Susannah Wise
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
Movie Appearances
Wonder
as Sarah
TBA
Three Sisters
as Natasha
2003
Eskimo Day
as Miss Wilding
1996
Soundproof
as Anna
2006
U Be Dead
as Laura
2009
The Time of Your Life
as Susan
2007
Britannic
as Nurse
2000
An Ideal Husband
as Young Mother
1999
Take Down
as Agent Jess Chambliss
2016
A Doll's House
as Kristine Linde
2012
Manilla Envelopes
as Susan Jenkins
2006
TV Appearances
Derek
as Rebecca
2013
Father Brown
as Emily Helmsley
2013
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Shop Assistant
1987
Toast of London
2013
Jo
2013
The IT Crowd
as Samantha
2006
In a Land of Plenty
as Alice Freeman
2001
Call the Midwife
as Hilary
2012
The Time of Your Life
as Susan
2007
Peep Show
as Heather
2003
Chewing Gum
as Louise
2015
Midsomer Murders
as Liz Francis
1997