Emma Handy
Emma Handy (Born 24 March 1974) is a British actress best known for her role as DC Paula McIntyre in the ITV1 award-winning drama series Wire in the Blood in which she appeared for five series.
Early life
Emma trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art LAMDA. During the summer of her second year Emma was invited to Hungary to play the leading role in the first English translation of Csongor es Tunde by Peter Zollman at the Merlin International Theatre, Budapest.
Career
During her final year at drama school Emma was offered the part of Yuliya in a new translation of Chekov's 'The Wood Demon' by Frank Dwyer at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. Emma went straight onto the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Jessica in Merchant of Venice[1] and to create the role of Rhona in the premiere of Robert Holman's Bad Weather.
Much of Emma's stage work has been involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in Nicholas Wright's multi award winning play Vincent in Brixton directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre; Rhona in Robert Holman's Bad Weather directed by Steven Pimlott for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Lou in Murray Gold's 50 Revolutions directed by Dominic Dromgoole for the Trafalgar Studios and Cathy in Polly Teale's award winning Speechless for Shared Experience at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.
Emma played Maudie Miller in Trevor Nunn's 2011 revival of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket marking the centenary of Terence Rattigan's birth.[2]
In January 2013 Emma performed at the Adelaide Festival in Australia in the premiere of Thursday[3] by the acclaimed playwright Bryony Lavery (Frozen) in a collaboration with Australian-based theatre company Brink Productions and English Touring Theatre.[4]
Handy performed a lead role in the play Handbagged, which toured the Uk in 2014, including performances at the Theatre Royale in Bath,[5][6] the Cambridge Arts Theatre,[7] and also at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham.[8][9]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Black Cab | Jem | TV Series |
| 2000 | Pretending to be Judith | Keeley | TV: Two Part Drama |
| 2001 | The Bill | Lisa Hayes | TV Series: Episode "Real Crime" |
| 2002 | The American Embassy | Jules Brody | TV Series |
| 2002 | The Bill | Jodie White | TV Series: Episode 014 |
| 2003 | Hear the Silence | Ann | TV movie |
| 2004 | William and Mary | Tracy Mellor | TV Series: 4 Episodes |
| 2004 | Silent Witness | DS Gwenda Newton | TV Series: 2 Episodes |
| 2004 | See Me | Jo | TV Movie |
| 2005 | Beneath the Skin | Louisa | TV Movie |
| 2003 -2008 | Wire in the Blood | DC Paula McIntyre | TV Series: 20 Episodes |
| 2010 | Doctors | Linda Stow | TV Series: 4 Episodes |
| 2011 | Threesome | Dr Cartwright | TV Series |
| 2011 | Holby City | Katie Blakeman | TV Series: Episode "See you on the ice" |
| 2016 | The Coroner | Debbie Patterson | TV series: Episode 2.10 "Crash" |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Velvet Goldmine | Jean | Todd Haynes |
| 2001 | Iris | PC Keaton | Richard Eyre |
| 2002 | Club Le Monde[10] | Ra | Simon Rumley |
| 2003 | Vacuums | Marge | Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas |
| 2003 | Vincent in Brixton | Anna Van Gogh | Richard Eyre |
| 2006 | Balham vs Clapham | Emily | Tom Yarwood |
| 2012 | Fast Girls | Rebecca- Team GB Official | Regan Hall |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Author | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Csongor es Tunde | Peter Zollman | Tunde | Lazlo Magacs | Merlin International Theatre, Budapest |
| 1997 | The Wood Demon | Anton Chekov | Yuliya | Anthony Clark | The Playhouse Theatre, London |
| 1997-1999 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Lady in Waiting | Adrian Noble | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1997-1999 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Jessica | Gregory Doran | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1997-1999 | Bad Weather | Robert Holman | Rhona | Steven Pimlott | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1999 | 50 Revolutions | Murray Gold | Lou | Dominic Dromgoole | Trafalgar Studios |
| 2002-2003 | Vincent in Brixton | Nicholas Wright | Anna Van Gogh | Richard Eyre | National Theatre London, Wyndhams Theatre London, Playhouse Theatre, London |
| 2007 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Hermia | Tito Celestino da Costa | International Opera Festival, Lisbon |
| 2008 | Crown Matrimonial | Royce Ryton | Elizabeth, Duchess of York | David Grindley | ACT Productions |
| 2009 | Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness | Anthony Neilson | Madame Poulet | Steve Marmion | Headlong |
| 2010 | Speechless | Polly Teale | Cathy | Polly Teale | Shared Experience, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh |
| 2011 | Flare Path | Terence Rattigan | Maudie Miller | Trevor Nunn | Haymarket Theatre, London |
| 2012 | The Boy who Fell into a Book | Alan Ayckbourn | Monique | Steve Marmion | Soho Theatre |
Reflist
- ↑ William Shakespeare (3 March 2010). The Merchant of Venice. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-137-00461-1.
- ↑ "Shrek's put a smile back on my face". By Baz Bamigboye. Daily Mail Online, 11 March 2011
- ↑ Thursday by Bryony Lavery
- ↑ "Festival Review: Thursday". Glam Adelaide, By Barry Lenny on March 5, 2013
- ↑ "Handbagged review: Susie Blake and Emma Handy star in the comedy at the Theatre Royal". ChronicleLive Oct 27, 2015
- ↑ "Handbagged review at Theatre Royal, Bath". Bath Chronicle, December 01,
- ↑ "Review: Handbagged at Cambridge Arts Theatre". Cambridge News, By LydiaFallon. October 13, 2015
- ↑ "The arts diary: Handbagged, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham". Gloucestershire Echo November 17, 2015
- ↑ "Queen at 90: How Elizabeth II is portrayed on stage and screen". By Lauren Turner BBC News, 21 April 2016
- ↑ John Pym (2010). Time Out Film Guide 2011. Time Out Guides Limited. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-1-84670-208-2.