Tamzin Merchant

Tamzin Claire Merchant in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. She was educated at Windlesham House School and Brighton College, although she has also lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In 2006 she appeared in two more BBC dramas, as Sara Fox, the daughter of Alan Davies and Michelle Gomez, in the comedy The Good Housekeeping Guide, and as Probationer Eastwood in the historical drama Casualty 1900s.

Merchant played Daenerys Targaryen in the unaired pilot of the HBO series Game of Thrones,

She played Miranda in the DCI Banks episodes "Playing with Fire - Part 1" and "Playing with Fire - Part 2". In early 2012, Merchant played the 17-year-old Rosa Bud in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

In 2019 Merchant was cast as a series regular on the Amazon Prime series Carnival Row. The series premiered on 30 August and was renewed for a second season.

In 2020, she starred as Lucy the lead role in the multi-award winning short film Gifts of the Heart, for which she won The Cutting Room International Short Film Festival Best Actress in a Short (CRISFF Award).

In 2025, she starred alongside John Malkovich, Sean Bean, Miranda Richardson, and Anton Lesser in the biographical drama film: The Yellow Tie.

Other work She wrote the children's book The Hatmakers (2021). Following this, she wrote and published three more books: The Mapmakers (2023), The Troublemakers (2024), The Mythmakers (2025).

Filmography

Red_Faction: Origins Lyra Television film DCI Banks Miranda Aspern Episodes: "Playing with Fire - Part 1", "Playing with Fire - Part 2" 2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rosa Bud Television film (2 parts) 2013 Murder on the Home Front Molly Cooper Television film 2014–2017 Salem Anne Hale Main roleNominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award - Best TV Supporting Actress (2017) 2023 Tom Jones Aunt Harriet 4 episodes

Music videos

Stage

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best TV Supporting Actress Salem 2017 Oxford International Film Festival (OXIFF) Best Screenplay Juliet Remembered 2020 Global Independent Film Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role (Bronze) Gift of the Heart (short) 2020 The Cutting Room International Short Film Festival Best Actress in a Short (CRISFF Award) Gift of the Heart (short)