Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress.

Life and career

Wise trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek. She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting. In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls".

Writing

Wise's debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Where the Heart Is (British TV series)Wendy Atkins4 episodes
2001Kavanagh QCAlison HattonFinal episode
2004Midsomer MurdersLiz FrancisSeason 7, The Straw Woman
2006The IT CrowdSamanthaSeason 1, The Red Door
2008EastEndersAlice Grayling
2008Peep ShowHeatherBurgling
2013DerekRebecca Shaw1 episode
2013PhoneShopShelley
2015The Enfield HauntingSylvieMiniseries
2018Call the MidwifeHilary
2018CollateralInspector ShieldsMiniseries
2018PressWendy BoltMiniseries
2020RoadkillJessie CoomerMiniseries
2020Father BrownEmily Helmsley
2020The SplitHelen Parker
2020TryingDenise

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