Susannah Wise
Born: 1971-06-11 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress. She 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". Her 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
2025
- Art Detectives as Marie Claes
2016
- Take Down as Agent Jess Chambliss
2015
- Chewing Gum as Louise
2014
- Original Drama Shorts as Janet
2013
- Father Brown as Emily Helmsley
- Derek as Rebecca
- Toast of London
- Jo
2012
- Call the Midwife as Hilary
- A Doll's House as Kristine Linde
2009
- U Be Dead as Laura
2007
- The Time of Your Life as Susan
- The Time of Your Life as Susan
2006
- The IT Crowd as Samantha
- Manilla Envelopes
- Soundproof as Anna
2003
- Peep Show as Heather
- Three Sisters as Natasha
2001
- In a Land of Plenty as Alice Freeman
2000
- Britannic as Nurse
1999
- An Ideal Husband as Young Mother
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Liz Francis
1996
- Eskimo Day as Miss Wilding
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall as Milicent Hargrave
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Shop Assistant