Emily Fairn
Born
Liverpool
Education
OccupationActress
Years active2022—
TelevisionThe Responder
Black Mirror

Emily Fairn is an English actress from Liverpool, with appearances on television, stage and film.

Career

From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020.[1] She had her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022.[2][3] The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023.[4]

She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper.[5][6] She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix.[7]

On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader.[8][9] Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut,[10] and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits".[11]

She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh.[12] She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA, She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George, in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore.[13]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes
2022- The Responder Casey 5 episodes
2023 Rain Dogs Frida 1 episode
2023 Black Mirror Suzie Episode: Demon 79
2023 Chuck Chuck Baby Amy Film
2023 COBRA Polly Wright 4 episodes
TBA † Mary & George Maid Series

References

  1. ↑ "Emily Fairn". gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. ↑ Ramsden, Sam (26 January 2022). "Casey's Accent In The Responder Is Boss For A Very Good Reason". Bustle.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Responder's cast and creator discuss the new drama about life on the front line of British policing". bbc.co.uk. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Robinson, Abby (21 April 2023). "The Responder writer gives season 2 update and teases "good names"". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Saunders, Huw (12 April 2023). "Rain Dogs: Season 1 REVIEW – When It Rains". Culture Vultures. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Emily Fairn". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Cormack, Morgan (25 June 2023). "Meet the cast of Black Mirror season 6". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  8. ↑ McIntosh, Steven (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist play receives middling reviews". bbc.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Cohen, Alexander (May 17, 2023). "Interview: 'I Know I'm Going to Learn So Much': Emily Fairn on Accents, Opportunities and Making Her Stage Debut in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN". Broadway World. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ Curtis, Nick (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain at @sohoplace review: this stripped-back show is a potent, subtle piece of dramatic alchemy". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ Mountford, Fiona (19 May 2023). "Brokeback Mountain, @sohoplace review: Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist are splendid as secret lovers". iNews. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ↑ Tabbara, Mona (22 March 2022). "UK chicken factory musical 'Chuck Chuck Baby' starts shooting in Wales (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  13. ↑ Gant, Charles (28 June 2023). "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Emily Fairn (actor)". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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