Charlotte Hope is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as

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in the

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through fifth seasons of the

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fantasy series ''

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'' (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of

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on the

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historical drama series ''

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'' (2019–2020), her first starring performance. In 2020, she appeared as a series regular on the second season of the

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thriller '' Bancroft'' and the

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biographical drama ''

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''. Outside television, Hope has appeared in the biographic romance film '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014) and the horror film '' The Nun'' (2018). She also voiced one of the playable characters in the

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'' (2018).

Early life and education

Hope was born in

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and grew up in Lower Daggons, a rural hamlet in the

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. Her younger sister Emily is a member of the band

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. Their father is a barrister and former jockey and their mother stayed at home, having previously worked in PR. Hope attended boarding school. She first discovered acting through a drama class at school. She went on to study French and Spanish at the

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. Whilst there, she found an agent and began taking on theatre and commercial gigs. Upon graduation from Oxford, Hope spent a year in Paris training in acting at

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Career

Hope made her film debut as a factory worker in the 2012 musical '' Les Miserables''. In 2013, Hope began playing the role of

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's sadistic lover,

, in

's fantasy drama series ''

''. She continued in the role until the character died during the fifth season and her body was found in the sixth-season premiere. In 2014, she guest starred in the first season of ''

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'', playing the role of Charlotte Mellendorf. That same year, she appeared in the film '' The Theory of Everything'', portraying Philippa Hawking, the younger sister of Stephen Hawking. In 2015, she had a leading role in the British gangster film ''

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'' as Willow Clarke. That same year, Hope appeared in the music video "Beautiful to Me" by

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. In 2016, Hope appeared in the biographical romantic drama ''

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'' and the romantic thriller ''

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''. In 2017, she had a supporting role in the drama film ''

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'' and in 2018, she co-starred in the horror film '' The Nun''. Hope has also done theatre work, including Broadway shows such as ''

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'' where she played the role of Shelly in 2016. In 2017 she played the role of Zara in

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's ''Albion'' and in 2018 she played as Dr. Michaels' mother in

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's ''Good for Otto.'' In March 2018, Hope was cast in the lead role of the

series ''

'', in which she plays

. The show is a follow up to '' The White Queen'' and ''

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''. In January 2020, she appeared as Annabel Connors, a main character in Season 2 of '' Bancroft'' opposite

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. Having worked with Danish director Birgitte Stærmouse on the first season of ''The Spanish Princess'', the pair teamed up again for

's miniseries ''

'', which also aired in 2020.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Stage

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Charlotte Living people 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Hampshire Actresses from Wiltshire Alumni of the University of Oxford English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses 1991 births