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Pearl Mackie is a British actress. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series ''
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''. Mackie is a 2010 graduate of the
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. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in
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soap opera ''
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''.


Early life

Mackie grew up in
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in south London and is of paternal
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and maternal English descent. She is the granddaughter of
Philip Mackie Philip Mackie (26 November 1918 – 23 December 1985) was a British film and television screenwriter. He was born in Salford in Lancashire, England. He graduated in 1939 from University College London and worked for the Ministry of Informat ...
, who wrote the screenplay for '' The Naked Civil Servant.'' She earned a degree in Drama from the
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, and speaks English, French and Spanish. During her studies she went to workshops and took part in many extra-curricular plays. In 2010 she graduated from the
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. In the same year Mackie was nominated for the ''
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Carleton Hobbs Award'' for outstanding duologues in the school play ''Noughts & Crosses''.


Career

Mackie appeared in an early mainstream role as a front of house girl in the 2013 music comedy ''
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''. In 2014, Mackie played Anne-Marie Frasier in ''
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'' and the young computer genius Mia in ''Crystal Springs'' at the Park Theatre in London. She could also be seen in the political satire ''Obama-ology'' at the
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in west London, playing Cece and Caits, two young women finding their voice. In 2015, she performed in the National Theatre's West End production of '' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time''. In the same year Mackie appeared in the short film ''Date Aid'' by
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, a
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. Mackie has also worked as an acting tutor for Troupers, a company that teaches theatre skills to children and young people. On 23 April 2016, it was announced that Mackie would be playing Bill Potts, the companion of The Doctor in the British television series ''
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''. It was also announced in March 2017 that Bill would be the first openly gay main companion in the series. After production on
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of ''Doctor Who'' had wrapped, Mackie joined a production of Harold Pinter's '' The Birthday Party'' as Lulu. The production – costarring
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,
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, and
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– opened in January 2018 at London's
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. In 2020, she guest starred as Lucy 1 in ''
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''.


Personal life

On 28 June 2020, Mackie came out as
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in an Instagram post. She and her partner Kam Chhokar announced their engagement on 19 January 2022.


Filmography


Film


Television


Radio


Audio


Music videos


Commercials


Theatre


Accolades


Awards

* 2018: Screen Nation Film & TV Awards – Female Performance in TV for ''
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Nominations

* 2010: BBC Carleton Hobbs Awards – Outstanding Duologues for the BOVTS play ''Noughts & Crosses'' (shared with Roddy Peters) * 2017: TV Times Awards – Favourite Newcomer for ''
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'' * 2017: ''Heat'''s Unmissables Awards – Best Actress for ''
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'' * 2021:
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Best Narration for ''The Real Charlie Chaplin'' * 2022: DIVA Awards – Actor of the Year


Honorable mentions

* 2020: Screen Nation Film & TV Awards – Female Performance in TV for various roles


References


External links

*
Official site
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