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Verity Marina Marshall is an English actress best known for her roles as Helen in BBC medical drama Holby City , Amy in the White Christmas episode of the Netflix series Black Mirror and Samantha in the BBC six-part drama Press .

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Early life

Marshall was born in Hammersmith, London.[ citation needed ] She graduated from the Oxford School of Drama in 2010. [ citation needed ]

Career

Marshall started her career on the Channel 4 comedy sketch show TNT Show starring Jack Whitehall. [1] [2]

Following her role in the stage adaptation of James Kennaway's Some Gorgeous Accident at West End Theatre, Trafalgar studios, [3] she played the part of Clementine Churchill in the BBC4 docudrama Churchill's First World War opposite Adam James. [4] [5] Marshall worked with director and producer Adam Kemp again in BBC2's Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot, in which she played the part of Gertrude Wintour. The film tells the story of the final days of the gunpowder conspirators after 5/11 using the actual words of Thomas Wintour, played by Jamie Thomas King. [6] [7]

Marshall appeared in the seventh episode of historical drama, The British, which aired on Sky Atlantic on 7 September 2012 and starred Timothy West and Ioan Gruffud, [8] [9] and the third and fourth episodes of The Great War: The People's Story, starring Olivia Colman, James Norton and Alison Steadman, which aired on ITV1 on 10 August 2014. [10]

In December 2014 Marshall played the part Amy in Charlie Brooker's Christmas special of Black Mirror , titled White Christmas , which aired on Channel 4 on 16 December 2014. The episode starred Jon Hamm and Rafe Spall. [11] [12]

In 2016 Marshall played Anna in MGM's Me Before You starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. The film, adapted from Jojo Moyes bestselling novel, tells the story a young Englishwoman who is hired as the caretaker for an affluent Londoner paralysed in a tragic accident. [13] That same year she guest starred in the Halloween special of the eighteenth series of the BBC One medical drama television series Doctors which aired on 31 October 2016. [14]

In spring 2017 Marshall played the lead in the fourth series of American drama, Obsession: Dark Desires produced by October Films. The series dramatises real life accounts from people who have been the victim of stalking. [15] Later that year she starred as Amy Therrialt in Talos Media ( The Vikings , The Bible ) drama, Kiss of Death [16] and Arrow media docudrama, Intruders [17] both aired in the US.

In autumn 2018 Marshall appeared opposite Charlotte Riley and Ben Chaplin in the BBC drama, Press written by Mike Bartlett and directed by Tom Vaughan. The 6x60 series is set in the fast-paced and challenging environment of the British newspaper industry and will broadcast on BBC One and PBS following the UK broadcast. [18]

In 2019 Marshall guest-starred in BBC drama, Holby City , which follows the lives of medical and ancillary staff at the fictional Holby City Hospital. Marshall's storyline involved her character Helen Pidge's surprise appearance at the hospital announcing her shock pregnancy to unsuspecting married nurse Lofty, played by Lee Mead. [19] The storyline ran to end of Helen's pregnancy, where her baby was stillborn. [20]

In autumn 2020 Marshall was cast as Mrs Partridge opposite Daniel Rigby and James Fleet in the ITV adaptation of Henry Fielding's, Tom Jones adapted by Gwyneth Hughes and directed by Georgia Parris. The four-part television miniseries will broadcast on PBS and ITV. [21]

Most recently Marshall guest-starred once more in the BBC One medical drama television series Doctors , this time as rape victim Carrie Hinks. The episode aired on 16th November 2022. [22]

In summer 2023 Marshall will star in the first episode of series 24 of ITV British crime drama television series Midsomer Murders opposite fellow guest star Peter Serafinowicz.

Marshall has also starred in a number of television commercials for brands such as House of Fraser, Head and Shoulders, Vodafone, Raffaelo, Fruit of the Loom, Persil, Experian, Żywiec Brewery, Coop (Switzerland), Allianz and George clothing.

Personal life

Marshall is actively involved in campaigning for the rights of displaced people. In November 2015, after completing shooting on Me Before You , Marshall travelled to Samos, Greece to volunteer with the refugees traveling from the Turkish coast to Europe. In June 2016 she spoke at the Next Century Foundation's Middle Eastern Migration Conference in Westminster on ways of countering human trafficking and modern slavery. [23] [24] In September 2016, Marshall was interviewed on the Arab News Network's The English Hour about her stance on the refugee crisis, immigration and combating prejudice and racism following the Brexit result. The program is modeled on the BBC's HARDtalk which is recorded in London, broadcast at peak time and subtitled in Arabic.

Filmography

Television and film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009TNT ShowMaryEpisode four
Ambleton DelightJeanineFilm
2012 The British News BroadcasterEpisode six
A Doll's LifeVivienShort
2013Churchill's First World WarClementine ChurchillTV film
2014The Great War: The People's StoryMs. HarroldEpisodes three and four
Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror PlotGertrude WintourTV film
Black Mirror AmyEpisode: White Christmas
2015Focal PointGlendaShort
2016 Me Before You AnnaFilm
Doctors Amy GulaskiEpisode: The Letherbridge Witch
2017 Obsession: Dark Desires Christine LangleyEpisode: #4.6
Kiss of Death Amy TherrialtEpisode: #1.2
2018 Intruders Nikki JohnsonEpisode: #1.1
Layton's Mystery Journey Mayor LowinidaVideo game
Press Susannah HillEpisode two
2022 Doctors Carrie Hinks Episode: "Welcome to the World" [25]

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