Emily Berrington (born 7 December 1985) is an English actress who played Simone Al-Harazi in '' 24: Live Another Day'' (2014) and Niska in the

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and

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TV series ''

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'' (2015–2018).

Early life

Berrington's parents were

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s. She has three siblings: Amy, a professor in the

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; Tom, who works for

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; and Katie, who writes for ''

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''. Berrington attended

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and later studied

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Career

Berrington was involved in youth drama but pursued a career in politics, working at the

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for Labour Party MP

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of the London constituency of Mitcham and Morden. In 2009 she won a place studying acting at the

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, graduating in 2012. While studying there she had a part in the

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's production of ''Children's Children'', and also in

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's '' The Look of Love''. In 2013 she starred as

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in the period drama '' The White Queen'', and in 2014 she appeared as Stacey in the BBC sitcom '' Outnumbered'' and as Simone Al-Harazi in the thriller series '' 24: Live Another Day''. Her character in ''24'' had been planned to appear in two episodes, but that was expanded to seven. Her first major supporting film role came in the 2014 comedy film '' The Inbetweeners 2''. Between 2015 and 2018, in 24 episodes over three seasons, she portrayed Niska in

's TV series ''

''. From 2017 to 2020 she played Chloe in Richard Herring's sitcom ''Relativity'' on

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Filmography

References

External links

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''Emily Berrington''
- interview & photos in ''The Protagonist Magazine'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Berrington, Emily 1985 births Living people Alumni of King's College London English film actresses English television actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Oxford