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Emma Handy (Born 24 March,1974) is a British actress best known for her role as DC Paula McIntyre in the ITV1 award-winning drama series Wire in the Blood in which she appeared for five series.

Early Life

Emma trained at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art LAMDA. During the summer of her second year Emma was invited to Hungary to play the leading role in the first English translation of Csongor es Tunde by Peter Zollman at the Merlin International Theatre, Budapest.

Career

During her final year at drama school Emma was offered the part of Yuliya in a new translation of Chekov's 'The Wood Demon' by Frank Dwyer at the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End. Emma went straight onto the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Jessica in Merchant of Venice[1] and to create the role of Rhona in the premiere of Robert Holman's Bad Weather.

Much of Emma's stage work has been involved with new writing creating many roles including Anna Van Gogh in Nicholas Wright's multi award winning play Vincent in Brixton directed by Richard Eyre for the Royal National Theatre; Rhona in Robert Holman's Bad Weather directed by Steven Pimlott for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Lou in Murray Gold's 50 Revolutions directed by Dominic Dromgoole for the Trafalgar Studios and Cathy in Polly Teale's award winning Speechless for Shared Experience at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Emma played Maudie Miller in Trevor Nunn's 2011 revival of Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket marking the centenary of Terence Rattigan's birth.[2]

In January 2013 Emma performed at the Adelaide Festival in Australia in the premiere of Thursday[3]by the acclaimed playwright Bryony Lavery (Frozen) in a collaboration with Australian based theatre company Brink Productions and English Touring Theatre.[4]

Handy performed a lead role in the play Handbagged, which toured the Uk in 2014, including performances at the Theatre Royale in Bath,[5][6] the Cambridge Arts Theatre,[7] and also at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham.[8][9]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Black Cab Jem TV Series
2000 Pretending to be Judith Keeley TV: Two Part Drama
2001 The Bill Lisa Hayes TV Series: Episode "Real Crime"
2002 The American Embassy Jules Brody TV Series
2002 The Bill Jodie White TV Series: Episode 014
2003 Hear the Silence Ann TV movie
2004 William and Mary Tracy Mellor TV Series: 4 Episodes
2004 Silent Witness DS Gwenda Newton TV Series: 2 Episodes
2004 See Me Jo TV Movie
2005 Beneath the Skin Louisa TV Movie
2003 -2008 Wire in the Blood DC Paula McIntyre TV Series: 20 Episodes
2010 Doctors Linda Stow TV Series: 4 Episodes
2011 Threesome Dr Cartwright TV Series
2011 Holby City Katie Blakeman TV Series: Episode "See you on the ice"

Film

Year Title Role Director
1997 Velvet Goldmine Jean Todd Haynes
2001 Iris PC Keaton Richard Eyre
2002 Club Le Monde[10] Ra Simon Rumley
2003 Vacuums Marge Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas
2003 Vincent in Brixton Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre
2006 Balham vs Clapham Emily Tom Yarwood
2012 Fast Girls Rebecca- Team GB Official Regan Hall

Theatre

Year Title Author Role Director Notes
1996 Csongor es Tunde Peter Zollman Tunde Lazlo Magacs Merlin International Theatre, Budapest
1997 The Wood Demon Anton Chekov Yuliya Anthony Clark The Playhouse Theatre, London
1997-1999 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Lady in Waiting Adrian Noble Royal Shakespeare Company
1997-1999 The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Jessica Gregory Doran Royal Shakespeare Company
1997-1999 Bad Weather Robert Holman Rhona Steven Pimlott Royal Shakespeare Company
1999 50 Revolutions Murray Gold Lou Dominic Dromgoole Trafalgar Studios
2002-2003 Vincent in Brixton Nicholas Wright Anna Van Gogh Richard Eyre National Theatre London, Wyndhams Theatre London, Playhouse Theatre, London
2007 A Midsummer Nights Dream William Shakespeare Hermia Tito Celestino da Costa International Opera Festival, Lisbon
2008 Crown Matrimonial Royce Ryton Elizabeth, Duchess of York David Grindley ACT Productions
2009 Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness Anthony Neilson Madame Poulet Steve Marmion Headlong
2010 Speechless Polly Teale Cathy Polly Teale Shared Experience, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh
2011 Flare Path Terence Rattigan Maudie Miller Trevor Nunn Haymarket Theatre, London
2012 The Boy who Fell into a Book Alan Ayckbourn Monique Steve Marmion Soho Theatre

Reflist

  1. ^ William Shakespeare (3 March 2010). The Merchant of Venice. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-137-00461-1.
  2. ^ "Shrek's put a smile back on my face". By Baz Bamigboye. Daily Mail Online, 11 March 2011
  3. ^ Thursday by Bryony Lavery [1]
  4. ^ "Festival Review: Thursday". Glam Adelaide, By Barry Lenny on March 5, 2013
  5. ^ "Handbagged review: Susie Blake and Emma Handy star in the comedy at the Theatre Royal". ChronicleLive Oct 27, 2015
  6. ^ "Handbagged review at Theatre Royal, Bath". Bath Chronicle, December 01,
  7. ^ "Review: Handbagged at Cambridge Arts Theatre". Cambridge News, By LydiaFallon. October 13, 2015
  8. ^ "The arts diary: Handbagged, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham". Gloucestershire Echo November 17, 2015
  9. ^ [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-36072466 "Queen at 90: How Elizabeth II is portrayed on stage and screen". By Lauren Turner BBC News, 21 April 2016
  10. ^ John Pym (2010). Time Out Film Guide 2011. Time Out Guides Limited. pp. 197–. ISBN 978-1-84670-208-2.