Tamzin Merchant

Tamzin Merchant
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987
Sussex, England, UK
Alma mater University of Cambridge, Homerton College, Cambridge
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present

Tamzin Merchant (born 4 March 1987)[1] is an English actress, best known for her roles as Georgiana Darcy in the film Pride & Prejudice (2005), as Catherine Howard on the Showtime series The Tudors (2009–2010) and as Anne Hale on the WGN America series Salem (2014–2017). She was educated at Homerton College, Cambridge, where she studied English and Fine Arts.

Early life

Merchant's family is from Sussex, England and she was educated at Windlesham House School and Brighton College,[2][3] although she has also lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. After twice deferring university places to concentrate on her acting career, she eventually went up to study at Homerton College, Cambridge.

Career

Merchant's early credits include Margo Durrell in the 2005 BBC television film My Family and Other Animals. In 2006 she appeared in two more BBC dramas, as Sara Fox, the daughter of Alan Davies and Michelle Gomez, in the comedy The Good Housekeeping Guide, and as Probationer Eastwood in the historical drama Casualty 1906.

In 2007, while studying at the University of Cambridge, she performed in an audio production of Lady Windermere's Fan as Lady Agatha, while in 2008 she appeared in the ensemble drama Radio Cape Cod in which she plays a summer theatre camper.

She appears in the music video for Jamie T's "If You've Got The Money" and in Belle and Sebastian's "Nobody's Empire".

She was cast in the third season (2009) of The Tudors, playing Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. She debuted in the part in the third-season finale and features heavily in several episodes of the fourth (and final) season.

Merchant played Daenerys Targaryen in the unaired pilot of the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels. The pilot was poorly received, and as a result the first episode was completely remade. Merchant was replaced in her role as Daenerys by Emilia Clarke.[4]

She has also starred in DCI Banks: 'Playing with Fire' as Miranda. In early 2012 Merchant played the 17-year-old Rosa Bud in the BBC adaptation of Dickens' The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, written by Gwyneth Hughes (Five Days, U Be Dead, Miss Austen Regrets and Blood Strangers).

Personal life

Merchant is a patron of the international development charity Build Africa.[5] In March 2013 she gave a speech at an International Women's Day event at London's Hospital Club.

Merchant has written several poems, including "Where Does Revenge Stop?" and "Ode to a Toilet", for Platforms Magazine.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Pride & Prejudice Georgiana Darcy
2008 Radio Cape Cod Anna
2009 Princess Kaiulani Alice Davies
2011 Jane Eyre Mary Rivers
2012 Second Wind Anna
2014 Copenhagen Sandra
2014 Cupid Carries a Gun Short film
2015 Let Me Down Easy Adah Short film
2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse Rhonu Video
2015 The Messenger Sarah
2016 The Dancer Kate
2017 Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire Queen Rhonu Video

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2005 My Family and Other Animals Margo Durrell TV film
2006 The Good Housekeeping Guide Sara Fox TV film
2006 Casualty 1906 Probationer Eastwood TV film
2008 Bonekickers Helena Episode: "Army of God"
2009–2010 The Tudors Catherine Howard 6 episodes
2011 Red Faction: Origins Lyra TV film
2011 DCI Banks Miranda Aspern 2 episodes
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rosa Bud 2 episodes
2013 Murder on the Home Front Molly Cooper TV film
2014–2017 Salem Anne Hale 36 episodes
Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best TV Supporting Actress (2017)[6]
2017 Supergirl Lyra Strayd 4 episodes
2019 Carnival Row Imogen Spurnrose Series regular[7]

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2006 "If You Got the Money" Jamie T
2007 "Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)" Groove Armada feat Mutya Buena
2014 "Nobody's Empire" Belle and Sebastian

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Hay Fever Jackie Queens' College, Cambridge
2008 Dahling You Were Marvellous Sister 3, Hanger-on ADC Theatre
2009 Breakfast at Night Chorus ADC Theatre
2009 The 24hr Plays Group 1 Producer ADC Theatre
2010 Cigarettes and Chocolate Gemma ADC Theatre

References

  1. ↑ "A 'Tudors' tutorial". New York Daily News. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Merchant, Tamzin. "Tamzin Merchant". Huffington Post.
  3. ↑ "Record Oxbridge Success". Headlines. Brighton College. 28 June 2007. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  4. ↑ Hall, Jacob (4 February 2016). "'Game of Thrones' Showrunners Get Honest About the Awful Pilot They Had to Reshoot". Slash Film. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Tamzin Merchant becomes a Build Africa Patron". News. Build Africa. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Never mind Oscar, here's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot!". FANGORIA®. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Petski, Denise (22 September 2017). "'Carnival Row': David Gyasi, Karla Crome, Indira Varma & Tamzin Merchant Join Amazon's Fantasy Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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