Emma Amos (born 18 August 1964 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English actress. She played Yvonne Sparrow in the last three series and 2016 special of time-travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst, replacing original actress Michelle Holmes who held the role from 1993 to 1996. In 1992, she played Sherbet Gravel in Philip Ridley's stage play The Fastest Clock in the Universe.
Life Emma Amos trained at the Royal College of Music from 1982 to 1989, and in 1991 she landed a part in the British film Buddy's Song. Designed as a vehicle for the rising pop-singer Chesney Hawkes, the film also starred Roger Daltrey of rock band the Who as Terry, Buddy's dad. Amos was cast as Dawn, Terry's girlfriend, but featured in only a few brief scenes. Amos's first television role was "Phoebe", the talking phone, in the children's series Wizadora. She starred in eight episodes in 1991 for Oxford Press before the series was picked up by ITV, and Phoebe was re-introduced as a model phone. She starred in an episode of long-running sitcom Men Behaving Badly, playing Mandy, the annoying girlfriend of Tony's brother, in the episode "People Behaving Irritatingly".
Following a variety of supporting-part roles, Amos starred alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst in the time-travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart. Replacing Michelle Holmes midway through the show's six-series run, Amos took on the role of time-travelling bigamist Gary Sparrow's 1990s' wife, Yvonne.
Since then, Amos has appeared in several British television series, including Casualty, A Touch of Frost, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders, The Bill, My Family and Doctors. She has also appeared in Heartbeat, in which she played Anita Hudson in the episode "Little White Lies", as well as the feature films Vera Drake and Bridget Jones's Diary. Amos also played Julie Davies in The Last Detective.
In January 2009, she appeared in a Churchill Insurance TV commercial.Churchill 'Rolf Harris' TV ad - 30 sec advert , www.tellyads.com. Accessed 24 May 2009. In 2016, it was announced that Amos, as well as her daughter Esme Coy, would appear in a one-off special return of Goodnight Sweetheart.
In June 2017, Amos appeared in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams.Full casting announced for Sweet Bird of Youth , Chichester Festival Theatre. Accessed 2 May 2017.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Rowing with the Wind Joven Veneciana 1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo Soprano TV film 1991 Buddy's Song Dawn 1996 Secrets & Lies Girl with Scar 1997 Firelight Ellen 1998 The Tribe Diana 1999 Passion Killers Dawn TV film 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary Paula 2002 Not 360 Short film 2003 Blackball Local News Reporter2004 Fur TV Thea TV film Vera Drake Cynical Lady 2010 Copier Tina Short film2015 Scarlet Says Rose Short film Nightstand Lady on the Train Short film 2021 The Football Monologues Kimberly
Television Year Title Role Notes 1989 Hale and Pace Pregnant Woman Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"1992 Men Behaving Badly Mandy Episode: "People Behaving Irritatingly" Alas Smith and Jones Various roles 2 episodes 1993 The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Sonia Orrincourt Episode: "Final Curtain"1994 Murder Most Horrid Miss Fleming Episode: "Overkill" Casualty Anna Owen Episode: "Family Ties" 1994–1995 Moving Story Kathy Series regular, 8 episodes 1995 The Bill Trisha Rogers Episode: "Allegations and Allegiances" 1996 Madson Sam Connors Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" 1997 A Perfect State Deidre Series regular, 7 episodes 1997–1999 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne Sparrow Series regular, 31 episodes 1999 The Bill Julia Marshall Episode: "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"2000 Rhona Linda Episode: "The Rain" The Bill Nicky Walker Episode: "Caught Short" 2001 Peak Practice Sandy Kelly Episode: "Flesh and Blood"2002 Rescue Me Cathy Episode: "Series 1, Episode 2" The Big Impression Various roles 2 episodes 2003 A Touch of Frost Emma Palmer Episode: "Held in Trust" 2003–2007 The Last Detective Julie Davies Series regular, 16 episodes2004 Heartbeat Angela Price Episode: "In Sickness and in Health" Casualty Nina Barnes Episode: "Emotional Rescue" Murder in Suburbia Fiona Arundel Episode: "Sanctuary" Midsomer Murders Sandra Tate Episode: "Dead in the Water"2005 The Golden Hour Kate Murray Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" Doctors Terri Fisher Episode: "Secrets & Lies"2006 The Bill Dawn Swanson Episode: "Long Lost Conscience" Heartbeat Anita Hudson Episode: "Little White Lies"2007 Five Days Councillor Mrs. Hull Episode: "Day Thirty Three" My Family Joanna Draper Episode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do" 2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Bessie Burch Episode: "Mrs McGinty's Dead" 2011 Holby City Julia Calder Episode: "Love Thy Neighbour" 2012 Silent Witness Trudie Episode: "And Then I Fell in Love" 2013 Holby City Katherine Howards Episode: "Old Wounds" 2014 Doctors Julie Daniels Episode: "Judgement Day"2016 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne Sparrow Episode: "Many Happy Returns" Doctors Kate Croft Episode: "Sins of the Father" 2018 Still Open All Hours Mrs. Machin Episode: "Series 5, Episode 2" 2019–2021 The Stand Up Sketch Show Various 5 episodes
Theatre credits Year Title Role Venue Notes 1988 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Snow White Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge1989 Apples Delilah Royal Court Theatre, London Blue Heart Dawn National Theatre Studio, London1990 The Fantasticks Luisa Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London Much Ado About Nothing Ursula Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London 1991 The Marriage of Figaro Fanchette Watford Palace Theatre, Watford1992 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Sherbert Gravel Hampstead Theatre, London Once a Catholic Mary McGinty Tricycle Theatre, London1993 The Deep Blue Sea Ann Welch Almeida Theatre, London Somewhere Linda Liverpool Playhouse Studio, Liverpool The Neighbour National Theatre Studio, London Poison Pen Juliette Smith Royal Exchange, Manchester 1994 The Birthday Party Lulu Lyttelton Theatre, London 1996 Grace Note The Old Vic, London 2001 The Servant Susan Lyric Theatre, London 2003 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Journalist Donmar Warehouse, London 2010 Hay Fever Myra Arundel West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds 2011 Sixty-Six Books - In the Land of Uz Bush Theatre, London 2014 Variation on a Theme Mona Finborough Theatre, London 2015 Ivanov Martha Babakina Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester 2017 Sweet Bird of Youth Miss Lucy Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester The Lady in the Van Pauline Theatre Royal, Bath 2019 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham also, UK tour
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