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Emma Handy (born 24 March 1974) is a British actress best known for her West End stage work and her role as DC Paula McIntyre in the ITV1 award-winning drama series Wire in the Blood in which she appeared for five series.

Early life

Emma trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). During the summer of her second year Emma was invited to Hungary to play the leading role in the first English translation of Csongor és Tünde by Peter Zollman at the Merlin International Theatre, Budapest.

Career

During her final year at drama school Emma was offered the part of Yuliya in a new translation of

Merchant of Venice[1] and to create the role of Rhona in the premiere of Robert Holman
's Bad Weather.

Much of Emma's stage work has been involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in

Trafalgar Studios and Cathy in Polly Teale's award-winning Speechless for Shared Experience at the Traverse Theatre
, Edinburgh.

Emma played

Maudie Miller in Trevor Nunn's 2011 revival of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket marking the centenary of Terence Rattigan's birth.[citation needed
]

In January 2013, Emma performed at the Adelaide Festival in Australia in the premiere of Thursday[2] by the acclaimed playwright Bryony Lavery (Frozen) in a collaboration with Australian-based theatre company Brink Productions and English Touring Theatre.[3]

Handy performed a lead role, the young Queen Elizabeth ll, 'Liz' in Moira Buffini's critically acclaimed play Handbagged examining the relationship between the Queen and prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The production toured the UK in 2015, including performances at the Theatre Royale in Bath,[4][5] the Cambridge Arts Theatre,[6] and also at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham.[7] In 2016, Handy talked about playing the queen in an interview timed to coincide with the monarch's 90th birthday.[8]

In 2021, Handy played the role of Ida in the BBC Radio 4 drama series Faith, Hope and Glory.[9]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Black Cab Jem TV series
2000 Pretending to be Judith Keeley 2 episodes
2001 The Bill Lisa Hayes Episode: "Real Crime"
2002 The American Embassy Jules Brody TV series
2002 The Bill Jodie White 1 episode
−2002 Innocents Nurse TV movie
2003 Hear the Silence Ann TV movie
−2003 Vincent in Brixton Anna Van Gogh TV movie
2004 William and Mary Tracy Mellor 4 episodes
2004 Silent Witness DS Gwenda Newton 2 episodes
2004 See Me Jo TV movie
2005 Beneath the Skin Louisa TV movie
2003–2008 Wire in the Blood DC Paula McIntyre 24 episodes
2010 Doctors Linda Stow 4 episodes
2011 Threesome Dr Cartwright TV series
2011 Holby City Katie Blakeman Episode "See You on the Ice"
2016
The Coroner
 Debbie Patterson Episode: "Crash"
2016 The Worst Witch Mrs Hallow 3 episodes
2017 Doctor Who Mother Episode: "The Lie of the Land"
2015-2022 Doc Martin Samantha Trappett 7 episodes
2023 The Beaker Girls Mrs Cook Series regular

Film

Year Title Role Director
1997 Velvet Goldmine Jean Todd Haynes
2001 Iris PC Keaton Richard Eyre
2002 Club Le Monde[10] Ra Simon Rumley
2003 Vacuums Marge Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas
2003 Vincent in Brixton Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre
2006 Balham vs Clapham Emily Tom Yarwood
2012 Fast Girls Rebecca- Team GB Official Regan Hall

Theatre

Year Title Author Role Director Notes
1996 Csongor és Tünde Peter Zollman Tunde Lazlo Magacs Merlin International Theatre, Budapest
1997 The Wood Demon Anton Chekhov Yuliya Anthony Clark The
Playhouse Theatre
, London
1997–1999 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Lady in Waiting Adrian Noble Royal Shakespeare Company
1997–1999 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Jessica Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company
1997–1999 Bad Weather Robert Holman Rhona Steven Pimlott Royal Shakespeare Company
1999 50 Revolutions Murray Gold Lou Dominic Dromgoole
Trafalgar Studios
2002–2003 Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre
Playhouse Theatre
, London
2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Hermia Tito Celestino da Costa International Opera Festival, Lisbon
2008 Crown Matrimonial Royce Ryton Elizabeth, Duchess of York David Grindley ACT Productions
2009 Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness Anthony Neilson Madame Poulet Steve Marmion Headlong
2010 "Speechless" Polly Teale Cathy Polly Teale Shared Experience, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
2011 Flare Path Terence Rattigan Maudie Miller Trevor Nunn
Haymarket Theatre
, London
2012 The Boy who Fell into a Book Alan Ayckbourn Monique Steve Marmion Soho Theatre
2013 "Thursday" Bryony Lavery Bonita D'Olivera Chris Drummond ETT and BRINK Productions for the Adelaide Festival, Australia
2014 "Miss Julie" August Strindberg / Rebecca Lenkiewicz Kristin Jamie Glover
Chichester Festival
2015 "Handbagged" Moira Buffini Liz Indhu Rubasingham UK tour

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-137-00461-1
    .
  2. ^ Thursday by Bryony Lavery [1]
  3. ^ "Festival Review: Thursday". Glam Adelaide, by Barry Lenny on 5 March 2013
  4. ^ "Handbagged review: Susie Blake and Emma Handy star in the comedy at the Theatre Royal". ChronicleLive 27 October 2015
  5. ^ "Handbagged review at Theatre Royal, Bath" Archived 14 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Bath Chronicle, 1 December,
  6. ^ "Review: Handbagged at Cambridge Arts Theatre"[permanent dead link]. Cambridge News, By LydiaFallon. 13 October 2015
  7. ^ "The arts diary: Handbagged, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham" Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Gloucestershire Echo 17 November 2015
  8. ^ Turner, Lauren (21 April 2016). "Queen at 90: How Elizabeth II is portrayed on stage and screen". BBC News Online. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. ^ Writer: Rex Obano; Director: Jessica Dromgoole; Producer: Mary Peate (15 February 2021). "Clement and Gloria". Faith, Hope and Glory Series 1. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  10. ISBN 978-1-84670-208-2
    .

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