Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021–2025).

Early years and education Kate Fleetwood was born in England in 1972 or 1973 and grew up on a farm near Stratford-upon-Avon.

She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa, and began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood.

Career In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway,

In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre.

Other activities Fleetwood is patron of En Masse Theatre, and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work.

Personal life Fleetwood is married to Rupert Goold,

Acting credits Theatre

Mary, After the Queen (1985, Whitbread Flowers Warehouse, RSC) as The Young Mary (credited as Catherine Fleetwood) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1986, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC) as Mustardseed (credited as Catherine Fleetwood) Love Is the Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company (OSC)) as Flamina Twelfth Night (1996, OSC) as Viola Swaggers (1996, Old Red Lion Theatre) as Nancy The Comic Mysteries (1997, UK tour) as Death/Gabriel Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour) as Juliet Arabian Nights (1998, Young Vic) as Dinarzard/Parizade Ghosts (1999, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Regina Nativity (1999, Young Vic) as Balthazar The Two Noble Kinsmen (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as the gaoler's daughter The Tempest (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as Iris Tender (2001, Hampstead Theatre/ Birmingham Rep/ Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Tash Medea (2001, (Queen's Theatre) as Chorus Mariana Pineda (2002, Gate Theatre) as Mariana Pineda Love's Labour's Lost (2003, National Theatre) as Rosaline A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003, Bristol Old Vic) as Helena Othello (2003, Theatre Royal Northampton) as Desdemona Hecuba (2004, Donmar Warehouse) as Polyxena Pericles (2006, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)) as Thaisa The Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril High Society (2015, The Old Vic) as Tracy Lord Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre) as Medea Ugly Lies the Bone (2017, National Theatre) as Jess Absolute Hell (2018, National Theatre) as Christine 101 Dalmatians (2022, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) as Cruella de Vil A View from the Bridge (2024, Ustinov Studio/Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Beatrice My Master Builder (2025, Wyndham's Theatre) as Elena Solness Into the Woods (2025–2027, Bridge Theatre/Noel Coward Theatre, West End) as The Witch

Film

Television/OTT Year Title Role Network Notes2001 Holby City Karina BBC One Episode: "Tip of the Iceberg" The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells Maggie Hallmark Channel Episode: "Brownlow's Newspaper" EastEnders Karen BBC One 4 episodes Urban Gothic Woman Channel 5 Episode: "The End"2002 Doctors Anna Fielding BBC One Episode: "Deceptive Appearances" Dalziel and Pascoe Jill Lowry BBC One Episode: "The Unwanted"2004 The Bill Lois Townsend ITV Episode: "Smoking Gun" Silent Witness Sienna Ricci BBC One Episode: "Death by Water"2005 Twisted Tales Jacqueline Fox Episode: "Flat Four" Murphy's Law Jill BBC One Episode: "Strongbox" Midsomer Murders Sarah Douglas ITV Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody" Nathan Barley Mandy Channel 4 Episode: "Pilot" 2007 Foyle's War Lydia Nicholson ITV Episode: "Casualties of War"2009 Hustle MP Rhona Christie BBC One Episode: "Politics" Casualty 1909 Grace Barnes BBC One Episode: #1.4 Waking the Dead Zoe Morrison BBC One Episode: "End of the Night" The Sarah Jane Adventures Ship CBBC Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic" 2012 A Touch of Cloth Kate Cloth Sky One Episode: "The First Case" 2013 Way to Go Amanda BBC Three Episode: "Dead End" 2014 The Widower Felicity Webster ITV Series regular 2016 War & Peace Anisya BBC One Episode: #1.4 2017–2019 Harlots Nancy Birch ITV Encore Series regular 2019 Victoria Princess Feodora ITV Series regular 2019–2023 Rise of the Nazis Narrator BBC Two 12 episodes 2020 Brave New World Sheila Peacock 4 episodes 2021–2022 Fate: The Winx Saga Queen Luna Netflix Recurring cast 2021–2025 The Wheel of Time Liandrin Guirale Prime Video Series regular 2025 Wolf King Amelie, Tilly Netflix Voice 2025 Frauds Celine ITV 2 episodes

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