Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) and ''I.D.'' (1995), the 2000 miniseries ''

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'' and the 2016 film '' Our Kind of Traitor''.

Early life

Saskia Reeves was born 16 August 1961, and brought up in

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and

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with her younger sister Imogen, by her Dutch mother and English father. Reeves attended the Lady Eleanor Holles School in

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and then studied at London's

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Career

Early in her career she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Her television credits include '' Spooks'', '' The Commander'' and the '' Bodies'' finale. Her stage work includes productions at London's National and

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theatres as well as on international tour. In addition to her acting career, Reeves does voice work, including commercials, narration, and book readings. In 2008, she starred in

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's revival of Athol Fugard's ''Hello and Goodbye'' at the

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in London. In 2010, she starred as Anne Darwin, the wife of John Darwin, in BBC4's ''Canoe Man'', a dramatisation of the

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, and co-starred in the BBC1 series ''

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''. In 2011, Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels '' The Rainbow'' and '' Women in Love'', first shown on BBC4. She also had a major role in the 2016 ''Midsomer Murders'' episode “A Dying Art.”

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reeves, Saskia 1961 births Audiobook narrators English people of Dutch descent English film actresses English radio actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses Living people Royal Shakespeare Company members English Shakespearean actresses Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama People educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses People from Paddington Actresses from London