Emily Fairn is an English actress from Liverpool, with appearances on television, stage and film.
Emily Fairn | |
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Born | Liverpool, England |
Education | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2022–present |
Television | The Responder Black Mirror |
Early life
editFrom Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020.[1]
Career
editFairn made her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022.[2][3] The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023.[4]
She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper.[5][6] She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix.[7]
On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader.[8][9] Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut,[10] and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits".[11]
She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh.[12] She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA, She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George, in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore.[13]
Fairn will portray comedienne Laraine Newman in the forthcoming biopic Saturday Night.
Filmography
edit† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022–present | The Responder | Casey | 10 episodes |
2023 | Rain Dogs | Frida | Episode: "Jesus Loves a Hustler" |
Black Mirror | Suzie | Episode: "Demon 79" | |
Chuck Chuck Baby | Amy | Film | |
COBRA | Polly Wright | 4 episodes | |
2024 | Mary & George | Maid | 6 episodes |
Saturday Night | Laraine Newman | Film; post-production | |
TBA | House of Guinness | Anne Guinness | In production |
References
edit- ^ "Emily Fairn". gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Ramsden, Sam (26 January 2022). "Casey's Accent In The Responder Is Boss For A Very Good Reason". Bustle.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "The Responder's cast and creator discuss the new drama about life on the front line of British policing". bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Robinson, Abby (21 April 2023). "The Responder writer gives season 2 update and teases "good names"". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Saunders, Huw (12 April 2023). "Rain Dogs: Season 1 Review – When It Rains". Culture Vultures. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "Emily Fairn". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Cormack, Morgan (25 June 2023). "Meet the cast of Black Mirror season 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ McIntosh, Steven (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist play receives middling reviews". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Cohen, Alexander (17 May 2023). "Interview: 'I Know I'm Going to Learn So Much': Emily Fairn on Accents, Opportunities and Making Her Stage Debut in Brokeback Mountain". Broadway World. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Curtis, Nick (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace review: this stripped-back show is a potent, subtle piece of dramatic alchemy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Mountford, Fiona (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are splendid as secret lovers". iNews. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (22 March 2022). "UK chicken factory musical 'Chuck Chuck Baby' starts shooting in Wales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ Gant, Charles (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Emily Fairn (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
External links
edit- Emily Fairn at IMDb