Ami Metcalf

Ami Louise Metcalf (born June 1994) is an English actress. She rose to prominence in 2010 after portraying Sapphire Cox in the BBC soap opera Doctors, for which she won the Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress. Following Doctors, she has appeared in various projects including the BBC drama series Upstairs Downstairs, the Channel 4 sitcom The Mimic and the BBC Radio 4 series Home Front. Since 2022, she has appeared in the Britbox series Sister Boniface Mysteries as regular cast member Peggy Button.

Life and career Metcalf was born in June 1994 in Lewisham, London. She was raised there by her single mother who worked as a teaching assistant. In 2006, aged twelve, Metcalf made her screen debut in a voice role for two episodes of the children's series The Owl. Metcalf quit studying for her A-levels to focus on acting full-time.

In 2010, she was cast in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors as Sapphire Cox. For her portrayal of Sapphire, Metcalf won the Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress at the 2010 British Soap Awards. Later in 2010, she portrayed a younger version of Kathy Burke in an episode of the Sky1 series Little Crackers. Impressed with her portrayal, producers cast Metcalf in a main role in a spin-off series for the programme, Walking and Talking, in 2012.

From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the Channel 4 sitcom The Mimic as Helen Smith. Then in 2014, she began voicing Kitty Lumley in the BBC Radio 4 period drama series Home Front. She voiced Kitty until 2018, appearing on eleven series of the programme. Metcalf made her film debut in 2015 in the film Pan, playing Sister Thomas. In 2016, she appeared in two episodes of the BBC crime drama series Silent Witness as Lisa Wilson. In 2019, she returned to theatre, starring in a filmed production of Lady Windermere's Fan at the Vaudeville Theatre. A year later, she appeared in a National Theatre Live production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre. A year later, she appeared in the 2020 Christmas special of Birds of a Feather. Then, in 2022, Metcalf returned to the Father Brown fictional universe when she was cast in the main role of Peggy Button in its spin-off series, Sister Boniface Mysteries.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Owl Voice role 2009 Closer Sarah Short film 2010 Doctors Sapphire Cox Recurring role 2010 Little Crackers Young Kathy Episode: "Better Than Christmas" 2012 Upstairs Downstairs Eunice McCabe Main role 2012 One Night Shannon Recurring role 2012 Walking and Talking Kath Main role 2012 Bad Education Poppy Hodgeson Episode: "Politics" 2012 Call the Midwife Lynette Duncan Episode: "2012 Christmas special" 2012 Panto! Chantelle Jenkins Television film 2013 It's Kevin Various 1 episode 2013 Listening to the Dead Ruby Tully Recurring role 2014 Catherine Tate's Nan Alice 1 episode 2013–2014 The Mimic Helen Smith Main role 2014–2018 Home Front Kitty Lumley (voice) Main role 2015 Pan Sister Thomas Film 2016 Silent Witness Lisa Wilson 2 episodes 2016 Allied Roxie Film 2018 Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Agatha / Rosalie Live production 2019 Father Brown Alice Bonham Episode: "The Sacrifice of Tantalus" 2019 Crawl Lee Film 2020 Birds of a Feather Jordan Episode: "2020 Christmas special" 2022–present Sister Boniface Mysteries Peggy Button Main role

Stage Year Title Role Venue 2004 The Wind in the Willows Squirrels and Robins Open Air Theatre 2019 A Midsummer Night's Dream Snout Bridge Theatre

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2010 British Soap Awards Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress Doctors