Heida Reed
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Born | Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir 22 May 1988 Reykjavik, Iceland |
Nationality | Icelandic |
Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2008–present |
Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir[1] known by her stage name Heida Reed (HAY-da;[1] born 22 May 1988), is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark.[2]
Early and personal life[]
Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother.[1][3] She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavik,[3][4] and attended Ölduselsskóli.[4] Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency,[3] and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years.[1][3][4][5] When she was 19/20, she settled in London,[6] where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.[4][7][5]
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, American based producer Sam Ritzenberg.[4][8]
Acting career[]
Reed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's Cross Purpose.[4] A reviewer for the Edinburgh Guide considered it "expertly acted and finely paced."[9] In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, Scarlet, by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.[6]
The same year, Reed was cast in a major role in the British historical TV drama Poldark, which was based on the novels of the same title, playing the part of Elizabeth.[1] She appeared in all five seasons of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in Foxfinder with Iwan Rheon.[10]
Filmography[]
Films[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Dance Like Someone's Watching | Gabriella | Short film |
2011 | One Day | Ingrid | [4][5] |
2012 | Vampyre Nation | Celeste | [11] |
2013 | Eternal Return | Isabelle | |
2021 | Against The Ice |
TV Series[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | DCI Banks | Carmen | 2 episodes[12] |
2013 | Jo | Adèle Gauthier | Main role |
2014 | Silent Witness | Monica Dreyfus | Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) |
2014 | The Lava Field: Hraunið | Gréta | TV miniseries |
2015–2019 | Poldark | Elizabeth Chynoweth- Poldark (later Warleggan) | Main cast (Seasons 1-4) 35 episodes[4] Season 5 (in flashbacks & hallucinations) |
2015 | Toast of London | Pooky Hook | Episode: "Hamm on Toast" |
2016 | Death in Paradise | Eloise Ronson | Episode: "Posing in Murder"[13] |
2018 | Stella Blómkvist | Stella Blómkvist | Main role (TV miniseries)[7][4][3][5] |
Web series[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Olivia Reedy | Episode: "Food instability" |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Playwright | Role | Venue | Notes |
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2009 | Cross Purpose | Albert Camus | Maria | Edinburgh Festival Fringe C Venues[4][9] | Find a Penny Theatre Company[14] |
2009 | Macbeth | Shakespeare | The Doctor | Unknown | Shakespeare in Styria |
2011 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Marlene understudy | Trafalgar Studios | [7] |
2015 | Scarlet | Sam H. Freeman | Scarlet | Southwark Playhouse | Role shared with Lucy Kilpatrick, Jade Ogugua and Asha Reid in unison[15] |
2018 | Foxfinder | Dawn King | Judith Covey | Ambassadors Theatre | [7] |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Francis, Pam (2018-06-04). "Poldark's Heida Reed may play an English rose, but she has global versatility". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ Jamieson, Teddie (14 March 2014). "Heida Reed on Poldark and eating puffins". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Kanal, Christopher (15 February 2018). "Girl. Woman. Actor. Idiot". WOW Magazine (1). 39-42. Retrieved 10 August 2019.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Arnar, Elín (31 October 2015). "Ævintýralegt líf Heiðu". Stundin (in Icelandic). Iceland. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Helgadóttir, Kolbrún P. (8 October 2017). "Erfitt að plana framtíðina". Eftir Vinnu (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Heida Reed". 1883 Magazine. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Poldark star Heida Reed: 'I'd like to play Miss Julie – she's feisty, complex... and Scandinavian' | Interviews | The Stage". The Stage. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ "Poldark's Heida Reed engaged to boyfriend Sam Ritzenberg". HELLO!. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "C Cubed Venue, Edinburgh Fringe Festival". EdinburghGuide.com.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Poldark star Heida Reed joins cast of Foxfinder - Evening Express". Evening Express. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ Butterfield, Liz (31 July 2013). "True Bloodthirst plot summary and review". Planet Dystopia. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "DCI Banks: Strange Affair". Soap Boards. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Death in Paradise, episode 5:3 details". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Eades, Alex (8 August 2009). "Review of Cross Purpose". EdinburghGuide.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Scarlet at the Southwalk Playhouse". Kickstarter. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
External links[]
- Heida Reed at IMDb
- Heida Reed on Twitter
- OTTESEN, ÁSA (24 September 2013). "Líður vel á Íslandi". Dagblaðið Vísir.
- Interview, poldarked.com
- Profile, WhatsOnStage.com
- 1988 births
- Icelandic film actresses
- Icelandic television actresses
- 21st-century Icelandic actresses
- Actresses from Reykjavík
- Living people
- Icelandic female models
- Icelandic expatriates in England
- Icelandic expatriates in India