Harriet Cains

Harriet Cains
Born September 17th 1993[1] (24)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2012–present
Notable work

In the Flesh

Safe House

Harriet Cains (born 17 September 1993) is an English actress, best known for her role as Jem Walker in In the Flesh.

Life

Harriet Cains trained as an actress at the drama club Circle Up for three years. Cains later trained in The Television Workshop, during which she was cast in short films roles, as well as Hollyoaks Later. During her time in the Television Workshop, Cains became aware of auditions for the British TV series In the Flesh. She auditioned in Manchester and was cast as Jem Walker.[2] To prepare for the role, Cains watched documentaries about post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, while also talking with people who had experienced these illnesses. She wanted to portray them in a realistic way.[3]

In 2015 Cains was cast as Louisa Blackwell in Safe House.[4] Since 2016 she has appeared in various supporting roles, including Lizzie Hallum for the crime series Vera[5] and Jade Hopkirk in Line of Duty in early 2017.[6]

At the beginning of July 2017, it was announced that Cains would become a series regular in the second season of the ITV/Netflix series Marcella,[7] as single mum Gail Donovan. The second series began airing in February 2018, with Cains appearing in six episodes.

Cains was a contributing performer of all-female comedy collective Major Labia [8] until 2017.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Love Interest[1] short film
2012 Human Beings Jamie short film
2016 Sweet Maddie Stone Tammy short film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Doctors Sienna Roberts 1 Episode
2013 Hollyoaks Later Harriet Gonzalez 4 Episodes
2013–2014 In the Flesh Jem Walker series regular, 9 episodes
2015 Safe House Louisa Blackwell 4 episodes
2016 Vera Lizzie Hallum 1 episode
2017 No Offence Sally Hislop 1 episode
2017 Line of Duty Jade Hopkirk 1 episode
2018 Marcella Gail Donovan series regular, 6 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 Fox, Zachary (3 April 2013). "Harriet Cains. Interview". LeftLion. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Interview with "In the Flesh" actress Harriet Cains". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Smedley, Rob (29 April 2014). "In The Flesh series 2 interview: Harriet Cains". Den of Geek. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Chris Bennion (27 April 2015). "Safe House, review: Fingernail chewingly tense". The Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. ↑ William Martin (9 February 2016). "'Vera' Season 6 episode guide". Cultbox.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Morgan Jeffery (27 March 2017). "Line of Duty series 4: 10 huge questions and theories after that outrageous first episode". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Filming commences on second series of critically acclaimed drama Marcella starring Anna Friel". ITV. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Say hello to our Major Labia ladies!!! You may recognise a few faces, but if not you will soon!". Instagram.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
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