Emma Georgina Annalies Fielding (born 7 October 1970) is an English actress.
Early life and education The daughter of a British Army officer, Fielding spent some of her childhood in Nigeria, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Northern Ireland and other places, also living above a betting shop in Malvern. She went to school at Berkhamsted Collegiate boarding school and worked as an usherette at the Apollo Theatre Oxford as a teenager. She studied law at Cambridge University, abandoning her studies after two terms, and worked at a kibbutz in Israel before embarking on the study of acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Career After graduation Fielding worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, coming to the attention of critics in 1993's National Theatre production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, in which she created the role of Thomasina,Measure For Measure, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon The Independent on Sunday - 6 May 2003 and then most notably in John Ford's The Broken Heart for which she won the Dame Peggy Ashcroft Award for Best Actress. Also in 1993, she was Agnes in The School for Wives at the Almeida Theatre, for which she won the Ian Charleson Award.Fowler, Rebecca. "Triumphant first acts". Sunday Times. 13 March 1994. She made her Broadway theatre debut in 2003 in Noël Coward's Private Lives. "From the bookies to Stratford's RSC" . Worcestershire News - 26 April 2003 She has also appeared in numerous radio plays for the BBC, including playing Esme in Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, a role she also played in the West End. More recently, she appeared in the BBC TV mini-series Cranford.
In 2009, she appeared as Daisy alongside Timothy West in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders. She has also appeared in the crime drama Death in Paradise playing the part of Astrid Knight. (Season 1, Episode 4). In 2014, she appeared in another crime drama DCI Banks (Series 3, Episodes 17 & 18).
In 2018, Fielding appeared in EastEnders as Ted Murray's (Christopher Timothy) daughter.
In November 2018, she provided the voice for the alien Kisar in the Doctor Who episode "Demons of the Punjab".
Awards and nominations In 1994, Fielding won the Ian Charleson Award for her Agnes in The School for Wives at the Almeida Theatre in 1993. Fielding was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance for her role in The School for Scandal in the 1998 season. She was nominated for a 2002 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role of 2001 for her performance in Private Lives at the Albery Theatre, London. She won a Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut for the same role when the show was produced on Broadway in 2002. She was awarded the 1993 Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performances in Arcadia and The School for Wives.
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1998 The Scarlet Tunic Frances Groves 2000 Pandaemonium Mary Wordsworth Exposure Bridget, TV director Short film 2001 The Discovery of Heaven Helga 2002 Shooters Detective Inspector Sarah Pryce 2003 Unscrew Judy Short film The Ancient Forests Mother Short film 2008 The Other Man Gail 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Mabel 2012 Fast Girls Ellie Temple Twenty8k Jean Weaver 2015 The Briny Ruth Short film 2018 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby
Television Year Film Role Notes 1992 Tell Tale Hearts Becky Wilson 3 episodes Screenplay Mary Shelley Episode: "Dread Poets' Society" 1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Ruth Chevenix Episode: "Dead Man's Mirror" Performance Joan Clareville Episode: "The Maitlands" 1996 Kavanagh QC Caroline Wicks Episode: "Job Satisfaction" 1997 Drovers' Gold Elizabeth Watkins Mini-series (5 episodes) A Dance to the Music of Time Isobel Mini-series (2 episodes: "The Thirties" and "The War") 1998 A Respectable Trade Frances Scott Cole Mini-series (2 episodes) The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries Eleanor Bing Episode: "Speedy Death" The Life of Confucius Mother 1999 Horizon Mrs. Lack Episode: "Wings of Angels" 1999, 2001 Big Bad World Beatrice Dempsey 7 episodes 2000 Other People's Children Josie Episode: "#1.2" 2001 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Helen Clyde Episode: "A Great Deliverance" The Green-Eyed Monster Marni McGuire Television film 2002 The Gist Harriet Gould Television film Nova Emily Shackleton (voice) Episode: "Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance" Birthday Girl Tracey Jones Television film 2003 My Uncle Silas Hermione Episode: "A Funny Thing" 2004 Waking the Dead Dr. Greta Simpson 2 episodes: "The Hardest Word: Parts 1 & 2" 2005 The Government Inspector Susan Watts Television film Beneath the Skin Jennifer Hintlesham Television film The Ghost Squad D/Supt. Carole McKay 8 episodes 2007 Fallen Angel Janet Byfield Mini-series (1 episode: "The Office of the Dead") 2007, 2009 Cranford Miss Galindo 8 episodes 2010 Midsomer Murders Faith Kent Episode: "The Silent Land" 2011 Kidnap and Ransom Naomi Shaffer 3 episodes The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Mary Kent Episode: "The Murder at Road Hill House" Death in Paradise Astrid Knight Episode: "Missing a Body?" 2014 Father Brown Ada Gerard Episode: "The Prize of Colonel Gerard" DCI Banks Liz Forbes 2 episodes: "Piece of My Heart: Parts 1 & 2" Inspector George Gently Agnes Webb Episode: "Blue for Bluebird" Silk Elizabeth Buchan Episode: "The Real McCoy: Part 2" New Tricks Caroline Tate Episode "Breadcrumbs" The Game Valerie Parkwood Mini-series (1 episode) 2015 Foyle's War Joyce Corrigan Episode: "Elise" Arthur & George Charlotte Edalji Mini-series (3 episodes) This Is England '90 Roma Mini-series (1 episode: "Summer") Capital Strauss Mini-series (1 episode) 2016 Close to the Enemy Miss Clarkson Mini-series (6 episodes) Dark Angel Helen Robinson Mini-series (2 episodes) 2018 Silent Witness Sally Vaughan 2 episodes: "Moment of Surrender: Parts 1 & 2" EastEnders Judith Thompson 3 episodes Unforgotten Amy Hollis 6 episodes Doctor Who Kisar (voice) Episode: "Demons of the Punjab" 2018‒2019 Les Misérables Nicolette Mini-series (6 episodes) 2019 Years and Years Jane Bordolino Mini-series (1 episode) 2020‒ Van der Valk Julia Dahlman 12 episodes 2023 Sanditon Lady Montrose 6 episodes 2024 Beyond Paradise Marion Goddard Episode: "#2.4" Sister Boniface Mysteries Venetia Thistleton Episode: "A Fragrant Scandal" Strike Katya Upcott 4 episodes: "The Ink Black Heart: Parts 1‒4"
Video games Year Film Role Notes 2007 Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Queen Curtana (English version, voice) 2009 Dragon Age: Origins The Lady of the Forest / Mother Perpetua / Traveller (voice) 2013 Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel Katha Niar (voice) 2015 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Jack the Ripper Blighters / London Civilian (voice) 2017 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Jain Zar (voice) 2018 Call of Cthulhu Additional voices 2022 Steelrising Marie-Antoinette (voice) / Additional Voices 2023 The Invincible Marit (voice) Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon Morgana (voice)
Audiobooks His Dark Materials as Mrs Coulter Vanity Fair as Rebecca Sharp Crawley The Haunting of Hill House as The Narrator. (By Shirley Jackson. Audiobook, BBC). Israbel as Israbel. (By Tanith Lee. Dramatisation, [A Short History of Vampires Episode 3 of 4], BBC). Funny Girl as The Narrator. (By Nick Hornby, 2014, Penguin Audio).
She has narrated the following for Naxos Audiobooks: Hamlet Hedda Gabler Jane Eyre Lady Windermere's Fan Othello Rebecca The Turn of the Screw Fanny Hill
for Random House Audio: I Don't Know How She Does It Longbourn
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