Emily Miranda Hamilton (née Beevers; born 24 May 1971) is a British actress.

Early life

Daughter of actor

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, of Chittaway Point,

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, Hamilton was born in

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, London, and grew up with her mother in

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, where she attended Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST. While at school, she appeared in a regular photo story for the teen magazine ''My Guy''. She was originally planning to study at St Andrew's University, but after achieving better-than-expected A-Level results, she took a year out and re-applied to

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, where she won a place to study English Literature.

Career

Hamilton's notable roles include: *'' The Queen'' ...

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; 2009 *''

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'' ... Dr. Julia Bickham: **"Reaching Out" (#25.50); 20 August 2009, ITV1 **"Psychiatric Help" (#25.49); 13 August 2009, ITV1 **"Line of Fire: Part 2" (#23.78); 24 October 2007, ITV1 **"Line of Fire: Part 1" (#23.77); 18 October 2007, ITV1 *''

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'' ... Leonie Charteris in "They Seek Him Here"; 27 April 2008, ITV1 *''The Memsahib'' ... Grace; 2006 *'' Making Waves'' ... Lt. Cdr. Jenny Howard; 2004 *''

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'' ... Sam; 2001 *''

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'' ... Agnes Wickfield; 2000 *''

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'' ... Christina Lloyd-Price; 1998 *''The Ruby Ring'' ... Lucy; 1997 *'' Holding On'' ... Tina; 1997 *'' Catherine Cookson's The Girl'' ... Margaret Thornton; 1996 *'' The Ruth Rendell Mysteries ... Sophie Riding; 1996 *''The Buccaneer ... Lady Georgina; 1995 *'' Wycliffe'' ... Jean Lander; 1994

Personal life

Hamilton and actor Tristan Gemmill married in September 2001. He is best known for playing Adam Trueman in

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's long-running medical drama series ''

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''. The couple have a son and a daughter together.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Emily 1971 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses British film actresses British television actresses Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford British people of Australian descent Actresses from London People from Hammersmith People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham