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Kate Fahy

b. 1950

British actress

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Born 1950. Kate Fahy is a British actor and film actor.

Kate Fahy, Lady Pryce is an English actor. She is known primarily for playing Patricia in Joanna Hogg's 2010 film Archipelago and playing Stevie in Edward Albee's play The Goat or Who is Sylvia at the Almeida Theatre and the Apollo West End. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television since 1971.

Career

Fahy trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She made her theatre debut at the Playhouse Theatre in Liverpool in Ray Cooney's Not Now Darling, followed by two years at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool playing leading roles in The Taming of The Shrew, The Country Wife, Ted Whitehead's The Sea Anchor and Mike Stott's Funny Peculiar. Her television career started soon after with Arthur Hopcraft's series The Nearly Man at Granada, directed by John Irvin. She has since appeared in numerous stage plays, television and feature films both in the UK and the US.

In recent years she has directed three plays, Oliver Cotton's Wet Weather Cover at the Kings Head and Arts Theatre WE, Jean-Claude Carriere's play Little Black Book at Park Theatre, and again at Park Theatre, Alexander Bodin-Saphir's play Rosenbaum's Rescue.

She played Stevie in the first London production of Edward Albee's The Goat, opposite her partner Jonathan Pryce.

Personal life Fahy has been married twice. She met actor Jonathan Pryce in 1972. They had three children, and married in 2015.

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1975 The Nearly Man Millie Dutton TV series (5 episodes) 1978 The Sweeney Julie Kingdom TV series (1 episode 'Drag Act' S4 E3) 1980 Life for Christine Rose TV film 1981 Bognor Coriander Cordingley TV series (6 episodes) ITV Playhouse Angela Birley TV series (1 episode: "Sin with Our Permission") Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore Rose TV series (6 episodes) 1984 Bergerac Fleur Ewell TV series (1 episode: "House Guests") Oxbridge Blues Eileen/Lizzie TV series (2 episodes) 1985 Storyboard Deidre Aitken TV series (1 episode: "King & Castle") 1986 ScreenPlay The Mozart Inquest TV series 1991 The House of Elliot Alice Burgoyne TV series (11 episodes: 1991–1993) 1996 Frontiers Diane Lightfoot TV series 1997 Trial and Retribution Meg Richards TV series (2 episodes) 1999 Pure Wickedness Detective Inspector Mary Carson TV series 2000 A Likeness in Stone Mrs Warner TV film 2001 The Fourth Angel Gail (Jack's Secretary) 2002 The Jury Emma McGlade TV series 2005 Cherished Justice Hallett TV film 2006 The Living and the Dead Nancy Brocklebank The Best Man Dr Cowley TV film 2008 Defiance Riva Reich 2010 Silent Witness Margaret Hudson TV series (1 episode: "Intent: Part II") Archipelago Patricia 2011 The hour Jemima Sherwin BBC Series Happy Accident Claire Short 2013 Holby City Mary Tinsley BBC Series (Series 15 ?) 2014 Death in Paradise Emma Red Planet Series The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Georgina Shore Ep. Beyond the Pale 2017 Doctors Ruth Hunter 2018 Witless (Series 3) Jane Objective Prods 2019 (?) The Show Karen Phoenix Films Don't Forget the Driver Lyn BBC series 2022 This England Clare Edwards Sky A Spy Among Friends Dora Philby ITV 2023 A Paris Proposal Marion Durand Hallmark TV film Casualty Mags Pine BBC

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Important facts

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Education
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Family & relationships

Spouse
Jonathan Pryce

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kate Fahy?

British actress

When was Kate Fahy born?

Kate Fahy was born on 29 January 1950 in Dublin.

What is Kate Fahy's occupation?

Kate Fahy is an actor and film actor.

What nationality is Kate Fahy?

Kate Fahy is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Kate Fahy

· Wikidata: Q6375489

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