Zoe Telford

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Zoe Telford
Born1973 (age 50–51) [1] [2]
Norwich, Norfolk, England [3]
Alma mater Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts [4]
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Children2 [3]
Awards Edinburgh International Film Festival
Special Commendation
Greyhawk, 2014 [5]

Zoe Telford is an English actress.

Early life and education

Telford was born in Norwich, England. She started training as a dancer at a very young age and continued until she was in her 20s. [6] She attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. [4] Her first break was on the show The Bill , a police drama, in 1993. [3]

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Career

After guesting in The Bill, Telford appeared as a guest on several British TV shows before her first major role in the mini-series The Last Train (1999). One of her first recognisable works was in the first season of Channel 4's Teachers (2001) in which she played Maggie, a police officer and girlfriend to the character Simon Casey, played by Andrew Lincoln.

In the TV movie Men Only (2001), she played Alice, a nurse who was gang-raped by a group of men known to her and with whom she had flirted, played by, among others, Stephen Moyer and Martin Freeman. [7] She played the social worker Christina Leith in Real Men (2003), a two part TV drama that tackled the subject of paedophilia. [8] Telford appeared as Eva Braun in the 2003 Emmy-nominated Hitler: The Rise of Evil opposite Robert Carlyle. The TV movie was broadcast in the US on CBS with some controversy as it reportedly "likened the nation's acceptance of the Bush administration's pre-emptive strike on Iraq to the climate of fear that allowed Hitler to prosper". [9] Her screen time was short since the film focused more on the events leading up to the Final Solution. [9]

In Agatha Christie's Poirot's Death on the Nile (2004), Telford played Rosalie Otterbourne, one of the cruise passengers alongside Emily Blunt, James Fox, and David Suchet. She played Alison Jackman, a young trainee at the fictional PR firm of Prentiss McCabe headed by Stephen Fry in the BBC's Absolute Power (2003–2005), and trauma doctor Jane Cameron in The Golden Hour (2005), a four part ITV miniseries.

In 2006 Telford played Emily Trefusis in Agatha Christie's Marple's The Sittaford Mystery , produced jointly by Granada and WGBH-Boston. The show was broadcast in the US as part of the PBS Mystery! anthology series and marked her first collaboration with Laurence Fox. She was also in three different movies in the same year: Beau Brummell: This Charming Man , The Painted Veil (starring Naomi Watts), and The Truth (starring Elizabeth McGovern). She played Abigail Thomas, Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign, in the eight episode ITV series The Palace (2008). The show was originally conceived as an answer to The West Wing but underwent several script changes and, according to Telford, "became a very different thing to what it originally started out as". [10] In 2008 she worked for the first time with Juliet Stevenson in the three part ITV series Place of Execution ; the show was broadcast in the US in the following year as part of the PBS Mystery! anthology.

In 2009 Telford appeared in several other procedural dramas including Law & Order: UK (2009), the second season of Criminal Justice (2009) where she played the defence barrister for Maxine Peake’s character Julie, and Collision (2009) which was broadcast in the US under the PBS Masterpiece Contemporary . In the same year she appeared as a freelance tabloid reporter in two episodes of the comedy series The Thick of It (2009). In 2010 she appeared in Foyle's War (2010), shown in the US under the PBS Mystery! series. She also appeared in Episodes 2 and 3 of the first season of the BBC's Sherlock (2010) as Sarah, a physician colleague and love interest of Dr. John Watson, played by her Men Only co-star Martin Freeman. [11] Telford's appearance as Freya Carlisle in Lewis (2011) reunited her with Juliet Stevenson and James Fox; while her appearance as Eva Storr in the BBC's Room at the Top (2012) reunited her with her Criminal Justice co-star Maxine Peake. She played the newly created character Claire Sutton, a policy adviser, in the 2013 remake of Yes, Prime Minister . [12]

Telford won a Special Commendation Award for her role in the film Greyhawk at the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where the film premiered. She plays Paula, a beleaguered housewife who helps Mal, a blind veteran, find his dog. [5]

She appeared in the Series 17 opening episodes of Silent Witness (2015) as DCI Jane de Freitas. Her role as Bella Cross, the daughter of one of the main suspects in the first season of Unforgotten (2015) reunited her with Nicola Walker, her former co-star in The Last Train. She played the tragic Clara Haber in the first season of National Geographic's Genius – Einstein (2017). She appeared in other British TV series including Death in Paradise (2018) as Michelle Devaux, a professional poker player, and Grantchester (2019) as Professor Jean Simms, Head of the Computing Department at the University of Cambridge, set in the 1950s. She played Sarah Bradford, the missing wife of DI David Bradford in the TV series London Kills (2019), produced by Acorn TV and acquired by the BBC for 2020 release in the UK. [13]

Personal life

Telford has a son (b. 2011) and a daughter (b. 2013). She lives in Oxfordshire. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Nine 1/2 MinutesHeatherShort film
2005 Match Point Samantha
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Lily
2006 The Truth Blossom
The Painted Veil Leona
2007 The Waiting Room Jem
2009 Beyond the Pole Melissa
2011The ChildZoeShort film
2012 Ashes Sophie
Defining FayFay HahnShort film
2014GreyhawkPaula
2016TuesdayAmyShort film
2017Void and MethodJuliaShort film
2022 Christmas On Mistletoe Farm Miss Carson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 The Bill Helen ShawEpisode: “Rainy Days and Mondays”
1995 Soldier Soldier Chloe GreenEpisode: “The Army Game”
1998 Peak Practice Sarah O'ShaughnessyEpisode: “All Fall Down”
Invasion: Earth Nurse Louise ReynoldsEpisode: "Only the Dead"
1999 The Last Train Roe GermaineMini-series, 6 episodes
2000Second Sight: Kingdom of the BlindSandra PearsonTV film
2001 Teachers Maggie [14] 8 episodes
Men OnlyAliceTV film
2003 Real Men Christina LeithTV film
Hitler: The Rise of Evil Eva Braun Mini-series, 2 episodes
2003–2005 Absolute Power Alison Jackman12 episodes
2004 Born and Bred Rita LennoxEpisode: “Thick as Thieves”
Agatha Christie's Poirot Rosalie OtterbourneEpisode: "Death on the Nile"
Cutting It Dulcima GoodrushSeries 3, episode 2
2005 Twisted Tales DavinaEpisode: “Txt Msg Rcvd”
The Golden Hour Jane Cameron4 episodes
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Emily TrefusisEpisode: "The Sittaford Mystery"
Beau Brummell: This Charming Man JuliaTV film
Afterlife RuthEpisode: “Lullaby”
2008 The Palace Abigail Thomas8 episodes
Place of Execution Nicola CurryMini-series, 3 episodes
2009 Law & Order: UK Sara FraserEpisode: “Honour Bound”
Criminal Justice Anna KleinSeries 2, 5 episodes
Collision Sandra RamptonMini-series, 3 episodes
The Thick of It Marianne Swift2 episodes
2010 Foyle's War Lucy JonesEpisode: “Killing Time”
Ashes to Ashes Louise GardinerSeries 3, episode 4
Sherlock Sarah Sawyer2 episodes: “The Blind Banker” and “The Great Game”
2011 Lewis Freya CarlisleEpisode: “Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things”
2012 Room at the Top Eva StorrMini-series, 2 episodes
2013 Yes, Prime Minister Claire SuttonSeries 1, 6 episodes
Jo Christina SittlerMini-series, episode 7: “The Opera”
Love & Marriage Michelle ParadiseSeries 1, 6 episodes
2015 Silent Witness DCI Jane De FreitasSeries 18, episode: "Sniper's Nest" (2 parts)
Unforgotten Bella CrossSeries 1, 5 episodes
2017 Genius Clara Haber Series 1, 2 episodes: "Einstein: Chapters Six and Seven"
2018 Kiss Me First TraceySeries 1, episode 6: "You Can Never Go Home"
Death in Paradise Melanie DevauxSeries 7, episode 2 “The Stakes Are High”
2019 Grantchester Jean SimmsSeries 4, episode 3
London Kills Sarah BradfordSeries 2, episode 5: "Captive"
2020 Save Me Delia Corman-ClydeSeries 2, episode 2
2021 Agatha Raisin Sadie TamworthySeries 4, episode 1: "Kissing Christmas Goodbye"
2022 Litvinenko Ingrid CampbellMini-series, episode 3
Brassic Mrs KingSeries 4, episode 6: "Saint Erin"
Meet the Richardsons Dr MaxwellSeries 3, 3 episodes
2023 Vera Juliet Branagh (Vera's cousin)Series 12, episode 4: "The Darkest Evening"
Mrs Sidhu InvestigatesBree HamiltonSeries 1, episode 3: "Killer App"
The Lazarus Project Kitty GraySeries 1, 3 episodes
Red Eye Amber HurstSeries 1, 3 episodes
2024 Showtrial Helen McGuireSeries 2
TBA Malpractice TBAUpcoming role [15]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Sidony the Necromancer / Nana / Redcliffe Villager (voice)
2015 Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser Orlesian Noblewoman (voice)
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda Foster Addison (voice)
2021 Zombieland: Headshot Fever Zombies (voice)

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