Amy Manson | |
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| Born | (1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (age 39) Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985)[1] is a Scottish actress. She has portrayedAlice Guppy inTorchwood, Abby Evans inCasualty,Lizzie Siddal inDesperate Romantics,Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri inBeing Human,Medea inAtlantis, andMerida in thefifth season of theABC fairy tale drama seriesOnce Upon a Time.[2][3][4]
Born and brought up inAberdeenshire,Scotland,[5] Manson has one sister, Ailsa Manson and one brother, James Manson, born inSeptManson ofClanGunn.[6] She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen.[6] She trained at theCentral School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to filmPumpkinhead: Blood Feud inRomania.[5] She lives inNorth London.[6]
Manson made her film debut inPumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and has also appeared in thehorror filmBlood Monkey and the short filmSmile Emily.[7]
Manson has lent her voice to the radio dramasLost in Plain Sight,The Summer Walking andThe Dead Hour.[8]
On television, she played Alice Guppy in two episodes ofTorchwood, and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes ofCasualty. She has guest-starred in episodes ofDoctors,The Bill andMy Family.
Manson playedLizzie Siddal, muse, wife and lover ofDante Gabriel Rossetti, in theBBC Twoperiod dramaDesperate Romantics.[9] She appeared as the vampire Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two ofBeing Human, alongsideDesperate Romantics co-starAidan Turner.[10][11]
Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation ofAgatha Christie's Marple:The Pale Horse,[12] and also played Fleur Morgan inOutcasts,[13] an eight-part series byKudos forBBC One.In 2011, Manson portrayed Leah in the third series ofMisfits and Emma "Whirly" Tyson in the BBC dramaYoung James Herriot.[14]
She also appears in the fifth series of Irish dramaRaw.[15]
In 2024, she appeared asRhona Moncrieffe in the BBC drama,Rebus, an adaptation of theInspector Rebus series byIan Rankin.[16]
Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playingStepdaughter in theNational Theatre of Scotland production ofSix Characters in Search of an Author.[17]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud | Jodie Hatfield | |
| Blood Monkey | Amy Armstrong | ||
| 2013 | Not Another Happy Ending | Darsie | |
| Harrigan | Vickey Frizell | ||
| 2015 | Two Down | Air Hostess Call Girl | |
| The Chameleon | Pamela | ||
| Estranged | January | ||
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Woman in Club | |
| Edie | Fiona | ||
| 2019 | Run | Katie | |
| Beats | Cat | ||
| Doom: Annihilation | Lt. Joan Dark | credited as Amy Mason | |
| 2021 | Spencer | Anne Boleyn | |
| She Will | Lois |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Bill | Martine McKenzie | Episode: "405" |
| 2007 | My Family | Casting P.A. | Episode:"Breaking Up Ain't Hard To Do" |
| Nearly Famous | Melanie | Episode: "1.5" | |
| 2008 | Doctors | Kelly Moore | Episode: "Jack the Lad" |
| Torchwood | Alice Guppy | Episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds" | |
| 2008–2009 | Casualty | Abby Evans | 9 episodes |
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | Lizzie Siddal | Period drama |
| 2010 | Being Human | Daisy | 6 episodes |
| Agatha Christie's Marple:The Pale Horse | Ginger Corrigan | Television film | |
| 2011 | Outcasts | Fleur Morgan | 8 episodes |
| Misfits | Leah | Episode: "3.6" | |
| Young James Herriot | Emma "Whirly" Tyson | 3 episodes | |
| The Field of Blood | Karen Burnett | ||
| 2014–2015 | Atlantis | Medea | |
| 2015–2016 | Once Upon a Time | Merida | Recurring role, 8 episodes |
| 2017 | The White Princess | Cathy Gordon | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Legacies | Dryad | 1 episode |
| 2021–2023 | The Nevers | Sarah / Maladie | Main cast |
| Effie Boyle | Episode: "Hanged" Credited as Margaret Tuttle[18] | ||
| 2023 | The Diplomat | Giselle | 2 episodes |
| The Chemistry of Death | Ellen McLeod | 4 episodes | |
| Bodies | Charlotte Hillinghead | 6 episodes | |
| 2024 | Rebus | Rhona Moncrieffe |
| Year | Film | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
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| 2008 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Stepdaughter | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh andCitizens Theatre, Glasgow[19] | ||
| 2015 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Grusha | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Mark Thomson | adaptation byAlistair Beaton |
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