Tamzin Merchant
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| Born | 4 March 1987 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Tamzin Merchant (born 4 March 1987)[1] is an English actress. She is known for her role as Georgiana Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (2005 film version) and for her role as Catherine Howard in The Tudors.
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[edit] Career
Merchant's other credits include Margo Durrell in the 2005 BBC television film My Family and Other Animals. In 2006 she appeared in two more BBC dramas, as Sara Fox, the student daughter of Alan Davies and Michelle Gomez, in the comedy The Good Housekeeping Guide, and as Probationer Eastwood in the historical drama Casualty 1906. In 2008 she appeared in the ensemble drama Radio Cape Cod in which she plays a summer theatre camper dealing with issues of friendship and romance.
She appears in the music video for Jamie T's If You've Got The Money.
She was cast in the third season (2009) of The Tudors, playing Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. She made her debut in the third season finale and features heavily in several episodes of the fourth (and final) season.
It was announced on 20 August 2009 that Merchant would star as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels.[2] On 29 April 2010, it was announced that Merchant was no longer part of the series, being replaced in her role as Daenerys by Emilia Clarke.[3] She has recently starred in DCI Banks: playing with fire as Miranda. In early 2012 Merchant will play 17 year old Rosa Bud in the BBC adaptation of Dicken's The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, by writer Gwyneth Hughes (Five Days, U Be Dead, Miss Austen Regrets and Blood Strangers)
[edit] Background
Merchant comes from Sussex, England and attended Brighton College,[4] although she has also lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. After twice deferring university places to concentrate on her acting career, she was a student at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Merchant has written several poems, including "Where Does Revenge Stop?" and "Ode to a Toilet", for Platforms Magazine.
[edit] Charity work
Tamzin is a patron of the international development charity Build Africa.[5]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Georgiana Darcy | |
| My Family and Other Animals | Margot Durrell | TV movie | |
| 2006 | The Good Housekeeping Guide | Sara Fox | TV movie |
| Casualty 1906 | Probationer Eastwood | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Radio Cape Cod | Anna | |
| Bonekickers | Helena | TV series (1 episode: "Army of God") | |
| 2009 | Princess Ka'iulani | Alice Davies | |
| The Tudors | Catherine Howard | TV series (6 episodes: 2009–2010) | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Mary Rivers | |
| DCI Banks | Miranda | TV Series | |
| Red Faction: Origins | Lyra | TV movie | |
| 2012 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rosa Bud | TV Mini-Series |
[edit] References
- ^ "A 'Tudors' tutorial". New York Daily News. 3 April 2009. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/04/05/2009-04-05_a_tudors_tutorial.html. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
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- ^ "George R. R. Martin talks 'Game of Thrones' as the HBO show's 'Daenerys' departs". Chicago Tribune. 29 April 2010. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/04/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin.html.
- ^ "Record Oxbridge Success". Headlines. Brighton College. 28 June 2007. http://www.brightoncollege.org.uk/news.asp?id=253930. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- ^ "Tamzin Merchant becomes a Build Africa Patron". News. Build Africa. 4 January 2012. http://www.build-africa.org/news.php/101/tamzin-merchant-becomes-a-build-africa-patron. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
