Charlotte Hope
Charlotte Hope | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1991 |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Partner(s) | Ruairi O'Connor |
Charlotte Hope (born 15 October 1991[1]) is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third through fifth seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of Catherine of Aragon on the Starz historical drama series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020), her first starring performance. In 2020, she appeared as a series regular on the second season of the ITV thriller Bancroft and the Netflix biographical drama The English Game. Outside of television, Hope has appeared in the biographic romance film The Theory of Everything (2014) and the horror film The Nun (2018). She also voiced one of the playable characters in the action-adventure video game We Happy Few (2018).
Career[]
Hope studied French and Spanish at the University of Oxford.[2] Whilst there, she found an agent and began acting professionally.[2] Her first role in a film was as a Factory Woman in the 2012 musical Les Miserables.[3]
In 2013, Hope began playing the role of Ramsay Bolton's sadistic lover, Myranda, in HBO's fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.[4] She continued in the role until the character died during the fifth season and her body was found in the sixth season premiere. In 2014, she guest starred in the first season of The Musketeers, playing the role of Charlotte Mellendorf. That same year, she appeared in the film The Theory of Everything, portraying Philippa Hawking, the younger sister of Stephen Hawking. In 2015, she had a leading role in the British gangster film North v South as Willow Clarke. That same year, Hope appeared in the music video "Beautiful to Me" by Olly Murs.[5]
In 2016, Hope appeared in the biographical romantic drama A United Kingdom, and the romantic thriller Allied. In 2017, she had a supporting role in the drama film Three Christs[3] and in 2018, she co-starred in the horror film The Nun.[6]
Hope has also done theatre work, including Broadway shows such as Buried Child where she played the role of Shelly in 2016.[7] In 2017 she played the role of Zara in Almeida Theatre's Albion[8] and in 2018 she played as Dr. Michaels' mother in The New Group's Good for Otto.[9]
In March 2018, Hope was cast in the lead role of the Starz series The Spanish Princess, in which she plays Catherine of Aragon. The show is a follow up to The White Queen and The White Princess.[10]
In January 2020, she appeared as Annabel Connors, a main character in Season 2 of Bancroft opposite Sarah Parish.[11]
Personal life[]
Hope is in a relationship with Ruairi O'Connor, her co-star on The Spanish Princess.[12]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Factory Woman | |
| 2013 | The Invisible Woman | Young Prostitute | |
| 2014 | Insomniacs | Jenny | Short film |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | Philippa Hawking | |
| 2014 | Playhouse Presents: Marked | Primrose | |
| 2015 | North v South | Willow Clarke | |
| 2015 | Miss You Already | Teenage Jess | |
| 2016 | A United Kingdom | Olivia Lancaster | |
| 2016 | Allied | Louise | |
| 2017 | Three Christs | Becky | |
| 2018 | The Nun | Sister Victoria |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Casualty | Ava Dunlop | Episode: "A Day in a Life" |
| 2010 | Missing | Caitlin Morgan | Episode 2.9 |
| 2011 | Waking the Dead | Abigail Harding | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Some Girls | Jenny | Episode 1.4 |
| 2012 | Doctors | Niamh Curram | Episode: "Full Time" |
| 2012–2013 | Holby City | Eleanor Campbell | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Love and Marriage | Alice | Episode: "Who's the Boss?" |
| 2013 | Law & Order: UK | Holly Leigh | Episode: "Fatherly Love" |
| 2013 | Whitechapel | Josie Eagle | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | Game of Thrones | Myranda | 8 episodes |
| 2014 | Vera | Saskia Barnes | Episode: "The Deer Hunters" |
| 2014 | The Musketeers | Charlotte Mellendorf | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Death in Paradise | Lucy Preville | Episode: "One for the Road" |
| 2016 | Houdini & Doyle | Molly Morgan | Episode: "Bedlam" |
| 2017 | Diana and I | Sophie Lewis | Television film |
| 2018 | Endeavour | Eve Thorne | Episode: "Muse" |
| 2019–2020 | The Spanish Princess | Catherine of Aragon | Miniseries |
| 2020 | Bancroft | Annabel | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | The English Game | Margaret Alma Kinnaird | Miniseries |
Stage[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Belarus | The Woman | Arcola Theatre |
| 2013 | Outlines | Various | Old Red Lion Theatre |
| 2015 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Liverpool Everyman |
| 2016 | Buried Child | Shelly | Trafalgar Studios |
| 2017 | Albion | Zara | Almeida Theatre |
| 2018 | Good for Otto | Mom | The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Ryse: Son of Rome | Oracle | |
| 2018 | We Happy Few | Sally Boyle |
References[]
- ^ "Charlotte Hope: 'This week it was my mum, my dad and my sister's birthdays. Happy Birthday to them ! Fyi mine is next Monday in case you were wondering'". Instagram. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Aftab, Kaleem (28 November 2016). "Charlotte Hope interview: 'I don't feel like it was a lucky break, I got 'Game of Thrones' because I was good at acting'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kroll, Justin (20 July 2016). "'Game of Thrones' Actress Charlotte Hope Joins Richard Gere in 'The Three Christs'". Variety. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (28 June 2012). "'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Casts a New Lady". ScreenCrush.
- ^ Vena, Jocelyn. "Olly Murs Enlists 'Game of Thrones' Star Charlotte Hope For 'Beautiful to Me' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- ^ Kit, Borys (1 May 2017). "'Game of Thrones' Actor Charlotte Hope Joins New Line's 'The Nun' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Cast & Creative". The New Group.
- ^ Rathbone, Will (6 October 2017). "'I feel totally at home in the theatre': an interview with Charlotte Hope". London Calling. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Good For Otto". The New Group. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Turchiano, Danielle (17 May 2018). "Starz's 'The Spanish Princess' Casts Charlotte Hope, Sets All Female Directors". Variety.
- ^ "When is Bancroft back on TV for series 2?". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Charlotte Hope on Instagram: "