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Amy Manson
Scottish actress (born 1985)
Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985)[1] is a Scottish actress. She has portrayed Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics, Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human, Medea in Atlantis, and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time.[2][3][4]
Amy Manson | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 38) Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Born and brought up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland,[5] Manson has one sister, Ailsa Manson and one brother, James Manson, all of Sept Manson of Clan Gunn.[6] She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen.[6] She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to film Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud in Romania.[5] She lives in North London.[6]
Manson made her film debut in Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and has also appeared in the horror film Blood Monkey and the short film Smile Emily.[7]
Manson has lent her voice to the radio dramas Lost in Plain Sight, The Summer Walking and The Dead Hour.[8]
On television, she played Alice Guppy in two episodes of Torchwood, and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes of Casualty. She has guest-starred in episodes of Doctors, The Bill and My Family.
Manson played Lizzie Siddal, muse, wife and lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics.[9] She appeared as the vampire Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of Being Human, alongside Desperate Romantics co-star Aidan Turner.[10][11]
Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse,[12] and also played Fleur Morgan in Outcasts,[13] an eight-part series by Kudos for BBC One. In 2011, Manson portrayed Leah in the third series of Misfits and Emma "Whirly" Tyson in the BBC drama Young James Herriot.[14]
She also appears in the fifth series of Irish drama Raw.[15]
Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing Stepdaughter in the National Theatre of Scotland production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.[16]
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud | Jodie Hatfield | |
| Blood Monkey | Amy Armstrong | ||
| 2013 | Not Another Happy Ending | Darsie | |
| Harrigan | Vickey Frizell | ||
| 2015 | Two Down | Air Hostess Call Girl | |
| The Chameleon | Pamela | ||
| Estranged | January | ||
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Woman in Club | |
| Edie | Fiona | ||
| 2019 | Run | Katie | |
| Beats | Cat | ||
| Doom: Annihilation | Lt. Joan Dark | ||
| 2021 | Spencer | Anne Boleyn | |
| She Will | Lois |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Bill | Martine McKenzie | Episode: "405" |
| 2007 | My Family | Casting P.A. | Episode: "Breaking Up Ain't Hard To Do" |
| Nearly Famous | Melanie | Episode: "1.5" | |
| 2008 | Doctors | Kelly Moore | Episode: "Jack the Lad" |
| Torchwood | Alice Guppy | Episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds" | |
| 2008–2009 | Casualty | Abby Evans | 9 episodes |
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | Lizzie Siddal | Period drama |
| 2010 | Being Human | Daisy | 6 episodes |
| Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse | Ginger Corrigan | Television film | |
| 2011 | Outcasts | Fleur Morgan | 8 episodes |
| Misfits | Leah | Episode: "3.6" | |
| Young James Herriot | Emma "Whirly" Tyson | 3 episodes | |
| The Field of Blood | Karen Burnett | ||
| 2014–2015 | Atlantis | Medea | |
| 2015–2016 | Once Upon a Time | Merida | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2017 | The White Princess | Cathy Gordon | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Legacies | Dryad | 1 episode |
| 2021–2023 | The Nevers | Sarah / Maladie | Main cast |
| Effie Boyle | Episode: "Hanged"
Credited as Margaret Tuttle[17] | ||
| 2023 | The Diplomat | Giselle | 2 episodes |
| Chemistry of Death | Ellen McLeod | 4 episodes | |
| Bodies | Charlotte Hillinghead | 6 episodes |
| Year | Film | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Stepdaughter | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh and Citizens Theatre, Glasgow [18] | ||
| 2015 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Grusha | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Mark Thomson | adaptation by Alistair Beaton |
- "Amy Manson". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- "Once Upon a Time: Merida from Brave will join the show in season 5". Digital Spy. 11 July 2015.
- "'Once Upon A Time' Introduces Merida From 'Brave' And The Dark Swan At Comic-Con [Video]". The Inquisitr News. 11 July 2015.
- "Merida from Brave will be on the next season of Once Upon A Time". avclub.com. 12 July 2015.
- Ramaswamy, Chitra (10 February 2008). "Theatrical Six appeal". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- Beacom, Brian (24 March 2008). "I'd never been to the Citz...now I'm star of the show". Evening Times. Retrieved 6 July 2009.[dead link]
- "Amy Manson". nationaltheatrescotland.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- "Afternoon play from Finlay". Stornoway Gazette. 10 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 August 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
- "Desperate Romantics" press pack: Introduction BBC Press Office. 25 June 2009.
- BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 2 2010 Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- Hendry, Steve (17 January 2010). "Rising star Amy Manson on her bloody good horror roles". Daily Record. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- Press releases | Programme press releases | Marple The Pale Horse Archived 25 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- BBC - Press Office - Meet the Outcasts in a major new BBC One drama series Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- New Cast Members Begin Shooting ‘Raw’ Season Five For RTÉ The Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- Maas, Jennifer (9 May 2021). "'The Nevers' Star Amy Manson Reveals the Secrets Behind Maladie's Hanging Gambit". The Wrap. Retrieved 17 May 2021.