Eleanor Matsuura
Eleanor Matsuura | |
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Born | July 16, 1983 (age 35) |
Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2005-present |
Eleanor Matsuura (born c. 1983) is a British actress, who is best known for her roles as Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia[1] and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.
Early life
Matsuura was born in Tokyo and raised in Hertfordshire, England. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2004.[2][3] She is trained in Modern and Period dance.[4]
Career
Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, and British films.[2][5] She currently appears as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.[6]
Matsuura features in the fourth series of the hit BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. She has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dreamfall Chapters.[7]
Personal life
Matsuura is of half-Japanese and half-British descent, and has a basic skill in Japanese.
Matsuura is an animal rights supporter and works closely with the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Selected filmography
- 2005: Hustle (TV series)
- 2005: Holby City (TV series)
- 2005: A Very Social Secretary (TV)
- 2006: EastEnders (TV series)
- 2006: Breaking and Entering
- 2006: After the Rain
- 2006: 9/11: The Twin Towers
- 2007: Magicians
- 2008: Trial and Retribution (TV series)
- 2008: Doctor Who (TV series) – episode: "The Sontaran Stratagem"
- 2009: Hunter (TV mini series)
- 2009: FM (TV series)
- 2010: Money (TV series)
- 2010: Lunch Monkeys (TV series)
- 2011: The Fades (TV series)
- 2011: The Royal Bodyguard (TV series)
- 2011: New Tricks (TV series)
- 2012: The Grind (film)
- 2012: Vexed
- 2013: Utopia (TV series)
- 2015: Spooks: The Greater Good
- 2015: Cuffs (TV series)
- 2015: Da Vinci's Demons (TV series)
- 2015: The Comic Strip Comic Strip Presents... Red Top
- 2016: A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta on BBC TV
- 2017: Sherlock (TV series)
- 2017: Lost in London
- 2017–present: Into the Badlands (TV series)
- 2018–present: The Walking Dead as Yumiko
- TBA: The One and Only Ivan Filming
References
- ^ "New Client: Eleanor Matsuura". meetthejoneses.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Profile: Eleanor Matsuura". Chichester Festival Theatre. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
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- ^ "BBC - Press Office - Hunter press pack: Eleanor Matsuura". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Eleanor's role as a raging Bull". sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Eleanor Matsuura Video Game Credits and Biography - MobyGames". MobyGames.
External links
- Use dmy dates from November 2012
- Actresses from Tokyo
- Living people
- English television actresses
- Japanese emigrants to the United Kingdom
- British people of Japanese descent
- Actresses from London
- Alumni of the Central School of Speech and Drama
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actresses of Japanese descent
- 1983 births
- British television actor stubs