Yolanda Kettle

Yolanda Kettle (born 1988) is an English actress known for playing Camilla Fry in The Crown (2017), Dolly Wilcox in Howards End (2017), and Joy Pelling in the BBC political drama Roadkill (2020).

Yolanda Kettle
Born1988 (age 34–35)[1][2]
Birmingham, England, UK.
NationalityBritish
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present

Early life

Yolanda Kettle was born in 1988 in Birmingham, England.[1] Her mother is Spanish and her father English.[2] She went to King Edward VI Camp Hill School in Birmingham. After leaving secondary school, she moved to London to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).[2] Kettle is also an alumna of the National Youth Theatre [3][4][5]

Career

Kettle's first major role was on stage at the Arcola Theatre as Nina in Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull alongside Geraldine James in 2011.[1][2] She played Dolly Wilcox in Howards End in 2017,[2] and in the same year had a role in series 2 of The Crown, playing Camilla Fry, wife of chocolate entrepreneur Jeremy Fry, both of whom were friends with Princess Margaret's love interest, Antony Armstrong-Jones.[6][7] In 2020, Kettle played the role of Joy Pelling in the BBC political drama Roadkill.[8]

Kettle joined the cast of a new Netflix and MRC Jane Austen film Persuasion; filming began in the UK in June 2021.[9]

Filmography

Film, video, live streaming, and theatre
Year Title Role
2016 National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea Ann Welch
2017 Need for Speed Payback (video game) Voice Talent (voice)
2017 Nioh (video game) Maria
2018 Hitman 2 (video game) Andrea Martinez (voice)
2020 Made in Italy Ruth
2020 Nioh 2 (video game) Maria
2020 Upstairs (short) Caroline
2022 Persuasion Elizabeth Elliot [9]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Doctors Laura Carew Series 14, "Now They'll Sleep"
2012 Holby City Zoe Hardwick Series 15, "The Ties That Bind"
2015 Father Brown Natasha Farrango Series 3, "The Deadly Seal"
2016 The Collection Cecile Trouvier 1 episode - "The Weekend"
2016 Love, Nina Amanda Episode 1.4
2017 The Crown Camilla Fry Series 2, "Matrimonium" and "Beryl"
2017 Howards End Dolly Wilcox 3 episodes
2017 Doc Martin Hannah Butler Series 8, "Accidental Hero and Mysterious Ways"
2018 Marcella Becky Marani 8 episodes
2020 Roadkill Joy Pelling 3 episodes

Stage
Year Title Roles Notes
2022 Patriots Marina Litvinenko/Nina Berezovsky Almeida Theatre

References
  1. "20 Questions: Yolanda Kettle - The actress who recently appeared opposite Andrew Scott in Birdland". whatsonstage.com. 11 July 2014.
  2. "Interview: The Crown actress Yolanda Kettle". scotsman.com. 16 December 2017.
  3. "Actors who have worked with Paul Roseby". nyt.org.uk. 8 June 2018.
  4. "NYT alumni Yolanda Kettle at Speaker's House". Helen Maybanks via flickr.com. 23 March 2015.
  5. "What's on TV: Q&A with Yolanda Kettle". countryandtownhouse.co.uk. 2017.
  6. "Yolanda Kettle Exclusive". fabricmagazine.co.uk. November 2017.
  7. "Yolanda Kettle at The Crown Series 2 World TV premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square, London". imagecollect.com. 21 November 2017.
  8. "Roadkill cast - Full list of characters in Hugh Laurie BBC drama". thenewstrace.com. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021.
  9. "'Persuasion': Edward Bluemel, Lydia Rose Bewley & Yolanda Kettle Join Netflix & MRC Jane Austen Pic". deadline.com/. 4 June 2021.
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