Saskia Reeves
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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), the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and the 2016 film Our Kind of Traitor (film).
Early life and education[]
Born and brought up in Twickenham and Paddington, London with her younger sister Imogen, by her Dutch mother and English father, Reeves attended the Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton and then studied at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[citation needed]
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 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] and co-starred in the BBC1 series Luther.
In 2011, Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, first shown on BBC4.[5] She also had a major role in Midsomer Murders - A Dying Art (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4790374/
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | December Bride | Sarah Gilmartin | |
1991 | Close My Eyes | Natalie / Sister | |
1991 | The Bridge | Isobel Heatherington | |
1994 | Traps | Louise Duffield | |
1995 | Butterfly Kiss | Miriam | |
1995 | I.D. | Lynda | |
1996 | Different for Girls | Jean | |
2020 | Shadows | Mother |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Last Day of Summer | Linda | TV Movie |
1985 | A Women of Substance | Edwina | Episode: #1.3 |
1986 | Theatre Night | Greta Samsa | Episode: "Metamorphosis" |
1990 | Screen Two | Rosie | Episode: "Children Crossing" |
1991 | Screenplay | Antonia McGill | Episode: "Antonia and Jane" |
1991 | 4 Play | Helen | Episode: "In the Border Country" |
1994 | Citizen Locke | Lady Marsham | TV Movie |
1994 | Performance | Irina Shestova | Episode: "Summer Day's Dream" |
1995 | The Perfect Match | Bridget | TV Movie |
1995 | Cruel Train | Selina Roberts | TV Movie |
1997 | Plotlands | Chloe Marsh | |
1999 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit | TV Movie |
2000 | Dune | Lady Jessica Atreides | |
2004 | Island at War | Cassie Mahy | |
2004 | The Commander | Eileen Judd | Episode: #2.1 |
2007 | Silent Witness | DS Maureen Steele | |
2010 | Luther | DSU Rose Teller | |
2010-12 | Wallander | Vanja Andersson | Episodes 2-3 and 3-1 |
2011 | Women in Love | Anna Brangwen | |
2012 | One Night | Sally | |
2013 | Vera | Laura Marsden | Episode: "Poster Child" |
2015 | Wolf Hall | Johane Williamson | |
2016 | Shetland | Freya Galdie | Series 3 |
2018 | Collateral | Deborah Clifford | Episode: #1.1 & 1.4 |
2019 | Death in Paradise | Frances Compton | Episode: "Beyond the Shining Sea: Part Two" |
2020 | Belgravia | Ellis | |
2020 | Us | Connie Petersen | |
2020 | Roadkill | Helen Laurence |
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.
- ^ "VocalPoint.net profile". VocalPoint.net. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Canoe Man". BBC Online. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ "Women in Love, BBC Four, preview". The Telegraph.
External links[]
- 1961 births
- Audiobook narrators
- English people of Dutch descent
- English film actresses
- English radio actresses
- English stage actresses
- English television actresses
- English voice actresses
- Living people
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- English 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