Emily Berrington

Emily Berrington (born 7 December 1985) is an English actress who played Simone Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day (2014)[1] and Niska in the Channel 4 and AMC TV series Humans (2015–2018).

Emily Berrington
Berrington at the 2015 MCM London Comic Con
Born (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materKing's College London
OccupationActress
Years active2013–present
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
SpouseBen Lloyd-Hughes (2019)

Early life

Berrington's parents were social workers.[2] She has three siblings: Amy, a professor in the United States; Tom, who works for IMG in Abu Dhabi; and Katie, who writes for Vogue. Berrington attended Cheney School[3] and later studied development geography at King's College London.[4]

Career

Berrington was involved in youth drama but pursued a career in politics, working at the House of Commons for Labour Party MP Siobhain McDonagh of the London constituency of Mitcham and Morden. In 2009 she won a place studying acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2012.[5]

While studying there she had a part in the Almeida Theatre's production of Children's Children, and also in Michael Winterbottom's The Look of Love.[6]

In 2013 she starred as Jane Shore in the period drama The White Queen, and in 2014 she appeared as Stacey in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered and as Simone Al-Harazi in the thriller series 24: Live Another Day. Her character in 24 had been planned to appear in two episodes, but that was expanded to seven. Her first major supporting film role came in the 2014 comedy film The Inbetweeners 2.[7]

Between 2015 and 2018, in 24 episodes over three seasons, she portrayed Niska in Channel 4's TV series Humans.

From 2017 to 2020 she played Chloe in Richard Herring's sitcom Relativity on BBC Radio 4.[8]

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Look of Love Clare Uncredited
2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Katie Evans
The Last Showing Allie
2017 The Hippopotamus Jane Swann
2022 The Stranger in Our Bed Charlotte
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The White Queen Jane Shore Recurring role (3 episodes)
2014 Outnumbered Stacey Guest role (3 episodes)
24: Live Another Day Simone Al-Harazi Guest role (7 episodes)
2015 Sons of Liberty Margaret Kemble Gage TV miniseries
2015–2018 Humans Niska Main role (24 episodes)
2017 The Miniaturist The Miniaturist Minor role (2 episodes)

References
  1. "Five minutes with Emily Berrington". Vogue. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. Button, Simon (20 November 2016). "Humans star Emily Berrington: A family is definitely in my future". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  3. Smith, Tim. "Emily Berrington + Kara Tointon". BBC Radio Oxford. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. "Emily Berrington: Guildhall School of Music & Drama". www.gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. "Emily Berrington interview: On playing a robotic sex worker". The Independent. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. "Acting stardom for former Geography student". Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  7. "Inbetweeners 2: Meet Emily Berrington – the sequel's unfortunate". The Independent. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  8. "BBC Radio 4 - Relativity". Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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