Susannah Wise

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Susannah Wise

Acting 55 June 11, 1971

Lewisham, London, England, UK

Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress. She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known…

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The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

8.2 2006 TV Show
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

7.6 2012 TV Show
Peep Show

Peep Show

8.0 2003 TV Show
Father Brown

Father Brown

7.6 2013 TV Show
Derek

Derek

7.5 2013 TV Show
Trying

Trying

7.6 2020 TV Show
An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

6.5 1999 Movie
Take Down

Take Down

5.8 2016 Movie
Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe

6.4 1996 TV Show
Toast of London

Toast of London

7.5 2013 TV Show
Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

7.1 2015 TV Show

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Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress. She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek. She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting. In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls". Her debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Art Detectives

    TV show Marie Claes

  2. 2020
    Roadkill

    TV show Jessie Coomer

  3. 2020
    Trying

    TV show Denise

  4. 2018
    Press

    TV show Wendy Bolt

  5. 2016
    Take Down

    Movie Agent Jess Chambliss

  6. 2015
    Chewing Gum

    TV show Louise

  7. 2015
    X Company

    TV show Adele

  8. 2014
    Babylon

    TV show Jennifer Miller

  9. 2014
    Original Drama Shorts

    TV show Janet

  10. 2013
    Toast of London

    TV show

  11. 2013
    Derek

    TV show Rebecca

  12. 2013
    Jo

    TV show

  13. 2013
    Father Brown

    TV show Emily Helmsley

  14. 2012
    A Doll's House

    Movie Kristine Linde

  15. 2012
    Call the Midwife

    TV show Hilary

  16. 2010
    PhoneShop

    TV show Shelley

More credits
  1. 2009
    U Be Dead

    Movie Laura

  2. 2007
    The Time of Your Life

    TV show Susan

  3. 2007
    The Time of Your Life

    Movie Susan

  4. 2006
    Soundproof

    Movie Anna

  5. 2006
    Vital Signs

    TV show Rebecca

  6. 2006
    The IT Crowd

    TV show Samantha

  7. 2006
    Manilla Envelopes

    Movie Susan Jenkins

  8. 2003
    Peep Show

    TV show Heather

  9. 2003
    Three Sisters

    Movie Natasha

  10. 2001
    In a Land of Plenty

    TV show Alice Freeman

  11. 2000
    Britannic

    Movie Nurse

  12. 1999
    An Ideal Husband

    Movie Young Mother

  13. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Liz Francis

  14. 1996
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

    TV show Milicent Hargrave

  15. 1996
    Staying Alive

    TV show Michaela Lennox

  16. 1996
    Eskimo Day

    Movie Miss Wilding

  17. 1996
    Dalziel and Pascoe

    TV show Louisa Fielding

  18. 1987
    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    TV show Shop Assistant

  19. —
    Wonder

    Movie Sarah