Helen Monks

Helen Monks
Born Birmingham
Occupation Actress

Helen Monks is an English actress and writer, known for her roles in Raised by Wolves, Upstart Crow, The Archers, Holby City, The Last Kingdom, and Genius.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 2015, Monks was a runner up in the Funny Women Awards.[6]

Monks co-founded theatre company Lung in 2012.[7]

She was the original Pip Archer on The Archers.

Monks is represented by actor's agents Conway van Gelder Grant.[8]

Writing

Monks is also a writer. Her radio plays include "One Day", which won the BBC young writer’s competition Radio Online in 2007 and "The Chicken Salad of a Troubled Mind", which was made by the Wireless Theatre Company in 2013.[9] Her stage play "The Piano Man" was performed at the Birmingham Rep as part of their Transmissions Festival 2008. Monks won the Taunton Young Writer’s Award in 2014 and again in 2015 with her stage plays "Pillow Talk" and "No Fishing". In 2015 she co-wrote "E15" with Matt Woodhead. After winning a student drama award and being shortlisted for the Amnesty International Award, E15 went on a national tour with the Battersea Arts Centre. It has since been published by Oberon Books.[10]

Monks was the Young Poet Laureate Birmingham in 2005.[11]

Personal life

Monks attended the University of Sheffield, where she did an English Literature and Theatre Studies degree. [12]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Red Sky at NightTV short
2013–16Raised by WolvesGermaine GarryPlayed one of the principal characters throughout the series.[13]
2015Holby CityTallulah HartSeason 17, episode 43: "A Good Man"
2016The Last KingdomGwen
2016–presentUpstart CrowSusanna ShakespeareAppeared in all episodes as of Series 2
2017TabooZilpha's MaidSeries 1, episode 7
2017GeniusMaja EinsteinEpisodes 1–3
2017Election Spy
2017Maxxx
2018Inside No. 9ColetteSeries 4, episode 1: "Zanzibar"

References

  1. ↑ "Helen Monks on 'Raised by Wolves' and the real story of the writer Caitlin Moran and her feral siblings". The Independent. 29 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Raised by Wolves actress landed part after meeting her idol". northwales. 14 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Roz Laws (15 March 2015). "Raised By Wolves: Meet Brummie actress Helen Monks who stars in the new Channel 4 sitcom – Birmingham Mail". birminghammail.
  4. ↑ "Helen Monks Interview – Raised By Wolves". Student Rag.
  5. ↑ "Helen Monks interview for Raised By Wolves – Channel 4 – Info – Press". Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. ↑ Laws, Roz (2015-09-11). "Birmingham comic actress Helen Monks is one of the Funny Women of 2015". birminghammail. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Helen Monks – Lung". Lung Theatre Company. 2 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Helen Monks". Conway van Gelder Grant Ltd. 19 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Helen Monks – Wireless Theatre Company". Wireless Theatre Company. 11 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "About The Young Poet Laureate Birmingham". Library of Birmingham. 7 February 2013.
  11. ↑ "The 56/E15". Oberon Books. 1 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sheffield Alumni – Helen Monks". Youtube. 10 August 2015.
  13. ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/03/02/raised-by-wolves-series-2-episode-1-fizzlingly-funny/
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