Susannah Fielding
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Career
Fielding trained at the Guildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and Drama
Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
, graduating in 2007, where she appeared in productions of The Tempest
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1610–11, and thought by many critics to be the last play that Shakespeare wrote alone. It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place,...
(directed by Patsy Rodenburg
Patsy Rodenburg
Patsy Rodenburg, OBE is a British voice coach and theatre director. She is the Director of Voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre....
) and Tales From Ovid
Tales from Ovid
Tales from Ovid is a poetical work written by the English poet Ted Hughes. Published in 1997 by Faber and Faber, it is a retelling of twenty-four tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It won the Whitbread Book Of The Year Award for 1997 and has been translated into several languages. It was one of his...
(directed by Christian Burgess).
Theatre
Fielding's work in theatre includes: Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
, Philistines, The Rose Tattoo
The Rose Tattoo
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and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other
The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other
The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other is a one-act play without words written by Peter Handke. The play has 450 characters and focuses on a day in the life of an unspecified town square...
at the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, London
London
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. She was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for her role as Pietra in Ibsens an 'An Enemy of the People' at the Sheffield Crucible in 2010 alongside Anthony Sher. In 2011 she plays Portia in Rupert Goold's production of the Merchant of Venice for the RSC alongside Sir Patrick Stewart.
Television
In 2008 she appeared in Firewall, the second episode of the BBC TV series Wallander. 2009 saw Fielding as a guest on The BillThe Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, playing Rochelle Chapman. In 2010 she appeared in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode "Victory of the Daleks
Victory of the Daleks
"Victory of the Daleks" is the third episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Mark Gatiss and first broadcast on BBC One on 17 April 2010....
", as well as an episode of Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
and Comedy Lab
Comedy Lab
Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998....
. She played Chloe in the Channel4 sitcom Pete Versus Life
Pete versus Life
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010...
.
Film
She has recently appeared in 4.3.2.1 ... The Countdown Begins as Jas, the girlfriend of Kerrys, one of the main characters in the movie, played by Shanika Warren-Marland and has completed work on Cosi, due for release next year. She has recently finished filming 'The Knot' a romantic comedy alongside Mena Suvari and Noel Clarke.Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | She Stoops to Conquer | Kate Hardcastle | TV movie |
| Wallander | Sonja Hokberg | TV series (1 episode: "Firewall") | |
| 2009 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Rochelle Chapman | TV series (1 episode: "Trust Me") |
| 2010 | Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior... |
Lilian | TV series (1 episode: "Victory of the Daleks") |
| Comedy Lab Comedy Lab Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental comedy shows. Series have been aired irregularly on Channel 4 and E4 since 1998.... |
Sam | TV series (1 episode: "Filth") | |
| 4.3.2.1 4.3.2.1 4.3.2.1 is a British crime thriller film directed by Noel Clarke and Mark Davis, released 2 June 2010. It stars, Emma Roberts, Ophelia Lovibond, Shanika-Warren Markland, Tamsin Egerton, Adam Deacon, Ashley 'Bashy' Thomas and Noel Clarke.-Plot:... |
Jas | ||
| Cosi | Debbie | ||
| Midsummer Murders | Jessica Peach | TV series (1 episode: "The Silent Land") | |
| Pete Versus Life Pete versus Life Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010... |
Chloe | TV series (3 episodes) 2010-Present | |
| Watching | Annie | short | |
| Kill Keith Kill Keith Kill Keith is an upcoming British comedy horror film starring Susannah Fielding, Simon Phillips, and Keith Chegwin.-Plot:Keith 'Cheggers' Chegwin is a household name and has been at the top of his game for nearly 40 years. He's an all round entertainer and has lived with us via our TV screens on... |
Dawn | post-production | |
| 2012 | The Knot | Julie | post-production |
Personal life
Fielding grew up in and around HampshireHampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, also spending a period living in Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
, Spain
Spain
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. She studied for her A Levels at Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is an English coeducational independent day and boarding school with Royal Charter located in the Sussex countryside just south of Horsham in Horsham District, West Sussex, England...
Boarding School in West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, England. She is dating actor Tom Hiddleston
Tom Hiddleston
Thomas William "Tom" Hiddleston is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Loki in the 2011 Marvel Studios film Thor.-Early life and education:...
.