brown Emily Helmsley
2020 The Split Helen Parker [8]
2020 Trying Denise [9]

References

  1. ↑ Faculty | BADA - British American Drama Academy
  2. ↑ "SUSANNAH WISE & NIGEL BOYLE | MacFarlane Chard". www.macfarlane-chard.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 Miska, Brad (30 January 2015). "'The Enfield Haunting First' Miniseries Dramatized In First Stills".
  4. ↑ Röttgers, Philipp (17 March 2023). "Talks beyond time and place - Episode 17: Susannah Wise". London beyond time and place. Retrieved 15 February 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Nolan, Emma (9 February 2018). "Call the Midwife season 7 cast: Who stars in the new series?". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Collateral". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Valette, Maxime, Roadkill (2020) S01E04 , retrieved 18 April 2021
  8. ↑ "Meet the cast of The Split series 2". Radio Times. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Ian (23 January 2021). "TV Review: Trying (Apple TV)". There Ought To Be Clowns. Retrieved 18 April 2021.


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