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Amanda Ryan

British actress (born 1971)

Summary

British actress (born 1971)

FieldValue
nameAmanda Ryan
birth_date
birth_placeLondon, England
nationalityEnglish
occupationActress

Amanda Ryan (born 10 October 1971) is an English actress who trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She is best known for portraying Lettice Howard in Elizabeth and Vera Campbell in Britannic, as well as for her role on Channel 4's popular comedy drama Shameless as Sgt. Carrie Rogers and her appearance in the music video for "Walk Away" by Funeral for a Friend.

Career

Ryan's most internationally recognised role was when she played Lettice Howard, the fictional lover of the Duke of Norfolk in the Academy Award winning 1998 film Elizabeth starring Cate Blanchett.

The previous year Ryan played Joanna in the 1997 film Metroland, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Julian Barnes. She starred in the Inspector Morse episode "The Daughters of Cain" as Kay Brooks. She has appeared in productions such as the BBC2 series Attachments, and the television adaptations of The Forsyte Saga and as Agnes Wickfield in the 1999 BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield. She also played Vera Campbell in the 2000 Fox Family Channel movie Britannic and Verity Wright in EastEnders.

Ryan's stage career includes credits in British productions of Patrick Marber's Closer, Simon Gray's Otherwise Engaged, Chekhov's The Wood Demon and in 2008 the part of Cathy in an adaptation of Wuthering Heights by April De Angelis.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993The Micronots!Jasmine (navigator)TV series
1996The BillJodieTV series – episode: "Bits and Pieces"
WycliffeJane TrethowanTV series – episode: "Last Judgement"
JudeGypsy SaleswomanFilm
PoldarkCuby TrevanionTV film
Inspector MorseKay BrooksTV series – episode: "The Daughters of Cain"
1997The New Adventures of Robin HoodCatherineTV series – episode: "The Birthday Trap"
The HungerMusidoraTV series – episode: "The Swords"
MetrolandJoannaFilm
The WoodlandersSukey DamsonFilm
1998The Man Who Held His BreathLuluShort
ElizabethLettice HowardFilm
Supply & DemandNatashaTV Miniseries – episodes: "Blood Ties: Part 1"; "Blood Ties: Part 2"
1999Simon MagusSarahFilm
Kavanagh QCCharlotte SinclairTV series – episode: "Previous Convictions"
The EscortAnnFilm
David CopperfieldAgnes WickfieldTV film
2000BritannicVera CampbellTV film
BestMrs. CrevandFilm
AttachmentsSophie MooreTV series
2001The Inspector Lynley MysteriesDeborah St. JamesTV series – episode: "A Great Deliverance"
2002The Forsyte SagaHollyTV Miniseries
WhooshJosieShort
Dalziel and PascoeKate LowryTV series – episode: "The Unwanted"
2003Real MenGreta BanhamTV film
The Forsyte Saga: To LetHolly Dartie née ForsyteTV Miniseries
2004Murphy's LawRomyTV series – episode: "Ringers"
Stealing LivesDV Karen HearstTV film
2005Murder Investigation TeamHelen CousinsTV series – episode: No. 2.2
Christmas MerryJuliaShort
Red MercuryElectraFilm
2006The Amazing Mrs. PritchardRonnie JohnsonTV series – episode: No. 1.4
2007SparkleKateFilm
EastEndersVerityTV series – episodes: 28 May 2007, 4 May 2007, 1 May 2007
2007–2009ShamelessCarrie RogersTV series – 21 episodes
2009Midsomer MurdersMartha FilbyTV series – episode: ""The Creeper"
2011LewisGina GoffeTV series – episode: "Wild Justice"
2014SuspectsRachel Sullivan1 episode
2014CasualtyScarlet Wren1 episode – 26 April 2014
2015Anti-SocialClaireFilm
2024CasualtyMelanie SinclairTV series
2025EmmerdaleDS WalshTV series

References

References

  1. "World Productions Biography".
  2. "BBC Interview". BBC.
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110925065939/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/lewis/wildjustice_credits.html "PBS Wild Justice Cast and Credits"],
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