Emma Amos (actress)

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Emma Amos
Born (1964-08-18) 18 August 1964 (age 59)
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1988–Present
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children1

Emma Amos (born 18 August 1964[1] in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English actress. She played Yvonne Sparrow in the last three series and 2016 special of time travel sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst, replacing original actress Michelle Holmes who held the role from 1993-96. In 1992, she played Sherbet Gravel in Philip Ridley's controversial stage play The Fastest Clock in the Universe.[2]

Life

Emma Amos trained at the Royal College of Music from 1982 to 1989, and in 1991 she landed a part in the British film Buddy's Song. Designed as a vehicle for the rising pop-singer Chesney Hawkes, the film also starred Roger Daltrey of rock band the Who as Terry, Buddy's dad. Amos was cast as Dawn, Terry's girlfriend, but only featured in a few brief scenes. Amos's first television role was playing 'Phoebe' the talking phone in the children's series Wizadora. She starred in 8 episodes in 1991 for Oxford Press before the series was picked up by ITV and Phoebe was re-introduced as a model phone. She started in an episode of long-running sit-com Men Behaving Badly, playing the part of Mandy, the annoying girlfriend of Tony's brother, in the episode "People Behaving Irritatingly".

Following a variety of supporting-part roles, Amos eventually landed a starring role alongside

lycra. In one episode, "The 'Ouses in Between", Amos took on the additional role of Marie Lloyd, a music hall singer in Victorian times who nearly meets Jack the Ripper
, when her husband's time-travelling takes him further back in time than usual.

Since then, Amos has appeared in a range of British television series, including

Bridget Jones's Diary. Amos played Julie Davies in The Last Detective
.

In January 2009, she appeared in a Churchill Insurance TV commercial.[3] In 2016 it was announced that Amos, as well as her daughter Esme Coy, would appear in a one-off special return of Goodnight Sweetheart.

On 26 April 2017, it was announced that Amos would be appearing in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams from 2–24 June 2017.[4]

Amos, who during her run on Goodnight Sweetheart, was voted as having TV's best legs by readers of British magazine The Economist, is married to the actor Jonathan Coy.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Rowing with the Wind Joven Veneciana
1990 A Ghost in Monte Carlo Soprano TV film
1991 Buddy's Song Dawn
1996 Secrets & Lies Girl with Scar
1997 Firelight Ellen
1998 The Tribe Diana
1999 Passion Killers Dawn TV film
2001 Bridget Jones's Diary Paula
2002 Not 360 Short film
2003 Blackball Local News Reporter
2004 Fur TV Thea TV film
Vera Drake Cynical Lady
2010 Copier Tina Short film
2015 Scarlet Says Rose Short film
Nightstand Lady on the Train Short film
2021 The Football Monologues Kimberly

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Hale and Pace Pregnant Woman Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2"
1992 Men Behaving Badly Mandy Episode: "People Behaving Irritatingly"
Alas Smith and Jones Various roles 2 episodes
1994 Murder Most Horrid Miss Fleming Episode: "Overkill"
Casualty Anna Owen Episode: "Family Ties"
1994–1995 Moving Story Kathy Series regular, 8 episodes
1995 The Bill Trisha Rogers Episode: "Allegations and Allegiances"
1996 Madson Sam Connors Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
1997 A Perfect State Deidre Series regular, 7 episodes
1997–1999 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne Sparrow Series regular, 31 episodes
1999 The Bill Julia Marshall Episode: "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"
2000 Rhona Linda Episode: "The Rain"
The Bill Nicky Walker Episode: "Caught Short"
2001 Peak Practice Sandy Kelly Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2002 Rescue Me Cathy Episode: "Series 1, Episode 2"
The Big Impression Various roles 2 episodes
2003 A Touch of Frost Emma Palmer Episode: Held in Trust
2003–2007 The Last Detective Julie Davies Series regular, 16 episodes
2004 Heartbeat Angela Price Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
Casualty Nina Barnes Episode: "Emotional Rescue"
Murder in Suburbia Fiona Arundel Episode: "Sanctuary"
Midsomer Murders Sandra Tate Episode: "Dead in the Water"
2005 The Golden Hour Kate Murray Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4"
Doctors Terri Fisher Episode: "Secrets & Lies"
2006 The Bill Dawn Swanson Episode: "Long Lost Conscience"
Heartbeat Anita Hudson Episode: "Little White Lies"
2007 Five Days Councillor Mrs. Hull Episode: "Day Thirty Three"
My Family Joanna Draper Episode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do"
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Bessie Burch Episode: "Mrs McGinty's Dead"
2011 Holby City Julia Calder Episode: "Love Thy Neighbour"
2012 Silent Witness Trudie Episode: "And Then I Fell in Love"
2013 Holby City Katherine Howards Episode: "Old Wounds"
2014 Doctors Julie Daniels Episode: "Judgement Day"
2016 Goodnight Sweetheart Yvonne Sparrow Episode: "Many Happy Returns"
Doctors Kate Croft Episode: "Sins of the Father"
2018 Still Open All Hours Mrs. Machin Episode: "Series 5, Episode 2"
2019–2021 The Stand Up Sketch Show Various 5 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue Notes
1988
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
 		Snow White Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge
1989 Apples Delilah Royal Court Theatre, London
Blue Heart Dawn
National Theatre Studio, London
1990 The Fantasticks Luisa Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
Much Ado About Nothing Ursula Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London
1991 The Marriage of Figaro Fanchette Watford Palace Theatre, Watford
1992 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Sherbert Gravel Hampstead Theatre, London
Once a Catholic Mary McGinty
Tricycle Theatre, London
1993 The Deep Blue Sea Ann Welch Almeida Theatre, London
Somewhere Linda Liverpool Playhouse Studio, Liverpool
The Neighbour
National Theatre Studio, London
Poison Pen Juliette Smith Royal Exchange, Manchester
1994 The Birthday Party Lulu
Lyttelton Theatre, London
1996 Grace Note The Old Vic, London
2001 The Servant Susan Lyric Theatre, London
2003 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Journalist Donmar Warehouse, London
2010 Hay Fever Myra Arundel
West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
2011 Sixty-Six Books - In the Land of Uz Bush Theatre, London
2014 Variation on a Theme Mona Finborough Theatre, London
2015 Ivanov Martha Babakina Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2017 Sweet Bird of Youth Miss Lucy Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Lady in the Van Pauline Theatre Royal, Bath
2019 A Woman of No Importance Mrs. Allonby Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham also, UK tour

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ISBN 978-1408164808
    .
  3. ^ Churchill 'Rolf Harris' TV ad - 30 sec advert Archived 23 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, www.tellyads.com. Accessed 24 May 2009.
  4. ^ Full casting announced for Sweet Bird of Youth Archived 28 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Chichester Festival Theatre. Accessed 2 May 2017.

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