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Susannah Wise

ActorBorn June 11, 1971 (54 years)
Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress.

She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek. She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting. In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls".

Her debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Peep Show
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Roadkill (2020)
  • Billionaire Ransom
  • Press
  • Britannic
  • Kavanagh Q.C.
  • The Time of Your Life

Known For

  • Secret Smile
  • The Time of Your Life

Filmography

2025
Art Detectives (TV Series) · as Marie Claes
2020
Roadkill (2020) (TV Series) · as Jessie Coomer
2020
Trying (TV Series) · as Denise
2019
The Stand Up Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Cast
2018
Defending the Guilty (TV Series) · as Toni
2018
Press (TV Series) · as Wendy Bolt
2018
The Split (TV Series) · as Helen Parker
2018
Collateral (TV Series) · as Inspector Shields
2017
SS-GB (TV Series) · as Prostitute
2016
Billionaire Ransom · as Agent Jess Chambliss
2016
Marcella (TV Series) · as Linda Callaghan
2016
Stan Lee's Lucky Man (TV Series) · as Polly
2015
Chewing Gum (TV Series) · as Louise
2015
The Enfield Haunting (TV Series) · as Sylvie Burcombe
2015
X Company (TV Series) · as Adele
2014
Babylon (2014) (TV Series) · as Jennifer Miller
2013
Quick Cuts (TV Series) · as Customer
2013
Jo (TV Series)
2013
Father Brown (2013) (TV Series) · as Emily Helmsley
2012
A Doll's House · as Kristine Linde
2012
Toast of London (TV Series)
2012
Derek (TV Series) · as Rebecca
2012
Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Hilary
2009
PhoneShop (TV Series) · as Shelley
2009
U Be Dead · as Laura
2009
Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Nurse Hannah
2007
The Time of Your Life (TV Series) · as Susan
2006
Soundproof · as Anna
2006
Vital Signs (TV Series) · as Rebecca
2006
The IT Crowd (TV Series) · as Samantha
2005
Secret Smile (TV Series) · as Laura
2003
Peep Show (TV Series) · as Heather
2001
In a Land of Plenty (TV Series) · as Alice Freeman
2000
Doctors (TV Series) · as Ellie Parry
2000
Britannic · as Nurse
1999
An Ideal Husband · as Young Mother
1999
Holby City (TV Series) · as Kelly Farmer
1997
Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Wendy Atkins
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Liz Francis
1996
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (TV Series) · as Millicent
1996
Interview Day · as Miss Wilding
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series) · as Louisa Fielding
1995
Faith in the Future (TV Series) · as Zoe
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Alison Hatton
1994
Class Act (TV Series) · as P.a.
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Shop Assistant
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Deborah Morrow
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Alice Grayling
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Ds Pauline Wherrey

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