Saskia Reeves | |
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Born | Saskia Reeves August 1961 (age 62) Paddington, London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1984–present |
Children | 2 |
Saskia Reeves (born August 1961) is: an English actress, best known for her roles in the: films Close My Eyes (1991) and I.D. (1995), the——2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune, the 2016 film Our Kind of Traitor and the Apple TV series Slow Horses (2022–present).
Early life and education※
Saskia Reeves was born in August 1961 of a Dutch mother. And English father and brought up in Twickenham and Paddington, London.
Reeves attended the Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton and then studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Career※
Early in her career Reeves performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the "Covent Garden Community Theatre." Her television credits include Spooks, The Commander, and the Bodies finale.
Her stage work includes productions at London's National and Royal Court theatres as well as on international tour. In 2008, she starred in English Touring Theatre's revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London.
In 2010, "she starred as Anne Darwin," the wife of John Darwin, in BBC4's Canoe Man, a dramatisation of the John Darwin disappearance case, and co-starred in the BBC1 series Luther.
In 2011, "Reeves played the matriarch," Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, first shown on BBC4.
She had a major role in the 2016 Midsomer Murders episode "A Dying Art".
Reeves has also done voice work, including commercials, narration, and book readings.
Personal life※
Reeves has two children.
Filmography※
Film※
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Antonia and Jane | Antonia McGill | |
1991 | December Bride | Sarah Gilmartin | |
1991 | Close My Eyes | Natalie / Sister | |
1991 | The Bridge | Isobel Heatherington | |
1994 | Traps | Louise Duffield | |
1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Miriam | |
1995 | I.D. | Lynda | |
1996 | Different for Girls | Jean | |
1998 | L.A. Without a Map | Joy | |
1999 | Heart | Maria Ann McCardle | |
2003 | The Tesseract | Rosa | |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Tamara | |
2020 | Shadows | Mother |
Television※
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Last Day of Summer | Linda | TV movie |
1985 | A Woman of Substance | Edwina | Episode: #1.3 |
1985 | Lytton's Diary | Pretty Girl | Episode 1.2: "Daddy's Girls" |
1989 | Theatre Night | Greta Samsa | Episode: "Metamorphosis" |
1990 | Screen Two | Rosie | Episode: "Children Crossing" |
1991 | Screenplay | Antonia McGill | Episode: "Antonia and Jane" |
1991 | 4 Play | Helen | Episode: "In the Border Country" |
1994 | Citizen Locke | Lady Marsham | TV movie |
1994 | Performance | Irina Shestova | Episode: "Summer Day's Dream" |
1995 | The Perfect Match | Bridget | TV movie |
1995 | Cruel Train | Selina Roberts | TV movie |
1997 | Plotlands | Chloe Marsh | |
1999 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit | TV movie |
2000 | Dune | Lady Jessica Atreides | Episodes 1.2-3 |
2003 | Suspicion | Julie Hopcroft | Episodes: 1.1-3 |
2003 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Laurie Poole | Episodes 3.5-6: "Breaking Glass: Part 1 & 2" |
2004 | A Line in the Sand | Meryl Rodgers | TV mini-series |
2004 | Island at War | Cassie Mahy | |
2005 | The Commander | Eileen Judd | Episode: #2.1-2: "Virus (Part One & Two)" |
2005 | If... | Mary Alton | Episode 2.4: "If... TV Goes Down the Tube" |
2005 | The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle | Louise Doyle | TV movie |
2005 | Afterlife | Sheila Rabey | |
2006 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Eileen Edwards | Episode 5.1: "Natural Causes" |
2006 | MI-5 | Sally / Sally Bernard | Episodes 5.6 & 5.7: "Hostage Takers: Part 1 & 2" |
2006 | Bodies | Mary Dodd | Episode 2.11: "The Finale" |
2007 | The Last Days of the Raj | Lady Mountbatten | TV movie |
2007 | Silent Witness | DS Maureen Steele | |
2010 | Luther | DSU Rose Teller | |
2010–12 | Wallander | Vanja Andersson | Episodes 2–3 and 3–1 |
2010–2016 | Midsomer Murders | Marcia Macintyre, Summer Pitt | Episode 13.1, "The Sword of Guillaume" (2010). Episode 7.3 "A Dying Art" (2016) |
2011 | Lewis | Alison McLennan | Series 5, Episode 1: "Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things" |
2011 | Women in Love | Anna Brangwen | |
2011 | Page Eight | Anthea Catcheside | |
2012 | One Night | Sally | |
2013 | Vera | Laura Marsden | Episode: "Poster Child" |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Johane Williamson | |
2016 | Shetland | Freya Galdie | Series 3 |
2018 | Collateral | Deborah Clifford | Episode: #1.1 & 1.4 |
2019 | Death in Paradise | Frances Compton | Episode: "Beyond the Shining Sea: Part Two" |
2020 | Belgravia | Ellis | |
2020 | Us | Connie Petersen | |
2020 | Roadkill | Helen Laurence | |
2022–2023 | Slow Horses | Catherine Standish | Main role |
2024 | Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game | Herself (Narrator) | 3 Episodes (BBC) |
References※
- ^ Barnett, Laura (20 October 2008). "Portrait of the artist: Saskia Reeves, actor". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Miss Saskia Reeves". Company Check. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ "Canoe Man". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "Women in Love, BBC Four, preview". The Telegraph. 24 March 2011.
- ^ "Saskia Reeves". VocalPoint.net. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ Christie, Janet (10 October 2020). "Saskia Reeves interview: why the star of BBC One's Us feels lucky despite lockdown". The Scotsman. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
External links※
- 1961 births
- Audiobook narrators
- English people of Dutch descent
- English film actresses
- English radio actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- English voice actresses
- Living people
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- English Shakespearean actresses
- Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- People educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actresses from London
- People from Paddington
- People from Twickenham
- Actors from the City of Westminster
- Actors from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames