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| Emily Beecham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1984 (age 40–41) Manchester, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Emily Beecham (born Manchester, England in May, 1984) is an English film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in The Street and The Village. In 2011 she received Best Actress award at London Independent Film Festival.
Early life
Beecham was born in Manchester to an English pilot, and his American wife (from Arizona). She's a citizen of both countries.
In 2003, Beecham enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2006.
Career
In her final year at LAMDA, Beecham started accepting professional acting opportunities, with her first appearance occurring in thriller Bon Voyage and in the supernatural TV series Afterlife. The following month saw the premiere of her first feature, Bon Voyage, receiving positive notices following its October debut on ITV, the made-for-TV film won the Golden Nymph award at the June 2007 Monte Carlo Television Festival.
In mid-2007, she was chosen by director Jan Dunn for the leading ingenue role in her independently produced feature, The Calling. The production received favourable, negative and mixed reviews, one of which, in the online publication, TVbomb, commented that "Newcomer Emily Beecham plays a young woman determined to take the veil and holds her own well against such stalwarts as Brenda Blethyn and Susannah York". In highlighting the impression made by the film's young star, film columnist Hannah McGill, who served as the Edinburgh Festival's artistic director from 2006 to 2010, decided that she should be one of the recipients of the coveted Skillset Trailblazer Award.
In the latter part of the year, Beecham gave her first professional stage performance in Ian McHugh's debut play, How to Curse, directed at the Bush Theatre in West London's Shepherd's Bush by the theatre's artistic director Josie Rourke.
Beecham has subsequently appeared in numerous television programmes, including Miss Marple, Tess of The D'Urbervilles and The Street. Beecham was also listed by Nylon magazine's "Young Hollywood" issue as one of 55 "Faces of the Future", with the photograph captioned "Young Hollywood London". At the time, John Rankin, Esquire magazine's veteran glamour photographer was quoted as stating that she has "that something special, that thing you just feel about someone ... she's one of the most exciting actresses out there."
In 2013 she starred in The Village as Caro Allingham.
She is currently appearing in the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands as The Widow.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Karen | |
| Rise of the Footsoldier | Kelly | ||
| God's Wounds | Poppy | Short film | |
| 2009 | The Wednesday Matinee Club | The Wednesday Matinee Club | Short film |
| The Calling | Joanna | ||
| 2010 | Basement | Pru | |
| 2012 | Art Is... | Lulu | |
| Animal Charm | Jezebel | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Afterlife | Sash | Season 2, 1 episode |
| Bon Voyage | Rachel Aldred | TV movie | |
| 2007 | The Innocence Project | Rachel | 1 episode |
| Party Animals | Vienna Lurie | 1 episode | |
| New Tricks | Laura Small | 1 episode | |
| The Bill | Angela Myatt | 1 episode | |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Elvira Blake | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Lewis | Nell Buckley | 1 episode |
| Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Retty Priddle | 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Unforgiven | Lucy Belcome | 3 episodes |
| The Street | Gemma | 2 episodes | |
| Merlin | Emmyria | 1 episode | |
| 2010 | Pulse | Stella Hamilton | TV movie |
| Silent Witness | Anna Flannery | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | The Runaway | Caroline Dixon | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Case Sensitive | Mary Trelease | 2 episodes |
| Damages | Rutger's Daughter | 1 episode | |
| The Fear | Janey Beckett | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Blandings | Miss Younghusband | 1 episode |
| The Village | Caro Allingham | 6 episodes | |
| The Thirteenth Tale | Isabelle Angelfield | TV film | |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Adele Besset | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Into the Badlands | The Widow | Main role |
References
- "The Film Festival Guild". The Film Festival Guild.
- Film review excerpts at Guerilla Films website
- Emily Beecham in Nylon magazine
External links
Categories:- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- English film actresses
- English television actresses
- English stage actresses
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- American stage actresses
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Actresses from Manchester
- Living people
- 1984 births
- People educated at Hurtwood House
- 21st-century English actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- English people of American descent
- American people of English descent