Emily Fairn (born 16 September 1998) is an English actress who has appeared on television, stage and in film.

Early life

From

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Fairn graduated from the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music school, music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz al ...

in 2020.

Career

Fairn made her debut television role as Casey in

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police drama ''

The Responder ''The Responder'' is a British police drama television series set in Liverpool, written by former Merseyside Police officer Tony Schumacher, with Tim Mielants as leading director and starring Martin Freeman, Adelayo Adedayo, Ian Hart, and M ...

'' starring

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, and broadcast in January 2022. The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023. She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One

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series ''

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'' starring

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. She has a role in the episode ''

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'' from the sixth series of ''

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'' on

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. On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside

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and

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in a production of ''

Brokeback Mountain ''Brokeback Mountain'' is a 2005 American neo-Western romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee and produced by Diana Ossana and James Schamus. Adapted from Brokeback Mountain (short story), the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx, the screenplay ...

'' at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by

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. Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the ''

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'' said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut, and Fiona Mountford for The ''i'' said she deserved "plaudits". She has filmed a

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-backed feature film called ''Chuck Chuck Baby'', described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh. She also has a role in the

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political thriller ''

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'', She is also in the

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directed period drama series ''

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'', in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by

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. Fairn portrayed comedienne

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in the 2024 biopic '' Saturday Night''.

Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairn, Emily English television actresses English stage actresses Living people Actresses from Liverpool Date of birth unknown Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 21st-century English actresses