Charity Wakefield | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, England |
| Education | Oxford School of Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Spouse |
David Newman (
m. 2016) |
Charity Wakefield is an English actress. Her appearances include roles in Sense & Sensibility (2008), Casualty 1900s (2008–2009), Wolf Hall and The Player (2015), Close to the Enemy (2016), The Halcyon, Genius and Bounty Hunters (2017), and as Georgina Dymova in The Great (2020–2023).
Early life and education
Charity Wakefield was born in Tunbridge Wells [2] Her first taste of acting was in an amateur dramatics school production of Sleeping Beauty in 1987. [1] Wakefield attended a three-year acting course at Oxford School of Drama graduating in 2003. [3] Besides acting, Wakefield plays the violin and has a strong soprano singing voice. [4]
Career
Wakefield made her screen debut in 2004, in (Past Present Future) Imperfect. She starred in a BBC1 production of Rapunzel, in which Rapunzel is a young tennis star, [5] and also appeared in Casualty 1907. [3]
Her theatre credits include Yesterday Was a Weird Day, a production about the 2005 London bombings, Constance in The Three Musketeers at the Bristol Old Vic, and Elaine in The Graduate, [1] at the New Vic; she met her future husband, David Newman, when they acted together in The Graduate. [1] Wakefield's performance as Susan in Baby with the Bathwater at the Old Red Lion Theatre was called "fabulous." [6] In 2008 Wakefield toured in a revival of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle at the Chichester Festival Theatre, as well as working on the BBC comedy pilot Freddi. [7]
Wakefield played a lead role as Marianne Dashwood in the BBC production of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. She appeared in the Channel 4 drama Any Human Heart [2] and played the lead in the British film noir Scar Tissue. In March 2012 she was cast in Mockingbird Lane, the re-imagining of The Munsters for NBC. [8]
Wakefield appeared as Mary Boleyn in the 2015 BBC2 television series Wolf Hall. [9] She also appeared in the NBC drama The Player with Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes. [10]
On Christmas Day 2016, she was one of the principal guest stars in the BBC1 Doctor Who Christmas special " The Return of Doctor Mysterio". [11]
In 2017, she appeared in two episodes of the ITV drama The Halcyon, playing Charity Lambert. [12] Wakefield appeared in the main cast of both series (2017 and 2019) of the Sky One comedy drama Bounty Hunters, playing Leah Hoover, sister of the character of series co-creator and co-lead Jack Whitehall. [13]
In 2020, she was cast in a main role as Georgina Dymova in the Hulu's Historical comedy-drama The Great, alongside Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. [14]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | (Past Present Future) Imperfect | Beanie | |
| 2007 | Exitz | Billy | |
| 2009 | Vivaldi, the Red Priest | Ludovica | |
| 2009 | Burlesque Fairytales | Grace | |
| 2009 | Act of God | Laura O'Connor | |
| 2011 | National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard | Anya | |
| 2012 | The Raven | Field's Maid | |
| 2012 | Day of the Flowers | Ailie | |
| 2012 | Scared | Abby | Short film |
| 2012 | In Absence | Abi | Short film |
| 2013 | Scar Tissue | Sam | |
| 2014 | Serena | Agatha | |
| 2017 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince | |
| 2017 | Kill Switch | Mia | |
| 2017 | Wraps | Ivy | Short film |
| 2020 | Actress | Casting Director | Short film |
| 2020 | The Mechanicals of Hemp | Robin / Snug / Oberon | Short film |
| 2024 | Scoop | Princess Beatrice | [15] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Hex | Lucy | Episode: "Life Goes On" |
| 2006 | Jane Eyre | Miss Temple | Episode: "1.1" |
| 2007 | Doctors | Carole Hilton | Episode: "Personal Services" |
| 2008 | Fairy Tales | Billy Jane Brooke | Episode: "Rapunzel" |
| 2008 | Sense & Sensibility | Marianne Dashwood | Main cast |
| 2008–2009 | Casualty 1900s | Ethel Bennett | Main cast |
| 2010 | Legally Mad | Brady Hamm | TV movie |
| 2010 | Any Human Heart | Land Fothergill | Episode: "1.1" |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Ruth Lambert | Episode: "The Oblong Murders" |
| 2012 | Leaving | Phoebe | Miniseries |
| 2012 | Mockingbird Lane | Marilyn Munster | TV special |
| 2013 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Molly Kendall | Episode: "A Caribbean Mystery" |
| 2014 | High Moon | Eve | TV movie |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Mary Boleyn | Miniseries |
| 2015 | The Player | Cassandra King | Main cast |
| 2016 | Close to the Enemy | Julia | Miniseries |
| 2016 | Doctor Who | Lucy | Episode: " The Return of Doctor Mysterio" |
| 2016 | Broken | Jules | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2017 | The Halcyon | Charity Lambert | Episodes: "1.1", "1.2" |
| 2017 | Genius | Betty | Episodes: "Einstein: Chapters 1 & 8" |
| 2017 | Bounty Hunters | Leah Walker | Main cast |
| 2018 | Salvage | Gwen | TV movie |
| 2020–2023 | The Great | Georgina Dymova | Main cast |
References
- ^ a b c d "Charity Wakefield Married An Actor! Meet Boyfriend-Turned-Husband". liverampup.com. 28 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Meet the rising stars of Any Human Heart". theguardian.com. 21 November 2010.
- ^ a b "Charity Wakefield Student Stories". oxforddrama.ac.uk. 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Wakefield, Charity – Who's who on UK TV". hellomagazine.com. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
- ^ "Lee Ingleby, Charity Wakefield and Shaun Williamson let down their hair in BBC One's Rapunzel". bbc.co.uk. 7 July 2007.
- ^ "Baby with the Bathwater". indielondon.co.uk. 2004. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
- ^ "Freddi: new BBC Four comedy commission". BBC Press Office. 19 September 2008.
- ^ Barton, Steve (12 June 2014). "Say Hello to the New Marilyn Munster of Mockingbird Lane". dreadcentral.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Mary Boleyn (Charity Wakefield) – Who are the royal subjects? – Wolf Hall – BBC Two". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ Petski, Denise (5 March 2015). "Charity Wakefield To Star In 'Endgame'; Ben Hollingsworth Joins 'Code Black'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "The Return of Doctor Mysterio". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Meet the cast of The Halcyon". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "Bounty Hunters: Interview With CHARITY WAKEFIELD who plays Leah Walker". Bradfordzone.com. 23 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ^ "The Great Starring Charity Wakefield". unitedvoices.tv. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (14 March 2023). "'Scoop': Connor Swindells, Romola Garai Join Cast Of Netflix's Prince Andrew Movie As Jeffrey Epstein Snapper & 'Newsnight' Editor". Deadline. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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