Emily Fairn

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Emily Fairn
Born
Liverpool, England
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2022—present
Television The Responder
Black Mirror

Emily Fairn is an English actress from Liverpool, with appearances on television, stage and film.

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Career

From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020. [1] She had her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022. [2] [3] The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023. [4]

She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper. [5] [6] She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix. [7]

On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader. [8] [9] Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut, [10] and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits". [11]

She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh. [12] She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA , She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George , in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore. [13]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes works that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2022—present The Responder Casey10 episodes
2023 Rain Dogs Frida1 episode
Black Mirror SuzieEpisode: "Demon 79"
Chuck Chuck Baby AmyFilm
COBRA Polly Wright4 episodes
2024 Mary & George MaidSeries
TBA SNL 1975 Laraine Newman Film

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References

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  2. ↑ Ramsden, Sam (26 January 2022). "Casey's Accent In The Responder Is Boss For A Very Good Reason". Bustle.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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  8. ↑ McIntosh, Steven (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist play receives middling reviews". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Cohen, Alexander (17 May 2023). "Interview: 'I Know I'm Going to Learn So Much': Emily Fairn on Accents, Opportunities and Making Her Stage Debut in Brokeback Mountain". Broadway World. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Curtis, Nick (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace review: this stripped-back show is a potent, subtle piece of dramatic alchemy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Mountford, Fiona (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are splendid as secret lovers". iNews. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (22 March 2022). "UK chicken factory musical 'Chuck Chuck Baby' starts shooting in Wales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Gant, Charles (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Emily Fairn (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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