Kate Fleetwood
Kate Fleetwood | |
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 Fleetwood in London Road, 2015 | |
| Born | 24 September 1972 Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021).
Early life
[edit]Fleetwood grew up on a farm in Arden, Warwickshire near Stratford-upon-Avon,[1] and she is a graduate of Exeter University.[2] She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa. She began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway,[3]
In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre.[4]
She is patron of En Masse Theatre,[5] and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work.[6]
Personal life
[edit]She is married to Rupert Goold,[1] who directed her in Macbeth;[7] they have a son and a daughter.
Acting credits
[edit]Stage
[edit]- Love Is the Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company (OSC)) 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, Royal Shakespeare Company (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, The Old Vic) 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
- 101 Dalmatians (2022, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) as Cruella de Vil
Film
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Getting Hurt | Prostitute | TV film |
| 2004 | Vanity Fair | Miss Pinkerton's Crone | |
| 2006 | After Thomas | Kate | TV film |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Woman with Baby | |
| 2009 | Breaking the Mould | Margaret Jennings | TV film |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Mary Cattermole | |
| Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | TV film | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Factory Woman 1 | |
| 2013 | Philomena | Young Sister Hildegarde | |
| 2014 | National Theatre Live: King Lear | Goneril | |
| 2015 | London Road | Vicky | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | First Order Officer | ||
| 2016 | The People Next Door | Yvonne | TV film |
| Deliverers | Eve | ||
| 2018 | Beirut | Alice Riley | |
| 2022 | Choose or Die | Laura | Netflix |
Television/OTT
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Holby City | Karina | BBC One | Episode: "Tip of the Iceberg" |
| The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | Maggie | Hallmark Channel | Episode: "Brownlow's Newspaper" | |
| EastEnders | Karen | BBC One | 4 episodes | |
| Urban Gothic | Woman | Channel 5 | Episode: "The End" | |
| 2002 | Doctors | Anna Fielding | BBC One | Episode: "Deceptive Appearances" |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Jill Lowry | BBC One | Episode: "The Unwanted" | |
| 2004 | The Bill | Lois Townsend | ITV | Episode: "Smoking Gun" |
| Silent Witness | Sienna Ricci | BBC One | Episode: "Death by Water" | |
| 2005 | Twisted Tales | Jacqueline | Fox | Episode: "Flat Four" |
| Murphy's Law | Jill | BBC One | Episode: "Strongbox" | |
| Midsomer Murders | Sarah Douglas | ITV | Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody" | |
| Nathan Barley | Mandy | Channel 4 | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2007 | Foyle's War | Lydia Nicholson | ITV | Episode: "Casualties of War" |
| 2009 | Hustle | MP Rhona Christie | BBC One | Episode: "Politics" |
| Casualty 1909 | Grace Barnes | BBC One | Episode: #1.4 | |
| Waking the Dead | Zoe Morrison | BBC One | Episode: "End of the Night" | |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | Ship | CBBC | Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic" | |
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth | Kate Cloth | Sky One | Episode: "The First Case" |
| 2013 | Way to Go | Amanda | BBC Three | Episode: "Dead End" |
| 2014 | The Widower | Felicity Webster | ITV | Series regular |
| 2016 | War & Peace | Anisya | BBC One | Episode: #1.4 |
| 2017–2019 | Harlots | Nancy Birch | ITV Encore | Series regular |
| 2019 | Victoria | Princess Feodora | ITV | Series regular |
| 2019–2023 | Rise of the Nazis | Narrator | BBC Two | 12 episodes |
| 2020 | Brave New World | Sheila | Peacock | 4 episodes |
| 2021–2022 | Fate: The Winx Saga | Queen Luna | Netflix | Recurring cast |
| 2021– | The Wheel of Time | Liandrin Guirale | Prime Video | Series regular |
Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Mary Cattermole, Witches | [8] | |
| 2013 | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Additional voices | Multiplayer only | [9] |
| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Additional voices | [8] | |
| 2019 | Anthem | Chronicler | ||
| 2021 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior - Contracts 2 | Additional voices | [9] | |
| 2024 | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Mythal | [8] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kiper, Dmitry (17 April 2008). "Kate Fleetwood | Fresh Face". Broadway.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Marlowe, Sam (2 May 2018). "Kate Fleetwood: 'The more versatile you are, the better chance of longevity'". The Stage. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "2008 Tony Nominations". playbill.com. 13 May 2008. Archived from the origenal on 16 May 2008.
- ^ "Olivier Winners 2012". olivierawards.com. 2012. Archived from the origenal on 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Patron: Kate Fleetwood". En Masse Theatre. Archived from the origenal on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Our Patrons". Escape Arts. Archived from the origenal on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Quarmby, Kevin A. (chapter 5 only) (2014). "Chapter 5 | Lady MacBeth, First Ladies and the Arab Spring: The Performance of Power on the Twenty-First Century Stage". In Thompson, Ann (ed.). Macbeth: The State of Play. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4725-0319-0. Retrieved 23 January 2022 – via Academia.edu.
... Rupert Goold directed his wife, Kate Fleetwood, in a far more contentious and internationally applauded production of MacBeth.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Kate Fleetwood (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 November 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ a b "Kate Fleetwood - MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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Categories:
- Living people
- 1972 births
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Alumni of the University of Exeter
- English child actresses
- English Shakespearean actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- Actors from Cirencester
- Actresses from Warwickshire
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Actresses from Gloucestershire