Amanda Hale (born 2 October 1982) is an English actress.
Early life Hale was born in London to an Irish family. After studying theatre at A-level, she was offered a place at the University of Oxford to study English, but decided instead to pursue drama school. She later trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She had been due to go to University of Oxford to study English but changed her mind and decided to become an actress.
Some of her earliest acting experience was with the National Youth Theatre. Hale trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2005. At drama school, she won the Audience Prize and Best Fight Award at the 2003 RADA Prize Fights.
Career Hale was nominated for two Evening Standard Theatre Awards (the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding NewcomerSmith, Alistair, The Stage – Evening Standard Theatre Awards pay tribute to former host Sherrin (31 October 2007) and Best ActressThis Is London – Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2007: the longlist (31 October 2007)) in November 2007PBS – Persuasion: Characters for her critically acclaimedBroadway.com in London – Were Critics Enchanted by Jessica Lange in the West End's Glass Menagerie? (14 February 2007) performance as Laura Wingfield in Tennessee Williams' classic play The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo Theatre in London.Loveridge, Lizzie, Curtain Up – The Glass Menagerie (2007)
In September 2009, Hale made her Royal National Theatre debut in Our Class, a new play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, and in October 2009, she appeared alongside Robbie Coltrane and Sharon Small in the new three-part ITV1 drama Murderland. In April 2011, she appeared as Agnes Rackham in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White with co-star Romola Garai. The following year, she collaborated again with Garai in the short film Scrubber. In June 2013, she played Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, in the BBC series The White Queen, based on Philippa Gregory's best-selling historical novel series The Cousins' War. In the same year, she starred as Elinor Dashwood in Helen Edmundson's BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility.
Select credits Year Title Role Notes 2005 The Importance of Being Earnest Cecily Cardew Oxford Playhouse (August–September) 2006 Crooked Laney Bush Theatre (May–June)2007 The Glass Menagerie Laura Wingfield Apollo Theatre (January–May) Persuasion Mary Elliot Musgrove Jekyll Sally Episode #1.4 Richard is My Boyfriend Anna Taylor 2008 The City Jenny Royal Court Theatre Pornography Traverse Theatre/ Birmingham Rep 2008–2009 King Lear Cordelia Headlong Theatre2009 Pornography BBC Radio 3 After Dido Helen Young Vic Bright Star Reynolds' Sister Murderland Carol ITV1 2010 Spooks Meg Kirby BBC One2011 Rev Abi Johnston Series 2, episode No. 2 The Crimson Petal and the White Mrs. Agnes Rackham BBC Two 2012 Scrubber Jenny Short film 2012–2013 Ripper Street Emily Reid BBC One2013 The White Queen Margaret Beaufort BBC One Being Human Lady Mary BBC Three Dates Helen Episode #1.8 The Invisible Woman Fanny Ternan Sense and Sensibility Elinor Dashwood BBC Radio 4 2014 Uncle Vanya Sonya St. James Theatre (October–November) 2015–2019 Catastrophe Catherine Channel 4 2016 Jane Eyre Jane Eyre BBC Radio 4 2017 Three Girls Rachel Smith BBC One; Episode #1.3 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Officer Tishra Kandia Lucasfilm Ltd. and Bad Robot 2020 Death in Paradise Vanessa McCormack Red Planet Pictures; Episode: 9.1 "La Murder Le Diablé" 2021 A Discovery of Witches Mary Sidney Series 2, episodes 2 and 3
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