Sian Brooke

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Sian Brooke
Born
Sian Elizabeth Phillips

1980 (age 40–41)
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Other namesSiân Brooke
Years active2002–present
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Children2

Sian Brooke (born Sian Elizabeth Phillips; born 1980)[2] is a British actress, known for portraying Eurus Holmes in Sherlock.

Early life and education[]

Sian Elizabeth Phillips was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England in 1980 and is the youngest of three siblings. She took on a stage name to avoid confusion with fellow actress Siân Phillips, choosing Brooke after an English Civil War general Lord Brooke who was killed at Lichfield.[3] She is the daughter of a police officer and a teacher.[4] Her parents are Welsh.[5] Brooke's early education was at The Friary School in Lichfield.[4] She initially joined the Lichfield Youth Theatre at the age of 11 before becoming a member of the National Youth Theatre and subsequently training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from where she graduated in 2002.[4][6]

Career[]

Her acting debut was as Krista in television series Dinotopia in 2002.[1] Brooke's television credits include A Touch of Frost, Hotel Babylon, Foyle's War, and The Fixer. As a child, she was featured in Strangers in Utah with Adrian Dunbar and Phyllida Law. She also played the lead roles of Laura in All About George and Lori Marcuse in Cape Wrath.

Brooke has lent her voice to the radio dramas Murder on the Homefront, A Pin to See the Peepshow, and Dreaming in Africa.[7]

Brooke's theatre work includes Harvest, Dying City, Dido Queen of Carthage, In The Club, The Birthday Party, and Absolutely Perhaps. She has also appeared in productions of Poor Beck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[7] From July to August 2008, Brooke played Dorothy Gale in the musical The Wizard of Oz at the Southbank Centre. The production was directed by Jude Kelly.[8] During 2011 at the Almeida Theatre, London, she appeared in Stephen Poliakoff's My City and Neil LaBute's Reasons to be Pretty. From August to October 2015, Brooke played Ophelia alongside Benedict Cumberbatch in the Barbican's production of Hamlet.[9][10]

In 2017, Brooke starred in the fourth season of television crime drama Sherlock as Sherlock Holmes' secret sister, Eurus. She initially auditioned for multiple characters in the show before the showrunners told Brooke that all the characters were one, Eurus, who would be a master of disguise.[11] Michael Hogan writing for The Daily Telegraph in his review of the third episode of the season commented that the role was "a star-making turn from Sian Brooke".[12] Later in the year, she appeared with Sheridan Smith and Gemma Whelan in the BBC miniseries The Moorside, based on the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews.[13] She currently stars as Karen in the Apple TV series "Trying".[14]

Personal life[]

Brooke is married and has two children.[1][15]

Brooke is an Ambassador for climate change adaptation charity The Glacier Trust.[16]

Filmography[]

Title Year(s) Role Channel Notes Ref(s)
Dinotopia 2002–2003 Krista ABC 5 episodes [1][17]
All About George 2005 Laura ITV 6 episodes [18][19]
Under the Greenwood Tree 2005 Susan Dewy ITV Television film [20][21]
A Touch of Frost 2006 Carol Haymarsh ITV Episode: "Endangered Species" [22]
Housewife, 49 2006 Evelyn Edwards ITV Television film [22]
Foyle's War 2007 Phyllis Law ITV 1 episode [22]
Hotel Babylon 2007 Lisa BBC One 1 episode [23]
Cape Wrath 2007 Lori Marcuse Channel 4 8 episodes [24]
The Fixer 2008 Melrose Cassidy ITV 1 episode [22]
Midsomer Murders 2008 Christine Turner ITV 1 episode [22]
The Commander 2008 DC Marian Randall ITV Television film [25]
Doc Martin 2009 Claire ITV 1 episode [26]
Vexed 2010 Suzie Miller BBC Two 1 episode [27]
New Tricks 2010 Eileen Harrison BBC One 1 episode [28]
Garrow's Law 2011 Ann Hadfield BBC One 1 episode [29]
Silk 2011 Annie Laidlaw BBC One 1 episode [30]
Man Down 2013 Daisy Channel 4 1 episode [31]
Lewis 2014 Jennie Brightway ITV 2 episodes [32]
Not Safe for Work 2015 Martine McCutcheon Channel 4 4 episodes [33][34]
Sherlock 2017 Eurus Holmes BBC One 3 episodes [35]
The Moorside 2017 Natalie Brown BBC One Television miniseries [36][37]
Doctor Foster 2017 Sian Lambert BBC One 4 Episodes [38]
Good Omens 2019 Deidre Young Amazon Prime Video and BBC Two 6 Episodes [39]
Trying 2020-2021 Karen Apple TV+ 16 Episodes

Guilt 2019 Claire

Stage[]

Title Year(s) Role Theatre Notes Ref(s)
Just a Bloke 2002 Lisa Royal Court Theatre 7 November – 23 November [40][41]
The One with the Oven 2002 Sarah Royal Court Theatre 7 November – 23 November [40][42]
Absolutely! (Perhaps) 2003 Dina Wyndham's Theatre 7 May – 13 September [43][44]
Romeo and Juliet 2004–2005 Juliet Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Noel Coward Theatre 		25 March 2004 – 8 October 2004
16 December 2004 – 8 January 2005 		[45][46][47][48]
King Lear 2004–2005 Cordelia Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Noel Coward Theatre 		17 June 2004 – 14 October 2004
16 November 2004 – 20 November 2004
13 January 2005 – 5 February 2005 		[49][50][51][52]
Poor Beck 2004–2005 Myrrha The Other Place
Soho Theatre 		29 September 2004 – 7 October 2004
11 March 2005 – 16 March 2005 		[53][54][55]
Harvest 2005 Laura Royal Court Theatre 2 September – 1 October [56][57][58]
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2006 Hermia Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Hackney Empire
St David's Hall 		11 February
12 February
25 March 		[59]
Dying City 2006 Kelly Royal Court Theatre 12 May – 10 June [60][61]
In the Club 2007–2008 Sasha Hampstead Theatre
Richmond Theatre
Festival Theatre, Malvern
Wycombe Swan
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Belgrade Theatre
New Theatre, Cardiff 		25 July 2007 – 25 August 2007
12 February 2008 – 16 February 2008
18 February 2008 – 23 February 2008
25 February 2008 – 1 March 2008
3 March 2008 – 8 March 2008
10 March 2008 – 15 March 2008
18 March 2008 – 22 March 2008 		[62][63][64]
The Birthday Party 2008 Lulu Lyric Theatre 8 May – 24 May [65][66]
The Wizard of Oz 2008 Dorothy Royal Festival Hall 23 July – 31 August [8][67]
Dido, Queen of Carthage 2009 Anna Royal National Theatre 17 March – 7 May [68][69]
Article 19 2009 Royal Court Theatre 3 July – 4 July [70]
Wanderlust 2010 Clare Walsh Royal Court Theatre 9 September – 9 October [71][72][73]
Joseph K 2010 Various Gate Theatre 11 November – 18 December [74][75]
Ecstasy 2011 Jean Hampstead Theatre
Duchess Theatre 		10 March – 9 April
12 April – 28 May 		[76][77]
My City 2011 Julie Almeida Theatre 8 September – 5 November [78][79]
reasons to be pretty 2011–2012 Steph Almeida Theatre 10 November 2011 – 14 January 2012 [80][81]
Tartuffe 2013 Elmire Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1 November – 16 November [82][83]
Hamlet 2015 Ophelia Barbican Centre 5 August – 31 October [84][85]
I'm Not Running 2018 Pauline National Theatre written by David Hare
directed by Neil Armfield 		[86]

References[]

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