Charlotte Hope

Charlotte Hope is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third to fifth seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of Catherine of Aragon on the Starz historical drama series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020). In 2020, she appeared as a series regular on the second season of the ITV thriller Bancroft and the Netflix biographical drama The English Game. Hope headlined the Showmax true crime series Catch Me a Killer as South African profiler Micki Pistorius in 2024, for which she was nominated for an International Emmy award in the Best Actress category.

Outside television, Hope's film roles include The Theory of Everything (2014), The Nun (2018), and The Chelsea Cowboy (2023). She also voiced Sally Boyle, one of the playable characters in the action-adventure video game We Happy Few (2018).

Early life and education Hope was born in Salisbury and grew up in Lower Daggons, a rural hamlet in the New Forest District of Hampshire.

Hope attended boarding school. She first discovered acting through a drama class at school. She went on to study French and Spanish at the University of Oxford. Whilst there, she found an agent and began taking jobs in theatre and commercials. Upon graduation from Oxford, Hope spent a year in Paris training in acting at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.

Career Hope made her film debut as a factory worker in the 2012 musical Les Miserables.

In 2013, Hope began playing the role of Ramsay Bolton's sadistic lover, Myranda, in HBO's fantasy drama series Game of Thrones. She continued in the role until the fifth season. In 2014, she guest starred in the first season of The Musketeers, playing the role of Charlotte Mellendorf. That same year, she appeared in the film The Theory of Everything, portraying Philippa Hawking, the younger sister of Stephen Hawking. In 2015, she had a leading role in the British gangster film North v South as Willow Clarke. That same year, Hope appeared in the music video "Beautiful to Me" by Olly Murs.

In 2016, Hope appeared in the biographical romantic drama A United Kingdom and the romantic thriller Allied. In 2017, she had a supporting role in the drama film Three Christs

Hope has also done theatre work, including Broadway shows such as Buried Child where she played the role of Shelly in 2016. In 2017 she played the role of Zara in Almeida Theatre's Albion and in 2018 she played as Dr. Michaels' mother in The New Group's Good for Otto.

In March 2018, Hope was cast in the lead role of the Starz series The Spanish Princess, in which she plays Catherine of Aragon. The show is a follow-up to The White Queen and The White Princess.

In January 2020, she appeared as Annabel Connors, a main character in Season 2 of Bancroft opposite Sarah Parish. Having worked with Danish director Birgitte Stærmouse on the first season of The Spanish Princess, the pair teamed up again for Netflix's miniseries The English Game, which also aired in 2020.

She plays South African criminal profiler Micki Pistorius in the 2024 Showmax series Catch Me a Killer.

In 2025, she played series regular Sherry Felton in season one of the TV adaptations of Parnell Hall’s Puzzle Lady books, Murder Most Puzzling.

By January 2026, she was cast in the horror film Evil Dead Wrath from director Francis Galluppi.

Personal life After meeting on the set of The Spanish Princess in 2018, Hope has been in a relationship with her co-star Ruairi O'Connor. In November 2025, Hope announced that they had recently welcomed their first child.

Filmography +Key Denotes projects that have not yet been released Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Les Misérables Factory Woman 2013 The Invisible Woman Effie 2014 Insomniacs Jenny Short film The Theory of Everything Phillipa Hawking Testament of Youth Betty Uncredited 2015 North v South Willow Clarke Miss You Already Young Jess Allied Louise 2017 Diana and I Sophie Lewis Television film Three Christs Becky Henderson 2018 The Nun Sister Victoria 2023 The Piper Melanie Walker 2024 Meet Me by the Sea Anna Short film It Was English Mal Short film 2025 Bury Me When I'm Dead Catherine Samsa 2028 Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Casualty Ava Dunlop Episode: "A Day in a Life" Missing Caitlin Morgan Episode: "Control" 2011 Waking the Dead Abigail Harding Episode: "Care" 2012 Doctors Niamh Curram Episode: "Full Time" Some Girls Jenny Episode: "Series 1, Episode 4" 2012–2013 Holby City Eleanor Campbell Recurring role; 3 episodes Law & Order: UK Holly Leigh Episode: "Fatherly Love" Whitechapel Josie Eagle Recurring role; 2 episodes 2013–2016 Game of Thrones Myranda Recurring role; 8 episodes 2014 The Musketeers Charlotte Mellendorf Guest role; 2 episodes Vera Saskia Barnes Episode: "The Deer Hunters" Playhouse Presents Primrose Episode: "Marked" 2016 Death in Paradise Lucy Preville Episode: "One for the Road" Houdini & Doyle Molly Morgan Episode: "Bedlam" 2018 Endeavour Eve Thorne Episode: "Muse" 2019–2020 The Spanish Princess Catherine of Aragon Series regular; 16 episodes 2020 The English Game Margaret Alma Kinnaird Miniseries; 6 episodes 2024 Catch Me a Killer Micki Pistorius Miniseries; 11 episodes 2025–2026 Murder Most Puzzling Sherry Carter Series regular; 6 episodes 2026 The Hairdresser Mysteries Sophie Sweetley Episode: "The Immortal Mrs Marigold"

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