Rosie Jane Day is an English actress, director and writer. She is known for her roles as Mary Hawkins in the

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series '' Outlander'' and

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's daughter in the comedy film '' All Roads Lead to Rome''. She starred as Tina Pemberton in

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's '' Living the Dream'' and Sierra in the 2018

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feature '' Down a Dark Hall''. Day is an ambassador for the teenage mental health charity stem4. Her novel ''Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon'', based on her one-woman play, was published in 2021.

Life and career

Day has been acting since childhood, both on stage and on screen, following in the footsteps of her older sister. It was at one of her sister's auditions that she was spotted by a casting agent and given her first role, at the age of 4, in BBC's '' Hope and Glory''. In that same year, Day and her sister played two of the Dudakov children in

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's play '' Summerfolk'' at the

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in London. She soon became a successful child actor on British television playing roles such as young Tess Elliot in ITV's medical drama ''

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'' in 2008, and in theatre including at the

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and

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. Day never received professional training as an actor, but drew from her experience working with adult co-stars, watching and copying them. At the age of 16, she played Naomi in the hit stage play '' Spur of the Moment'' by award-winning playwright

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at the

in London's West End. In 2012 she made her film debut playing Angel, a sex trafficking victim, in Paul Hyett's horror film ''

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.'' The role brought her positive acclaim and four awards for Best Actress. To prepare for the part, Day conducted intensive "research into the experience of women who adbeen in that situation" and learned sign language to portray the deaf character. The actress later said that she was "young and very naïve" when taking on the role and that the "film certainly had an effect on er" Rosie was chosen as one of

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's Stars of Tomorrow in 2013. The special edition magazine highlights up and coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland. In 2015 she starred alongside

, who Day calls "a huge influence", in the romantic comedy ''All Roads Lead To Rome''. From there she returned to the small screen for the recurring role of Mary Hawkins in the second season of

's historical drama series '' Outlander''. In 2014, while working with Scottish actor

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on ''

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'', a film based upon

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's play

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, the ''Outlander'' star told her about the character and suggested Day for the part. As part of Outlander's second-season cast, Day received the Satellite award for "Best Cast in a Genre Show" in 2017. Later that year she starred alongside

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's '' Down a Dark Hall'', an American-Spanish horror film, based on the novel by

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. Day portrayed troubled teenager Sierra in the female led piece which, as an outspoken feminist, appealed to the actress. ''Butterfly Kisses'', a film in which she was the lead, won the

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for best feature at the 67th

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festival in 2017. Day starred as Tina Pemberton in the

family comedy-drama ''Living the Dream'' from 2017 to 2019. In 2019 she played Jane Asher in Sky Arts 'Urban Myth: Scrambled Eggs'. In 2021 she starred alongside Russell Tovey and Sian Clifford in the comedy ''Real Love'', and voiced the character Meteion in '' Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker''.

Filmography

Filmmaking credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Other

References

External links

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