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Siobhan Hewlett is a British-born Irish film, television, radio and theatre actress as well as being a producer, poet and artist. She hails from a theatrical dynasty stretching back to the 19th-century.

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Siobhan Hewlett
Born	Siobhan Kathleen Mary Hewlett Hammersmith, London, England
Occupation	Actress, artist, poet, and producer
Years active	2002–present

Background and early life

Her great-grandparents "Loch & Lomond" were variety and vaudeville performers, as were her grandparents who met whilst performing for the judges and diplomats at the Nuremberg War Trials (introduced by their mutual agent and her godfather, Sir Lew Grade). Siobhan's grandmother was the last remaining captain of the Bluebell girls, the high-kicking can can troupe who danced her way from Ireland around Europe and South America in the 1920s and 1930s, working with Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Maurice Chevalier, and Jacques Tati.

Her grandfather, was a slapstick comic whose act involved multiple back flips off walls. Her great aunts, sisters Karina and Eve, were contortionists. Siobhan's father, Donald Hewlett, was an actor best known for It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Her mother, Thérèse McMurray, was a child star and lead in the hospital-based drama Emergency Ward 10.

Educated in England, Hewlett attended Wellesley House School, Downe House School, and The King's School, Canterbury on art scholarships. A period of family ill health during Siobhán's childhood meant that she became her family's main carer.

At The King's School, Canterbury she was spotted in a production by the theatrical agent Hamilton Hodell, turned down a place at Cambridge to read English and subsequently won a scholarship to study acting at the prestigious Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London for their 3-year classical acting diploma course.

Career

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Whilst still at drama school at 19, Hewlett was chosen by French film director Antoine de Caunes to play the leading role in Monsieur N, a role that required she learn French.[1] Shortly afterward, she starred in the British comedy series Fortysomething, opposite Hugh Laurie and Benedict Cumberbatch, for ITV.[2]

Hewlett made her professional stage debut at The Finborough Theatre in London, starring opposite Chris O'Dowd, Clarke Peters, and Daniela Nardini in Etta Jenks.[3] She found further success in BBC BAFTA winning The Canterbury Tales[4] opposite Dame Julie Walters and Bill Nighy, and The Virgin Queen[5] opposite Tom Hardy and Anne Marie Duff.

To great acclaim, Hewlett made her West end stage debut at the Donmar Warehouse in Christopher Hampton's hit play The Philanthropist,[6] starring opposite Simon Russell Beale, Simon Day and Danny Webb. Hewlett and Beale won the South Bank show award for comedy.^{[citation needed]}

Subsequently, she continued in film and TV roles including indie hit Irina Palm,[7] opposite Marianne Faithfull and Kevin Bishop which won the audience prize at The Berlin international Film Festival.[8] Hewlett continued working with Cumberbatch when she guest starred in the first episode of award-winning Sherlock and hit series Parades End.

Hewlett featured in Vogue 100 list in 2005 as one of the UK stars of tomorrow and in 2006 was photographed by Rankin for Vanity Fair as part of their rising stars collection, as well as being named by ID magazine as Jean Paul Gautier and Jenny Packham's muse.

As her cancer-stricken widowed mother's health stabilised, Hewlett spent some time in Los Angeles, attending Groundlings Improv school as well as performing with LA Theatre works opposite Jared Harris, Susan Sullivan, Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres. During this period, Hewlett started working with legendary comic book writer Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta) and photographer/director Mitch Jenkins. Hewlett starred as journalist Faith Harrington in a series of occult noir films - the first of which, was 'Act of Faith'. Hewlett became exec producer on the series, 'Showpieces' and subsequent feature, The Show starring opposite Tom Burke as Fletcher Dennis. The Show was to premiere at SXSW 2020.

Hewlett studied playwriting at the Royal Court Theatre's prestigious Young Writers program under playwright Simon Stephens. In 2020, Hewlett began collaborating with Neil Gaiman adapting one of his short stories into a feature film. Hewlett has a production company with her brother, Patrick Hewlett, as well as her own company Oyster Films.[9]

Theatre

Hewlett's theatre credits include Kitty in Etta Jenks and the Finborough Theatre with Chris O'Dowd, Daniela Nardini and Clarke Peters, directed by Che Walker; Ginny in Relatively Speaking with Peter Bowles; The Waltz of the Toreadors at Chichester Festival Theatre directed by Angus Jackson; and Donny's Brain by Rona Munro at Hampstead Theatre opposite Ryan Early.

Additional works

Hewlett is a singer, published artist and poet. Her first exhibition was at The Osborne Studio Gallery, Belgravia, London in 2008.

Hewlett studied writing at The Royal Court Theatre's prestigious Young Writers program under playwright Simon Stephens.

Hewlett has adapted, is producing and starring in a feature-length adaptation of short story, The Thing About Cassandra by Neil Gaiman.

Hewlett, alongside old family friend Benedict Cumberbatch was chosen to represent The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity as one of their ambassadors in 2017.

Hewlett, was a founder member with friend Tom Hardy of their theatre group ShotGun.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2002	The Gathering	Janie	Brian Gilbert
2003	Monsieur N	Betsy Balcombe	Antoine de Caunes	Nominated for six César Awards
2004	Piccadilly Jim	Drunk Party Girl	John McKay
2007	Irina Palm	Sarah	Sam Garbaski	Winner of the Jury prize at Berlin Film Festival 2007
2009	Dread	Quaid's Mother	Anthony DiBlasi
2011	Is This a Joke?	Amazing Blonde	Tom Edmunds
2011	Act of Faith	Faith Harrington	Mitch Jenkins
2011	Bonded by Blood	Julia	Sacha Bennett
2012	Jimmy's End	Faith Harrington	Mitch Jenkins
2013	Little Favour	Voice and special thanks	Patrick Victor Munro
2013	Hummingbird	Tracey	Steven Knight
2014	Paddy	Mum	Laurence Spellman and Immanuel von Bennigsen
2015	Lotus
2016	Brakes	Kate	Mercedes Grower
2016	Nipplejesus	Sarah	Jake Lushington
2017	Country of Hotels	Brenda	Julio Mario Martino
2020	The Show	Faith Harrington	Mitch Jenkins
2022	The Lost Girls	The original Wendy Darling

Television

Year	Title	Role	Production	Notes
2003	Fortysomething	Lucy Proek	ITV
2003	The Canterbury Tales	Karen	BBC
2004	Midsomer Murders	Amanda	ITV
2005	The Virgin Queen	Cecily	BBC
2007	M.I. High	Sonya Frost	BBC
2007	Lilies	Harriet	BBC
2007	New Tricks	Imogen Glover	BBC
2008	Torchwood	Harriet	BBC
2009	Hotel Babylon	Isabel	BBC
2009	Trinity	Claudette	Rough Cut
2009	Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant	Catherine of Aragon	Channel 4
2010	Sherlock	Helen	BBC
2011	Pete versus Life	Mel	Channel 4
2012	The Syndicate	Hotel receptionist	ITV
2012	Parade's End	Michaelangelo woman	HBO
2013	The Syndicate 2	Olivia Goldsmith	BBC
2017	When All Is Said And Done - ABBA BIOPIC	Agnetha Faltskog (younger)	ITV
2021	McDonald & Dodds - 'The War Of Rose'	Nurse Penny Haggard	ITV
2021	The Holiday	Chalkboard

Theatre

Year	Title	Theatre	Role	Notes
2004	Etta Jenks	Finborough Theatre	Kitty and Shelley	With Chris O'Dowd, Clarke Peters and Daniela Nardini
2005	The Philanthropist	Donmar Warehouse	Araminta	With Simon Russell Beale, Danny Webb and Anna Madeley
2006	The Taming of the Shrew	Wilton's Music Hall	Bianca	With Oliver Chris and Rachael Stirling
2008	Waltz of the Toreadors	Chichester Festival Theatre	Sidonie	With Peter Bowles, Maggie Steed and Al Weaver
2009	Relatively Speaking	Theatre Royal Bath	Ginny	With Peter Bowles
2011	Drowning on Dry Land	Jermyn Street Theatre	Gail Gilchrist
2012	Donny's Brain	Hampstead Theatre	Trish Gail	With Emily Joyce, Ryan Early, Nikesh Patel, Skye Lourie

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Mass Effect 3 - Citadel DLC	Maya Brooks
2013	Ryse: Son of Rome	Septima
2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Additional voices
2015	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[10]	Shiva/Iceheart	Heavensward expansion only
2016	Song of the Deep	Narrator
2020	Battletoads	Dark Queen	[11]

References

External links

• Siobhan Hewlett at IMDb
• Hewlett's page at her agent's website
• Interview with Siobhan Hewlett by 4 Guys with Quarters

На других языках

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[de] Siobhan Hewlett

Siobhan Kathleen Mary McMurray Hewlett (* 15. April 1984 in London, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

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