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Nationality
  
Scottish

Years active
  
2006–present


Name
  
Amy Manson

Role
  
Actress

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Born
  
9 September 1985 (age 38) (
1985-09-09
)

Education
  
Central School of Speech and Drama

Siblings
  
Ailsa Manson, James Manson

Movies and TV shows
  
Once Upon a Time, Desperate Romantics, Being Human, Outcasts, Not Another Happy En

Similar People
  
Elizabeth Siddal, Aiysha Hart, Jennie Jacques, Liam Garrigan, Elliot Knight

Profiles

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Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics, Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human, Medea in Atlantis, and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time.

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Background

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Born and brought up in Aberdeenshire, Manson has a sister, Ailsa and a brother, James. She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to film Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud in Romania. She currently lives in north London.

Career

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Manson made her film debut in Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and has also appeared in the horror film Blood Monkey and the short film Smile Emily.

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Manson has lent her voice to the radio dramas Lost in Plain Sight, The Summer Walking and The Dead Hour.

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On television, she played Alice Guppy in two episodes of Torchwood, and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes of Casualty. She has guest-starred in episodes of Doctors, The Bill and My Family.

Manson played Lizzie Siddal, muse, wife and lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics. She appeared as the vampiress Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of Being Human, alongside Desperate Romantics co-star Aidan Turner.

Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Marple: The Pale Horse, and also played Fleur Morgan in Outcasts, an eight-part series by Kudos for BBC One. In 2011, Manson portrayed Leah in the third series of Misfits and Emma "Whirly" Tyson in the BBC drama Young James Herriot.

She will also appear in the forthcoming fifth series of Irish drama Raw.

Awards

Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing Stepdaughter in the National Theatre of Scotland production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Filmography

Actress
-
Rebus (TV Series) (post-production)
- Episode #1.1
2023
Bodies (TV Mini Series) as
Charlotte Hillinghead
- 'Know You Are Loved' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead (uncredited)
- 'Catch Me If You Can' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead
- 'The World Is Yours' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead
- 'All in Good Time' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead
- 'Do You Know Who I Am?' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead
- 'Right Up the Wazoo' (2023) - Charlotte Hillinghead
2023
The Diplomat (TV Series) as
Giselle
- Don't Call It a Kidnapping (2023) - Giselle
- The Cinderella Thing (2023) - Giselle
2023
Chemistry of Death (TV Series) as
Ellen McLeod
- The Clouds Part (2023) - Ellen McLeod
- Island On Fire (2023) - Ellen McLeod
- Written in Bone (2023) - Ellen McLeod
- Where the Wind Blows (2023) - Ellen McLeod
2021
The Nevers (TV Series) as
Maladie / Sarah Eason / Effie Boyle
- I'll Be Seeing You (2023) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- Ain't We Got Fun (2023) - Maladie
- Alright, Okay, You Win (2023) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- Fever (2023) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- I Don't Know Enough About You (2023) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- It's a Good Day (2023) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- True (2021) - Maladie / Sarah Eason
- Hanged (2021) - Maladie / Sarah Eason / Effie Boyle
- Undertaking (2021) - Maladie / Effie Boyle (as Margaret Tuttle)
- Ignition (2021) - Maladie
- Exposure (2021) - Maladie
- Pilot (2021) - Maladie
2022
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures (Podcast Series) as
Jeanie / System
- Break the Ice (2022) - Jeanie / System (voice)
2021
Spencer as
Anne Boleyn
2021
Ladybaby (Short) as
Suzie
2021
She Will as
Lois
2021
Zopa - Diamonds Into Dust (Short) as
Dealer
2020
Trifle (Short) as
Alice
2019
Real as
Tash
2019
Doom: Annihilation as
Joan
2019
Lucky Star (Short) as
Annette
2019
Run as
Katie
2019
Beats as
Cat
2018
Legacies (TV Series) as
Dryad
- Malivore (2018) - Dryad
2018
Ciudad (Short) as
Veronica
2017
Edie as
Fiona
2017
The White Princess (TV Mini Series) as
Cathy Gordon
- Old Curses (2017) - Cathy Gordon
- Two Kings (2017) - Cathy Gordon
- English Blood on English Soil (2017) - Cathy Gordon
- Traitors (2017) - Cathy Gordon
2017
T2 Trainspotting as
Woman in Club
2015
Once Upon a Time (TV Series) as
Merida
- Only You (2016) - Merida
- Last Rites (2016) - Merida
- Broken Heart (2015) - Merida
- The Bear King (2015) - Merida
- The Bear and the Bow (2015) - Merida
- Dreamcatcher (2015) - Merida
- The Broken Kingdom (2015) - Merida
- The Dark Swan (2015) - Merida
2015
Serial Thriller (TV Series) as
Pamela
- The Chameleon Part 3 (2015) - Pamela
- The Chameleon Part 1 (2015) - Pamela
- The Chameleon Part 2 (2015) - Pamela
2015
The Chameleon as
Pamela
2015
Estranged as
January
2014
Atlantis (TV Series) as
Medea
- The Queen Must Die (2015) - Medea
- The Queen Must Die: Part Two (2015) - Medea
- Kin (2015) - Medea
- The Dying of the Light (2015) - Medea
- The Gorgon's Gaze (2015) - Medea
- The Madness of Hercules (2015) - Medea
- A Fate Worse Than Death (2015) - Medea
- The Grey Sisters (2014) - Medea
- The Day of the Dead (2014) - Medea
- The Marriage of True Minds (2014) - Medea
- A New Dawn: Part Two (2014) - Medea
- A New Dawn (2014) - Medea
2015
Two Down as
Air Hostess Call Girl
2013
Harrigan as
Vickey Frizell
2013
The Field of Blood (TV Series) as
Karen Burnett
- The Dead Hour: Part 2 (2013) - Karen Burnett
- The Dead Hour: Part 1 (2013) - Karen Burnett
2013
Not Another Happy Ending as
Darsie
2013
Raw (TV Series) as
Zoe
- Episode #5.6 (2013) - Zoe
- Episode #5.5 (2013) - Zoe
- Episode #5.4 (2013) - Zoe
- Episode #5.3 (2013) - Zoe
- Episode #5.2 (2013) - Zoe
- Episode #5.1 (2013) - Zoe
2011
Young James Herriot (TV Mini Series) as
Whirly Tyson
- Episode #1.3 (2011) - Whirly Tyson
- Episode #1.2 (2011) - Whirly Tyson
- Episode #1.1 (2011) - Whirly Tyson
2011
Misfits (TV Series) as
Leah
- Episode #3.6 (2011) - Leah
2011
Outcasts (TV Series) as
Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.8 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.7 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.6 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.5 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.4 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.3 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.2 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
- Episode #1.1 (2011) - Fleur Morgan
2010
Marple (TV Series) as
Ginger Corrigan
- The Pale Horse (2010) - Ginger Corrigan
2010
Being Human (TV Series) as
Daisy
- All God's Children (2010) - Daisy
- Damage (2010) - Daisy
- In the Morning (2010) - Daisy (uncredited)
- Educating Creature (2010) - Daisy (uncredited)
- Long Live the King (2010) - Daisy
- Cure and Contagion (2010) - Daisy
2009
Desperate Romantics (TV Mini Series) as
Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.6 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.5 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.4 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.3 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.2 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
- Episode #1.1 (2009) - Lizzie Siddal
2008
Casualty (TV Series) as
Abby Evans
- Crush (2009) - Abby Evans
- My Last Day: Part 2 (2009) - Abby Evans
- My Last Day: Part 1 (2008) - Abby Evans
- This Will Be Our Year (2008) - Abby Evans
- Reality Bites (2008) - Abby Evans
- Own Personal Jesus (2008) - Abby Evans
- Impact (2008) - Abby Evans
- The Line of Fire (2008) - Abby Evans
- The Evil That Men Do (2008) - Abby Evans
2008
Torchwood (TV Series) as
Alice Guppy
- Exit Wounds (2008) - Alice Guppy
- Fragments (2008) - Alice Guppy
2008
Doctors (TV Series) as
Kelly Moore
- Jack the Lad (2008) - Kelly Moore
2007
Nearly Famous (TV Series) as
Melanie
- Episode #1.5 (2007) - Melanie
2007
Blood Monkey (Video) as
Amy Armstrong
2007
My Family (TV Series) as
Casting P.A.
- Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do (2007) - Casting P.A.
2007
Pumpkinhead 4: Blood Feud (TV Movie) as
Jodie
2006
The Bill (TV Series) as
Martine McKenzie
- A Day to Remember (2006) - Martine McKenzie
Self
2021
Popternative (TV Series) as
Self
- Amy Manson (2021) - Self
2016
Geek? Cosplay, Cons and Culture (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2018
Once Upon a Time (TV Series) as
Merida
- Leaving Storybrooke (2018) - Merida (uncredited)

References

Amy Manson Wikipedia