Emily Beecham (born 12 May 1984) is an American-British actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the

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'', the AMC series '' Into the Badlands'', and the title role in the 2017 film '' Daphne''. She starred in the 2019 film '' Little Joe'', for which she received the

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award at the

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Early life

Beecham was born in the

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suburb of

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on 12 May 1984, the daughter of an English father and American mother from

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. Her father is an airline pilot. She has dual British and American citizenship. In 2003, at the age of 18, she enrolled at the

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(LAMDA) and graduated with a BA in 2006.

Career

In her final year at LAMDA, Beecham started accepting professional acting opportunities, with her first appearances occurring in the thriller ''Bon Voyage'' and the supernatural TV series ''

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''. Her first feature film, ''Bon Voyage'', premiered that October and received positive notices following its showing on ITV. It won the

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award at the June 2007

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Television Festival. In mid-2007, Beecham was chosen by the director

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for the leading role in her independent film '' The Calling'', for which she won the Best Actress Award at the London Independent Film Festival, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival Trailblazer Award. The film received mixed reviews; however, one commented that "newcomer Emily Beecham plays a young woman determined to take the veil and holds her own well against such stalwarts as Brenda Blethyn and Susannah York". Film columnist Hannah McGill, the Edinburgh Festival's artistic director from 2006 to 2010, decided that Beecham should be one of the recipients of the coveted Skillset Trailblazer Award. That year, Beecham gave her first professional stage performance in

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's first play, ''How to Curse'', at the

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, directed by the theatre's artistic director

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. In 2011, she received the Best Actress award at the London Independent Film Festival. Beecham has appeared in numerous television series, including ''

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'', '' Tess of The D'Urbervilles'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was listed in ''

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'' magazine's "Young Hollywood" issue as one of 55 "Faces of the Future", with the photograph captioned "Young Hollywood London". John Rankin, ''

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'' magazine's veteran glamour photographer, was quoted as saying that she has "that something special, that thing you just feel about someone... she's one of the most exciting actresses out there". In 2013, Beecham starred as Caro Allingham in '' The Village,'' and as The Widow in the AMC martial arts action drama series '' Into the Badlands''. In 2016, she had a supporting role in the

movie ''

''. One year later she played the title role in '' Daphne, which'' earned her a nomination for the Best Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards. In 2019, she starred in the film '' Little Joe'', for which she received the

award at the

. She also appeared in the

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'', created by

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and

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; a period mystery/horror blend, the series was canceled after one season despite being one of the service's highest-rated shows at the time.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

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