Phoebe Fox

Phoebe Mercedes Fox (born 16 April 1987) is an English actress, who was nominated for Olivier and Evening Standard awards for work in theatre. She has appeared in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011), The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2015), The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses (2016), and The Great (2020–2023).

Early life Fox is the daughter of "jobbing actors" Stuart Fox and Prue Clarke. Despite their profession and surname, there is no relation to the Fox acting dynasty. Phoebe Fox grew up in West London.

Fox was educated at Chiswick School, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Career In 2010, Fox made her debut acting appearance in the play A Month in the Country at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Fox was tipped in the 2011 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list.

In 2012, Fox appeared as Grace in Switch, a TV series about witches living in a city. In 2014 she appeared in The Musketeers as the Duchess of Savoy; in A Poet in New York as Liz Reitell, and also as Eve Perkins in The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.

In 2014 Fox was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, alongside Mark Strong who won best actor. In 2015, Fox starred as Vanessa Bell in Life in Squares, a BBC drama about the Bloomsbury Group and in the thriller film Eye in the Sky. She was part of the ensemble nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Comedy Series.

Personal life Fox is married to actor Kyle Soller, whom she met at RADA. They live in London.

Selected credits

Film and television

Radio

Awards and nominations Fox was named one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2011.