Phoebe Fox (born 16 April 1987) is an English actress, who was nominated for Olivier and Evening Standard awards for work in theatre. She has appeared in the ''

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'' episode " The Entire History of You" (2011), '' The Woman in Black: Angel of Death'' (2015), '' The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses'' (2016), and ''

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'' (2020-present).

Early life

Fox is the daughter of "jobbing actors" Stuart Fox and Prue Clarke. Fox was educated at

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Fox trained at the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...

(RADA).

Career

In 2010, Fox made her debut acting appearance in the play '' A Month in the Country'' at the

Chichester Festival Theatre Chichester Festival Theatre is a theatre and Grade II* listed building situated in Oaklands Park in the city of Chichester, West Sussex, England. Designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, it was opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Mart ...

. The following year she starred in ''

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'' at the Rose Theatre, ''The Acid Test'' at the

Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England ...

upstairs and ''There Is A War'' at the National Theatre as part of their Double Feature in the Paintframe. Based on these performances she was nominated for the 2011

Evening Standard Theatre Award The ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Awards, established in 1955, are the oldest theatrical awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. They are presented annually for outstanding achievements in London Theatre, and are organised by the ''Evening Standa ...

for Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer. Fox was tipped in the 2011 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list. In 2012, Fox appeared as Grace in ''

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'', a TV series about witches living in a city. In 2014 she appeared in '' The Musketeers'' as the Duchess of Savoy; in '' A Poet in New York'' as Liz Reitell, and also as Eve Perkins in '' The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death''. In 2014 Fox was nominated for

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The Oliviers were established as the Society of West End T ...

for her performance in ''

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'' at the

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, alongside Mark Strong who won best actor. In 2015, Fox starred as

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in ''

Life in Squares ''Life in Squares'' is a British television mini-series that was broadcast on BBC Two from 27 July to 10 August 2015. The title comes from Dorothy Parker's witticism that the Bloomsbury Group, whose lives it portrays, had "lived in squares, pain ...

'', a BBC drama about the

Bloomsbury Group The Bloomsbury Group—or Bloomsbury Set—was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the first half of the 20th century, including Virginia Woolf, John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster and Lytton St ...

and in the thriller film '' Eye in the Sky''. In 2020, Fox starred as Marial, a main character in ''

'' alongside co-stars

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and

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. She was part of the ensemble nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Comedy Series.

Personal life

Fox is married to actor Kyle Soller, whom she met at RADA. They live in London.

Selected credits

Film and television

Theatre

Radio

Awards and nominations

Fox was named one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2011.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fox, Phoebe 1987 births 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of RADA Living people People from Hammersmith