Emily Fairn is an English actress from

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, with appearances on television, stage and film.

Career

From

, Fairn graduated from the

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in 2020. She had her debut television role as Casey in

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police drama ''

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'' starring

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, and broadcast in January 2022. The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023. She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One

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series ''

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'' starring

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. She has a role in the episode ''

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'' from the sixth series of ''

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'' on

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. On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside

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and

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in a production of ''

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'' at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by

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. Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the ''

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'' said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut, and Fiona Mountford for The ''i'' said she deserved "plaudits". She has filmed a

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-backed feature film called ''Chuck Chuck Baby'', described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh. She also has a role in the

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political thriller '' COBRA'', She is also in the

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directed period drama series ''

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'', in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by

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Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairn, Emily English television actresses English stage actresses Living people Actresses from Liverpool Date of birth unknown Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 21st-century English actresses