Fern Deacon

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Fern Deacon
Born
Fern Saffron Deacon

(1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 24)
Hampshire, England
Education Sylvia Young Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Television Ackley Bridge
Hetty Feather

Fern Saffron Deacon (born 1 September 1998) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Chloe Voyle on the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge and Agnes Duffett on the CBBC series Hetty Feather .

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Early life

Fern Saffron Deacon was born on 1 September 1998 in Hampshire, England. [1] When she was five, her parents enrolled her in acting classes, and at the age of 11, she was accepted into Sylvia Young Theatre School. [2]

Career

In 2011, Deacon made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Kin at the Royal Court Theatre, [3] and later that year, she played the younger version of Electra in an adaptation of Electra at the Gate Theatre. [4] [5] Deacon made her television debut in "Amy's Choice", an episode of the BBC series Doctor Who . [6] She then appeared in three episodes of the BBC supernatural drama The Secret of Crickley Hall . [7]

In May 2017, Deacon portrayed the role of Catherine Davis in the Channel 4 docudrama The Trial: A Murder in the Family . [8] Later that year, she began portraying the role of Chloe Voyle in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge . [9] [10] In the same month, she began appearing in the CBBC series Hetty Feather as Agnes Duffett, a role she portrayed until 2020. [11] In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators as Lily Rattle. [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Doctor Who UnnamedEpisode: "A Good Man Goes to War"
2012 The Secret of Crickley Hall Susan Trainer3 episodes
2013 Father Brown Kathleen KnightEpisode: "The Mayor and the Magician"
2013 Casualty Ria JonesEpisode: "Isolated Incident"
2013 The Unbeatables Young LaraFilm; voice role
2014 Call the Midwife Gillian GlennonEpisode #3.6
2014 Penny Dreadful Young MinaEpisode: "Closer Than Sisters"
2015 Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism HazelFilm
2015 The Enfield Haunting Margaret Hodgson3 episodes
2015 Fungus the Bogeyman Lucy3 episodes
2016 Doctors Jane FarlowEpisode: "Miss Bates"
2017 Uncle EmmaEpisode: "Dinner, I Hardly Knew Her"
2017 Harlots JennyEpisode #1.4
2017 The Trial: A Murder in the Family Catherine DavisMain role; 5 episodes
2017–2022 Ackley Bridge Chloe Voyle Main role
2017–2020 Hetty Feather Agnes DuffettMain role
2017 Will MaidEpisode: "Your Houses"
2018 Strike Kelsey Platt2 episodes
2018 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Lily RattleEpisode: "The Chameleon's Dish"
2020Heart to HeartLiddy HolliganPilot; main role
2020CasualtyLily 'Bluebell' MatthewsEpisode #34.33 [13]
2020 Black Beauty Georgina WinthorpFilm
2021 Trying EmmyEpisode: "Big Heads"

Radio

YearTitleRoleStation
2010Devil in the FogRose BBC Radio 4
2011Weirdstone of BrinsagemSusan
2016Man at the HelmAmy
2016Hidden HarmLucy

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2011KinNina Royal Court Theatre [3] [14]
2011 Electra Young Electra Gate Theatre [4] [15]

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