Amy Manson (born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish actress. She has portrayed Alice Guppy in '' Torchwood'', Abby Evans in '' Casualty'',

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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''.

Background

Born and brought up in

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, Scotland, Manson has one sister, Ailsa Manson and one brother, James Manson, all of Sept

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of Clan Gunn. 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 lives in North London.

Career

Manson made her film debut in '' Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud'', and has also appeared in the

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

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'', '' The Bill'' and '' My Family''. Manson played

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period drama '' Desperate Romantics''."Desperate Romantics" press pack: Introduction
BBC Press Office. 2009-06-25. She appeared as the vampire Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of '' Being Human'', alongside ''Desperate Romantics'' co-star Aidan Turner.BBC - Press Office - Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 2 2010
Retrieved 2009-12-22. Manson played Ginger Corrigan in the 2010 adaptation of '' Agatha Christie's Marple'': '' The Pale Horse'', Press releases , Programme press releases , Marple The Pale Horse
''ITV Press Centre''. Retrieved 2010-02-23. and also played Fleur Morgan in '' Outcasts'',BBC - Press Office - Meet the Outcasts in a major new BBC One drama series
Retrieved 2010-05-13. 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 ''

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''. She also appears in the fifth series of Irish drama '' Raw''.New Cast Members Begin Shooting ‘Raw’ Season Five For RTÉ
The Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 2012-08-24.

Awards

Manson won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing

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in the National Theatre of Scotland production of '' Six Characters in Search of an Author''.The Stage / News / Dundee Rep's Peer Gynt sweeps Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland
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Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

References

External links

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Outcasts' Amy Manson: I love being Fearless Fleur!
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manson, Amy 1985 births Living people People from Aberdeenshire People educated at Westhill Academy Scottish television actresses Scottish film actresses Scottish stage actresses Scottish radio actresses Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama 21st-century Scottish actresses