Emily Berrington

Emily Berrington
Berrington at the 2015 MCM London Comic Con
Born (1986-12-07) 7 December 1986
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Nationality British
Alma mater King's College London
Occupation Actress

Emily Berrington (born 7 December 1986) is an English actress who played Simone Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day (2014)[1][2][3] and Niska in the Channel 4 and AMC TV series Humans (2015–)

Early life

Berrington's parents were social workers who subsequently started a training business for the public sector.[4] She has three siblings: Amy, a professor in the United States; Tom, who works for IMG in Abu Dhabi; and Katie, who writes for Vogue.[4] Berrington attended Cheney School[5] and later studied development geography at King's College London, writing her dissertation on "the economic collapse of Argentina and the resulting rise of cooperativism".[4]

Career

Berrington was involved in youth drama but pursued a career in politics, working at the House of Commons for Labour Party MP Siobhain McDonagh of the London constituency of Mitcham and Morden. She found politics "terrifying, very masculine and not particularly encouraging to young blonde women" and thought "this is a tough industry, can an acting career be any more intimidating?"[4] In 2009 she won a place studying in acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2012.[4]

While studying there she had a part in the Almeida Theatre's production of Children's Children and Michael Winterbottom's The Look of Love.[1][6]

In 2013 she starred as Jane Shore in the period drama The White Queen and in 2014 she starred as Stacey in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered and as Simone Al-Harazi in the thriller series 24: Live Another Day. Her character on 24 had been planned to appear in two episodes, but that was expanded to seven.[4] Her first major supporting film role came in the 2014 comedy film The Inbetweeners 2.[4] In 2015 she began playing Niska in Channel 4 series Humans.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Look of Love Clare Uncredited
2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Katie Evans
The Last Showing Allie
2017 The Hippopotamus Jane Swann
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The White Queen Jane Shore Recurring role (3 episodes)
2014 Outnumbered Stacey Guest role (3 episodes)
24: Live Another Day Simone Al-Harazi Guest role (7 episodes)
2015 Sons of Liberty Margaret Kemble Gage TV miniseries
2015–present Humans Niska Main role (24 episodes)
2017 The Miniaturist The Miniaturist Minor role (2 episodes)

References

  1. 1 2 "From The White Queen to a red-headed spy: Emily Berrington films chase scenes for 24: Live Another Day in London". Daily Mail. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Five minutes with Emily Berrington". Vogue. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "The (new) White Queen! Emily Berrington turns heads in elegant lace dress for 24: Live Another Day UK premiere with Kiefer Sutherland". Daily Mail. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Actress Emily Berrington on politics, primetime & everything Inbetween". Daily Mail. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Smith, Tim. "Emily Berrington + Kara Tointon". BBC Radio Oxford. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Acting stardom for former Geography student". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
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