Amy Manson Biography
Amy Manson is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics, Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human, Medea in Atlantis, and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time.
Amy Manson Age
Amy Manson was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 9th September 1985. As of 2018, she is 33 years.
Amy Manson Early Life
She was born and brought up in Aberdeenshire. She has two siblings; a sister, Ailsa and a brother, James. She attended Stage Coach, a Saturday drama school, before leaving home for London at the age of seventeen. She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, leaving early to film Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud in Romania.
Amy Manson Dating
She is still unmarried and no information about her relations and dating has been revealed.
Amy Manson Height
She has a height of 5 ft 7 (168.3 cm)
Amy Manson Career
She begun her acting career in Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud, and has also appeared in the horror film Blood Monkey and the short film Smile Emily. She has lent her voice to the radio dramas Lost in Plain Sight, The Summer Walking and The Dead Hour. She played Alice Guppy in two episodes of Torchwood, and appeared as Abby Evans in nine episodes of Casualty. She has also guest-starred in episodes of Doctors, The Bill and My Family.
In the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics, she played Lizzie Siddal, wife and lover of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. She appeared as the vampiress Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in series two of Being Human, alongside Desperate Romantics co-star Aidan Turner.
In the 2010 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Pale Horse, she played Ginger Corrigan and also played Fleur Morgan in Outcasts, an eight-part series by Kudos for BBC One. In 2011, she portrayed Leah in the third series of Misfits and Emma “Whirly” Tyson in the BBC drama Young James Herriot.
Awards
She won Best Performance (Female) at the 2008 Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, for playing Stepdaughter in the National Theatre of Scotland production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Amy Manson Filmography
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Year |
TV Show |
Role |
| 2006 | The Bill | Martine McKenzie – Episode 405 (2006) |
| 2007 | My Family | Casting P.A. – Breaking Up Ain’t Hard To Do(2007) |
| Nearly Famous | Melanie – Episode 1.5 (2007) |
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| 2008 | Doctors | Kelly Moore – Jack the Lad (2008) |
| Torchwood | Alice Guppy – Fragments (2008) – Exit Wounds (2008) |
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| Casualty | Abby Evans – 9 episodes (2008–2009) |
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| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | Lizzie Siddal |
| 2010 | Being Human | Daisy – 6 episodes (2010) |
| Agatha Christie’s Marple: The Pale Horse | Ginger Corrigan | |
| 2011 | Outcasts | Fleur Morgan – 8 episodes (2011) |
| Misfits | Leah – Episode 3.6 (2011) |
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| Young James Herriot | Emma “Whirly” Tyson – 3 episodes (2011) |
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| The Field of Blood | Karen Burnett | |
| 2014–15 | Atlantis | Medea |
| 2015–16 | Once Upon a Time | Merida |
| 2017 | The White Princess | Cathy Gordon – 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Legacies | Dryad |
Film
| Year |
Film Titles |
Role |
| 2007 | Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud | Jodie Hatfield |
| Blood Monkey | Amy Armstrong | |
| 2013 | Not Another Happy Ending | Darsie |
| Harrigan | Vickey Frizell | |
| 2015 | Two Down | Air Hostess Call Girl |
| The Chameleon | Pamela | |
| Estranged | January | |
| 2017 | T2 Trainspotting | Woman in Club |
| Edie | Fiona | |
| 2018 | Beats | Cat |
| 2019 | Doom: Annihilation | Joan Dark |
Theatre
|
Year |
Film |
Role |
Notes |
| 2008 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Stepdaughter | Performed at Lyceum Theatre and Citizens Theatre |