Susannah Harker

Susannah Harker is an English film, television, and theatre actress. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1991 for her role as Mattie Storin in House of Cards . She played Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

Acting career Harker has acted in both contemporary and classic works, on stage, in movies and in TV series. In 1990–91 she appeared alongside Clive Owen in Chancer, and as the journalist Mattie Storin in the original House of Cards . She later played Dinah Morris in the 1991 adaptation of Adam Bede. She starred as Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She is featured as Emma Fitzgerald, the love interest of Superintendent Tyburn (Trevor Eve) in the BBC TV series, Heat of the Sun (1998). In 2003 she played Clare Keightley in the audio version of the Doctor Who adventure Shada, alongside Paul McGann.

On stage in 2005, she appeared in Simon Stephens's play On the Shore of the Wide World at the Royal National Theatre. In 2008, she played Gwendoline in Charles Wood's Jingo at the Finborough Theatre, where the Evening Standard reviewed her performance, saying "Susannah Harker, an actress who should appear more often in our major playhouses, is in beautifully crisp form as Gwendoline."

She played Sapphire in Big Finish Productions' audio revival of Sapphire & Steel, in three series of plays released on CD between 2005 and 2008. In December 2011 Harker appeared in the BBC drama Young James Herriot. In 2012 she returned to the stage, playing the role of Sue in a London production of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party. During early 2014 she starred in the Gate Theatre, Dublin production of The Vortex by Noël Coward.

She has also worked in radio. In 2015, she played Miss Ella Rentheim in a BBC Radio 4 production of Ibsen's John Gabriel Borkman. She played Kris in Radio 4’s 2021 drama Barred written by Thandi Lubimbi and Richard Kurti.

Personal life Harker is a great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Harker, an artist and theatrical scene designer.

She was married to Iain Glen from 1993 to 2004; they have one son. She was later in a relationship with Paul McGann from 2006 to 2008.

Harker's sisters, Nelly Harker and Caroline Harker, are also actresses.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Burke & Wills Bessie Wills 1987 White Mischief Young girl The Lady's Not for Burning Alizon Eliot 1989 A Dry White Season Suzette du Toit 1991 The Crucifer of Blood Irene St. Claire 1996 Surviving Picasso Marie-Therese 2001 Intimacy Susan, Jay's wife Trance Sarah Lamb Offending Angels Paris 2007 Always Crashing in the Same Car Mary Booth Short 2008 The Calling Sister Ambrose 2012 Notes from the Underground Lonely Lady 2017 A Caribbean Dream Titania/Head of Housekeeping

Television Year Title Role Notes 1988 The Fear Linda 5 episodes 1988 Troubles Angela Spencer 1990–1991 Chancer Joanna Franklyn 14 episodes 1990 House of Cards Mattie Storin 4 episodes 1991 Adam Bede Dinah Morris 1994 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Adelaide Savage Episode: "The Dying Detective" Faith Holly Moreton 4 episodes 1995 Pride and Prejudice Jane Bennet 6 episodes 1998 Heat of the Sun Emma Fitzgerald 3 episodes Ultraviolet Dr Angela Marsh 6 episodes, TV mini-series 2001 Murder in Mind Barbara Davie 2002 Waking the Dead Clare Delaney 2 episodes 2006 Perfect Parents Alison TV film 2009 Midsomer Murders Matilda Simms 1 episode, The Black Book 2010 Moving On Anne 1 episode, Sauce for the Goose 2011 Young James Herriot Lady Verity Muirhead 1 episode 2012 New Tricks Elizabeth Clayton 1 episode, Old School Ties 2017 Grantchester Veronica Stone 1 episode

Theatre Year Title Role Company Venue 2003 Three Sisters Masha Playhouse Theatre, London 2005 On the Shore of the Wide World Royal National Theatre 2008 Jingo Gwendoline Finborough Theatre 2017 The Blinding Light Siri Jermyn Street Theatre