Susannah Walker Wise is an

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and stage

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Life and career

She trained as an actress at the

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, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the British

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'' and the Channel 4 comedy ''

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''. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's ''Where Do We Live'' and in Nina Raine's ''Rabbit''. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the

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series ''

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'', starring

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, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery

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/ref> In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in ''

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'' episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls"

Filmography

Television

References

External links

https://www.susannahwise.com
* Living people Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art British film actresses British soap opera actresses British stage actresses British television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British actresses {{UK-actor-stub