Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish actress. She has portrayed Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics, Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human, Medea in Atlantis, and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time.
Background Born and brought up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Manson has one sister, Ailsa Manson and one brother, James Manson, born in Sept Manson of Clan Gunn. She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to film Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud in Romania. She lives in North London.
Career Manson made her film debut in Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and has also appeared in the horror film Blood Monkey and the short film Smile Emily.
Manson has lent her voice to the radio dramas Lost in Plain Sight, The Summer Walking and The Dead Hour.
On television, she played Alice Guppy in two episodes of Torchwood, and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes of Casualty. She has guest-starred in episodes of Doctors, The Bill and My Family.
Manson played Lizzie Siddal, muse, wife and lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics."Desperate Romantics" press pack: Introduction BBC Press Office. 25 June 2009. She appeared as the vampire Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of Being Human, alongside Desperate Romantics co-star Aidan Turner.BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 2 2010 Retrieved 22 December 2009.
Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse,Press releases | Programme press releases | Marple The Pale Horse ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 23 February 2010. and also played Fleur Morgan in Outcasts,BBC - Press Office - Meet the Outcasts in a major new BBC One drama series Retrieved 13 May 2010. an eight-part series by Kudos for BBC One. In 2011, Manson portrayed Leah in the third series of Misfits and Emma "Whirly" Tyson in the BBC drama Young James Herriot.
She also appears in the fifth series of Irish drama Raw.New Cast Members Begin Shooting ‘Raw’ Season Five For RTÉ The Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
In 2024, she appeared as Rhona Moncrieffe in the BBC drama, Rebus, an adaptation of the Inspector Rebus series by Ian Rankin.
Awards Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing Stepdaughter in the National Theatre of Scotland production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.The Stage / News / Dundee Rep's Peer Gynt sweeps Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes2007 Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Jodie Hatfield Blood Monkey Amy Armstrong2013 Not Another Happy Ending Darsie Harrigan Vickey Frizell 2015 Two Down Air Hostess Call Girl The Chameleon Pamela Estranged January 2017 T2 Trainspotting Woman in Club Edie Fiona2019 Run Katie Beats Cat Doom: Annihilation Lt. Joan Dark credited as Amy Mason2021 Spencer Anne Boleyn She WillLois
Television Year Show Role Notes 2006 The Bill Martine McKenzie Episode: "405"2007 My Family Casting P.A. Episode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard To Do" Nearly Famous Melanie Episode: "1.5"2008 Doctors Kelly Moore Episode: "Jack the Lad" Torchwood Alice Guppy Episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds" 2008–2009 Casualty Abby Evans 9 episodes 2009 Desperate Romantics Lizzie Siddal Period drama2010 Being Human Daisy 6 episodes Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse Ginger Corrigan Television film2011 Outcasts Fleur Morgan 8 episodes Misfits Leah Episode: "3.6" Young James Herriot Emma "Whirly" Tyson 3 episodes The Field of Blood Karen Burnett 2014–2015 Atlantis Medea 2015–2016 Once Upon a Time Merida Recurring role, 8 episodes 2017 The White Princess Cathy Gordon 4 episodes 2018 Legacies Dryad 1 episode2021–2023The Nevers Sarah / Maladie Main cast Effie Boyle Episode: "Hanged" Credited as Margaret Tuttle2023 The Diplomat Giselle 2 episodes The Chemistry of Death Ellen McLeod 4 episodes Bodies Charlotte Hillinghead 6 episodes 2024 Rebus Rhona Moncrieffe 2026Half ManMona Shiels3 episodes
Theatre Year Film Role Company Director Notes 2008 Six Characters in Search of an Author Stepdaughter Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Citizens Theatre, Glasgow 2015 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Grusha Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Mark Thomson adaptation by Alistair Beaton
References
External links
Outcasts' Amy Manson: I love being Fearless Fleur!