Emily Beecham
Introduction '''Emily Beecham''' (born 12 May 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her role in the Coen Brothers film ''Hail, Caesar! '', the AMC series ''Into the Badlands'' and the title role in the 2017 film ''Daphne''. She starred in the 2019 film ''Little Joe'', for which she received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Early life Beecham was born in Wythenshawe, the daughter of an English father and American mother from Arizona. Her father is an airline pilot. She has dual British and American citizenship. In 2003, at the age of 18, she enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and graduated with a BA in 2006.
Career In her final year at LAMDA, Beecham started accepting professional acting opportunities, with her first appearances occurring in the thriller ''Bon Voyage'' and the supernatural TV series ''Afterlife''. Her first feature film, ''Bon Voyage'', premiered that October and received positive notices following its showing on ITV. It won the Golden Nymph award at the June 2007 Monte Carlo Television Festival.In mid-2007, Beecham was chosen by the director Jan Dunn for the leading role in her independent film ''The Calling'', for which she won the Best Actress Award at the London Independent Film Festival, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival Trailblazer Award. The film received mixed reviews; however, one commented that "newcomer Emily Beecham plays a young woman determined to take the veil and holds her own well against such stalwarts as Brenda Blethyn and Susannah York". Film columnist Hannah McGill, the Edinburgh Festival's artistic director from 2006 to 2010, decided that Beecham should be one of the recipients of the coveted Skillset Trailblazer Award. That year, Beecham gave her first professional stage performance in Ian McHugh's first play, ''How to Curse'', at the Bush Theatre in Shepherd's Bush, London, directed by the theatre's artistic director Josie Rourke. In 2011, she received the Best Actress award at the London Independent Film Festival.Beecham has appeared in numerous television series, including ''Agatha Christie's Marple'', ''Tess of The D'Urbervilles'', ''Silent Witness'' and ''The Street''. She was listed in ''Nylon'' magazine's "Young Hollywood" issue as one of 55 "Faces of the Future", with the photograph captioned "Young Hollywood London". John Rankin, ''Esquire'' magazine's veteran glamour photographer, was quoted as saying that she has "that something special, that thing you just feel about someone... she's one of the most exciting actresses out there".In 2013, Beecham starred as Caro Allingham in ''The Village,'' and as The Widow in the AMC martial arts action drama series ''Into the Badlands''. In 2016, she had a supporting role in the Coen Brothers movie ''Hail, Caesar!''. One year later she played the title role in ''Daphne, which'' earned her a nomination for the Best Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards. In 2019, she starred in the film ''Little Joe'', for which she received the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. She also appeared in the Netflix series ''1899'', created by Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar; a period mystery/horror blend, the series was canceled after one season despite being one of the service's highest-rated shows at the time.
Filmography ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes2007 ''28 Weeks Later'' Karen ''Rise of the Footsoldier'' Kelly ''God's Wounds'' Poppy Short film 2009 ''The Calling'' Joanna 2010 ''Basement'' Pru2012 ''Animal Charm'' Jezebel  Short film 2013 ''Art Is...'' Lulu 2014 ''Happy Birthday to Me'' Lucy  Short film2016''Hail, Caesar! ''Diedre2017 ''Daphne''Daphne Nominated—BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent FilmNominated—Evening Standard British Film Award for Best ActressNominated—Evening Standard British Film Award for Breakthrough of the YearNominated—Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer2019 ''Berlin, I Love You'' Hannah ''Little Joe''AliceCannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress ''The Octopus Nest''Claire Short film2020 ''Sulphur and White''Vanessa Tait  2021 ''Outside the Wire'' Sofiya  ''Cruella''Catherine Miller2023''Guy Ritchie's The Covenant''Caroline Kinley''North Star'' Georgina 2024''Stockholm BloodbathChristina GyllenstiernaPost-production TBA''Slingshot''Post-production''William Tell''Filming===Television=== Year Title Role Notes2006 ''Afterlife'' Sash Episode: "Roadside Bouquets"2006 ''Bon Voyage'' Rachel Aldred TV movie2007 ''The Innocence Project'' Rachel 1 episode2007 ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' Elvira Blake TV movie2007 ''Party Animals'' Vienna Lurie	 1 episode2007 ''New Tricks'' Laura Small 1 episode2007 ''The Bill'' Angela Myatt 1 episode 2008 ''Lewis'' Nell Buckley Episode: "And The Moonbeams Kiss The Sea" 2008 ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' Retty Priddle 2 episodes2009 ''Unforgiven'' Lucy Belcome 3 episodes2009 ''The Street'' Gemma 2 episodes2009 ''Merlin'' Emmyria 1 episode2010 ''Silent Witness'' Anna Flannery 2 episodes 2010 ''Pulse'' Stella Hamilton TV movie 2011 ''The Runaway'' Caroline Dixon 2 episodes2012 ''Case Sensitive'' Mary Trelease 2 episodes2012 ''Damages'' Rutger's Daughter 1 episode2012 ''The Fear'' Janey Beckett 3 episodes2013 ''The Thirteenth Tale'' Isabelle Angelfield TV movie2013 ''Blandings'' Miss Younghusband 1 episode2013–2014 ''The Village'' Caro Allingham Main cast 2014 ''The Musketeers'' Adele Besset 1 episode 20152019 ''Into the Badlands'' The Widow Main cast 2021 ''The Pursuit of Love'' Fanny Logan Main cast (miniseries) 2022 ''1899'' Maura Franklin Main cast===Video games=== Year Title Role Notes 2008 ''Mirror's Edge'' Celeste "Cel" Wilson Voice
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