Occupation Actress Name Bryony Hannah | Role Actress | |
Television Call the MidwifeDead Boss Nominations Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role Similar People Helen George, Laura Main, Jessica Raine, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi | ||
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Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated English actress.
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- Personal life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
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Personal life
The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary.
In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child.
Career
Hannah has starred in Dead Boss as Christine. She is perhaps best known for her work on Call the Midwife. Her character was introduced as Nurse Cynthia Miller. During the course of the show, Cynthia decided she was being called to a religious life, and she became a nun. Her character currently lives as a nun at Nonnatus house, the same place she worked as a nurse.
She received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role as Mary Tilford in The Children's Hour. Her other stage roles include performances in Earthquakes in London, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, The Pillowman and War Horse.
She provides the voice of Padget, Pando's carer, in the CBeebies TV series, Bing.
In June 2017, Bryony revealed that herself along with fellow colleagues Emerald Fennel and Kate Lamb will leave the show Call The Midwife and will not participate in Series 7.