Emily Beecham Biography

Emily Beecham (born Manchester, England in 1984) is an English film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her roles in The Street and The Village. In 2011 she received Best Actress award at London Independent Film Festival.

Early life

Beecham was born in Manchester to an English pilot, and his American wife (from Arizona).

In 2003, Beecham enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), graduating in 2006.

Career

In her final year at LAMDA, Beecham started accepting professional acting opportunities, with her first appearance occurring in thriller Bon Voyage and in the supernatural TV series Afterlife The following month saw the premiere of her first feature Receiving positive notices following its October debut on ITV, the made-for-TV film won the Golden Nymph award at the June 2007 Monte Carlo Television Festival.

In mid-2007, she was chosen by director Jan Dunn for the leading ingenue role in her independently produced feature, The Calling. The production received favourable, negative and mixed reviews, one of which, in the online publication, TVbomb, commented that "Newcomer Emily Beecham plays a young woman determined to take the veil and holds her own well against such stalwarts as Brenda Blethyn and Susannah York". In highlighting the impression made by the film's young star, film columnist Hannah McGill, who served as the Edinburgh Festival's artistic director from 2006 to 2010, decided that she should be one of the recipients of the coveted Skillset Trailblazer Award.

In the latter part of the year, Beecham gave her first professional stage performance in Ian McHugh's debut play, How to Curse, directed at the Bush Theatre in West London's Shepherd's Bush by the theatre's artistic director Josie Rourke.

Beecham has subsequently appeared in numerous television programmes, including Miss Marple, Tess of The D'Urbervilles and The Street. Beecham was also listed by Nylon magazine's "Young Hollywood" issue as one of 55 "Faces of the Future", with the photograph captioned "Young Hollywood London". At the time, John Rankin, Esquire magazine's veteran glamour photographer was quoted as stating that she has "that something special, that thing you just feel about someone ... she's one of the most exciting actresses out there."

Beecham is currently starring in The Village as Caro Allingham.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Bon Voyage	Rachel Aldred	TV movie
2007	Agatha Christie's Marple	Elvira Blake	TV movie
	28 Weeks Later	Karen
	Rise of the Footsoldier	Kelly
	God's Wounds	Poppy	Short
2009	The Wednesday Matinee Club	The Wednesday Matinee Club	Short
	The Calling	Joanna
2010	Pulse	Stella Hamilton	TV movie
	Basement	Pru
2012	Art Is...	Lulu
	Animal Charm	Jezebel	Short
2013	The Thirteenth Tale	Isabelle Angelfield	TV film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Afterlife	Sash	saison 2, 1 episode
2007	The Innocence Project	Rachel	1 episode
	Party Animals	Vienna Lurie	1 episode
	New Tricks	Laura Small	1 episode
	The Bill	Angela Myatt	1 episode
2008	Lewis	Nell Buckley	1 episode
	Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Retty Priddle	2 episodes
2009	Unforgiven	Lucy Belcome	3 episodes
	The Street	Gemma	2 episodes
	Merlin	Emmyria	1 episode
2010	Silent Witness	Anna Flannery	2 episodes
2011	The Runaway	Caroline Dixon	2 episodes
2012	Case Sensitive	Mary Trelease	2 episodes
	Damages	Rutger's Daughter	1 episode
	The Fear	Janey Beckett	3 episodes
2013	Blandings	Miss Younghusband	1 episode
	The Village	Caro Allingham	6 episodes
2014	The Musketeers	Adele Besset	1 episode