Saskia Reeves
| Saskia Reeves | |
|---|---|
| Born | Saskia Reeves 16 August 1961 Paddington, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961)[1][2] is an English actress best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes (1991) and I.D. (1995), and the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune. She has worked with directors including Mike Leigh, Stephen Poliakoff, Michael Winterbottom, and Nicholas Hytner.
Early life and education
Born and brought up in Paddington, London by her Dutch mother and English father, Reeves studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Career
Early in her career she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre.
Her television credits include Spooks, the Commander, John Luther and the Bodies finale. Her stage work includes productions at London's National and Royal Court theatres as well as on international tour.
In addition to her acting career, Reeves does voice work, including commercials, narration, and book readings.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
In 2010, she co-starred in the BBC1 series Luther.
Screen credits
- Close My Eyes (1991)
- December Bride (1991)
- Antonia and Jane (1991)
- The Bridge (1992)
- I.D. (1995)
- Butterfly Kiss (1995)
- Christmas Carol (1999, TV film)
- Heart (1999)
- Frank Herbert's Dune (2000, TV miniseries)
- The Tesseract (2003)
- Waking the Dead: Breaking Glass (2003, TV series) as Dr. Laurie Poole
- Island at War (2004, TV series)
- A Line in the Sand (2004, TV movie)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2006, TV series)
- City of Birds (2008)
- The Fixer (2008, TV series)
- Me and Orson Welles (2009) as Barbara Luddy
- Midsomer Murders: The Sword of Guillaume (2009, TV series) as Marcia Macintyre
- Canoe Man (2010, TV drama)
- Luther (2010, TV series)
- Wallander (2010, TV series)
- Women in Love (2011) as Anna Brangwen in the first part of BBC television's two-part series
- Lewis: Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things (2011, TV series) as Alison McLennan
- Page Eight (2011, TV movie) as Anthea Catcheside
- Vera (2013, TV series) as Laura Marsden
- Nymphomaniac (2013)
- From There to Here (2014)
- Mindscape (2014)
- Salting the Battlefield (2014)
- Wolf Hall (2015)
References
- ↑ "Portrait of the artist: Saskia Reeves, actor" The Guardian (21 October 2008). Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ Miss Saskia Reeves company-director-check.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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- ↑ [1], The Telegraph 24 March 2011.
External links
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- 1961 births
- Audio book narrators
- English people of Dutch descent
- English film actresses
- English radio actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- English voice actresses
- Living people
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- 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
- People from Paddington
- Actresses from London
