Kate Fleetwood
Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Chichester Festival Theatre's Macbeth, which transferred to the West End and Broadway.[1] She was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. She is patron of En Masse Theatre,[2] and joint patron of Escape Insight Arts, Stratford-upon-Avon with her husband Rupert.[3]
Kate Fleetwood | |
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Born | Cirencester, England | 24 September 1972
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Early life
Fleetwood grew up near Stratford-upon-Avon and is a graduate of Exeter University.[4] She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa. She began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood.[5]
Personal life
She is married to Rupert Goold, who directed her in Macbeth;[6] they have a son and a daughter.
Selected credits
Stage
- Love Is The Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company) as Flamina
- Twelfth Night (1996, OSC) as Viola
- Swaggers (1996, Old Red Lion Theatre) as Nancy
- The Comic Mysteries (1997, UK tour) as Death/Gabriel
- Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour) as Juliet
- Arabian Nights (1998, Young Vic) as Dinarzard/Parizade
- Ghosts (1999, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Regina
- Nativity (1999, Young Vic)
- The Two Noble Kinsmen (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as the gaoler's daughter
- The Tempest (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as Iris
- Tender (2001, Hampstead Theatre/ Birmingham Rep/ Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Tash
- Medea (2001, (Queen's Theatre) as Chorus
- Mariana Pineda (2002, Gate Theatre) as Mariana Pineda
- Love's Labour's Lost (2003, National Theatre) as Rosaline
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003, Bristol Old Vic) as Helena
- Othello (2003, Theatre Royal Northampton) as Desdemona
- Hecuba (2004, Donmar Warehouse) as Polyxena
- Pericles (2006, RSC) as Thaisa
- The Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione
- King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril
- National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril
- High Society (2015, Old Vic Theatre) as Tracy Lord
- Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre) as Medea
- Ugly Lies the Bone (2017 National Theatre) as Jess
- Absolute Hell (2018 National Theatre) as Christine
Television
- Silent Witness, episode Death by Water, (2004) as Sienna Ricci
- Midsomer Murders, episode Midsomer Rhapsody, (2005) as Sarah Douglas
- Foyle's War, episode Casualties of War, (2007) as Lydia Nicholson
- Waking the Dead, episode End of the Night, (2009) as Zoe Morrison
- Macbeth (2010) as Lady Macbeth
- Hustle, episode Politics, (2009) as Rt Hon Rhona Christie
- Way To Go (2013) as Amanda
- The Widower (TV Series) (2014) as Felicity Webster
- Harlots (2017) as Nancy Birch
- Victoria (2019) as Princess Feodora
- Brave New World (upcoming TV series) (2020) as Sheila
- The Wheel of Time (upcoming TV series) (TBA) as Liandrin Guirale
Film
- Vanity Fair (2004) as Miss Pinkerton's Crone
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) as Woman with Baby
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I (2010) as Mary Cattermole
- Les Misérables (2012) as Factory Woman 1
- Philomena (2013) as Young Sister Hildegarde
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Officer Unamo (First Order Officer)
- London Road (2015) as Vicky
- Beirut (2018) as Alice
References
- THE NEW YORK TIMES (15 June 2008). "2008 Tony Award Winners - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- "En Masse Theatre web site". Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- http://www.escapearts.org.uk/about/our-patrons/
- Sam Marlowe (2 May 2018). "Kate Fleetwood: 'The more versatile you are, the better chance of longevity'". The Stage. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- Profile at Broadway web site
- Macbeth: The State of Play. A&C Black. 27 February 2014. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4725-0321-3.