Amy Beth Hayes (born 8 October 1982) is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Kitty in '' Mr Selfridge''; Lucy in "

The Entire History of You "The Entire History of You" is the third and final episode of the first series of the British science fiction anthology television series ''Black Mirror''. It was the first episode not written by series creator Charlie Brooker, instead credited ...

", an episode of '' Black Mirror''; Ruth in '' Misfits''; Clementine in '' Shameless''; Amy in ''

The Syndicate ''The Syndicate'' is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. It sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a different syndicate. The first series is set i ...

''; and Maxine Fox in '' Sirens''. She has also appeared in ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' and '' Secret Diary of a Call Girl''.

Career

Hayes was born in

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

, Wales, but grew up in

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

, northeast England. She made her screen debut in the 2008 ''

'' episode "

The Stolen Earth "The Stolen Earth" is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on . The episode was written by show runner and head ...

" and the same year she was cast in a lead role in the

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drama '' Whatever It Takes''. Hayes appeared in the 2009 Romanian film '' Eva'', and in ''

Micro Men ''Micro Men'' is a 2009 one-off BBC drama television programme set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market. It focuses on the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair (played by Alexander Armstr ...

'', a BBC-made film charting the rise and fall of the home computer industry in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, where she played Cynthia alongside Martin Freeman. In 2009, she played Ruth, an old woman restored temporarily to her younger self by a peculiar thunder storm, in E4's superhero

comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

'' Misfits'' as well as Daisy in ''Whatever It Takes'', written by Paula Milne. In 2011 she played Lucy in "

", an episode of the anthology series '' Black Mirror'' created by Charlie Brooker. In 2012, she starred in BBC drama ''

'', playing the girlfriend of one of the lottery winners. From 2012 to 2016 she appeared in the

drama '' Mr Selfridge'' (2013) as Kitty Hawkins Edwards. Her stage work includes ''Jerusalem'' with Mark Rylance, ''Linda'' for The Royal Court and ''

On the Waterfront ''On the Waterfront'' is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. ...

'' directed by Stephen Berkoff.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

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