Poppy Gilbert

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Poppy Gilbert
Born (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 25)
Stockholm, Sweden [1]
Education Lady Eleanor Holles School
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music & Drama
OccupationActress
Years active2020–present

Poppy Gilbert (born 14 September 1998) is a British actress. She is known for roles as Barbie in the Netflix series Stay Close (2021), Chloe (2022), and The Catch in 2023.

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Early life and education

Gilbert was born in Stockholm, Sweden to British parents Nigel and Camilla and moved around between London, Hong Kong, and Singapore growing up due to her parents' work in advertising and television respectively. [1] She has a sister Darcy. [2]

Gilbert attended Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton from 2008 to 2015. She participated in a number of school productions. [3] [4] At the age of 17, Gilbert joined the National Youth Theatre, [1] and in 2016, she began her studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, graduating in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting. [5] [6] [7]

Career

Gilbert made her television debut in 2020 as Lesley Pike in an episode of Call the Midwife season nine, [2] which she filmed during her final year of drama school. [8] She played Thomasina Tucker in the two-part adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse , [2] and as Ginevra de Benci in three episodes of the historical drama Leonardo starring Aidan Turner as Leonardo da Vinci. [2]

At the end of 2021, Gilbert appeared in Harlan Coben's Netflix mystery series Stay Close [9] as the pseudonymous killer Barbie opposite Hyoie O'Grady as Ken. [10] She then starred in the 2022 BBC One psychological thriller Chloe as the title character. [11] [12] Gilbert also appeared as the young Julie Jackson in two episodes of BBC One's Sherwood in June 2022. [13]

Gilbert starred as Abbie in the Channel 5 series The Catch in January 2023, [14] alongside Jason Watkins and Aneurin Barnard. [15]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2020 Call the Midwife Leslie Pike1 episode
2020 The Pale Horse Thomasina TuckertonMiniseries; 2 episodes
2020 Midsomer Murders Kelly Kirk-LeesEpisode: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy"
2021 Leonardo Ginevra de Benci3 episodes
2021 Stay Close Barbie7 episodes
2022 Chloe Chloe6 episodes
2022 Sherwood Young Julie Jackson2 episodes [13]
2023 The Catch Abbie CollierMain role - all 4 episodes
2023A Very English ChristmasHarrietTV Film (Alt name: Christmas in the Cotswolds) [16]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Who is Stay Close's Poppy Gilbert? Actress plays Barbie, but not the doll". thefocus.news. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "From Midwife to Murder - Actor Poppy Gilbert (LEH 2008- 2015)". hollesconnect.org.uk. 27 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Poppy Gilbert Stars in Gripping New BBC Drama". hollesconnect.org.uk. 11 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Poppy Gilbert – Class of 2019". gsmd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Poppy Gilbert – Class of 2018-2019". gsmd.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Spotlight Poppy Gilbert". spotlight.com. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Poppy Gilbert". Agatha Christie. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ↑ Shillcock, Francesca (5 January 2022). "Who are Barbie and Ken from Stay Close?". Hello.
  10. ↑ Craig, David (31 December 2021). "Stay Close stars talk Ken and Barbie – the 'musical theatre murderers'". RadioTimes.
  11. ↑ "First look – Chloe cast (L-R) Poppy Gilbert, Billy Howle, Erin Doherty, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Jack Farthing (image courtesy BBC York Tillyer)". thebottleyard.com. 23 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Chloe: Meet the cast and creator of the psychological thriller". bbc.co.uk. 1 February 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Sherwood: 'You have to shine a light on why this happened and how ugly it is'". bigissue.com. 9 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "The Catch: Release date, cast and news for Channel 5 drama". radiotimes.com. 11 January 2023.
  15. ↑ "The Catch: Meet the cast of the channel 5 drama - including this Midsomer Murders star". hellomagazine.com. 25 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Christmas in the Cotswolds (2023) [Alternative title: A Very English Christmas]". tv-films.co.uk. 20 December 2023.
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