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Charlotte Hope
Hope in 2019
Born (1991-10-15) 15 October 1991 (age 33)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
FamilyEmily Norris (sister)

Charlotte Hope is an English actress. She first achieved recognition for her recurring role as Myranda in the third through fifth seasons of the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones (2013–2016). Hope gained further prominence in the lead role of Catherine of Aragon on the Starz historical drama series The Spanish Princess (2019–2020), her first starring performance. In 2020, she appeared as a series regular on the second season of the ITV thriller Bancroft and the Netflix biographical drama The English Game. Outside television, Hope has appeared in the biographic romance film The Theory of Everything (2014) and the horror film The Nun (2018). She also voiced one of the playable characters in the action-adventure video game We Happy Few (2018). She stars as Sandra in the upcoming British gangster biopic The Chelsea Cowboy (2023).

Early life and education

Hope was born in Salisbury and grew up in Lower Daggons, a rural hamlet in the New Forest District of Hampshire.[1] Her younger sister Emily is a member of the band Police Dog Hogan. Their father is a barrister and former jockey and their mother stayed at home, having previously worked in PR.[2]

Hope attended boarding school.[3] She first discovered acting through a drama class at school.[4] She went on to study French and Spanish at the University of Oxford. Whilst there, she found an agent and began taking jobs in theatre and commercials. Upon graduation from Oxford, Hope spent a year in Paris training in acting at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.[2]

Career

Hope made her film debut as a factory worker in the 2012 musical Les Miserables.[5]

In 2013, Hope began playing the role of Ramsay Bolton's sadistic lover, Myranda, in HBO's fantasy drama series Game of Thrones.[6] She continued in the role until the character died during the fifth season and her body was found in the sixth-season premiere. In 2014, she guest starred in the first season of The Musketeers, playing the role of Charlotte Mellendorf. That same year, she appeared in the film The Theory of Everything, portraying Philippa Hawking, the younger sister of Stephen Hawking. In 2015, she had a leading role in the British gangster film North v South as Willow Clarke. That same year, Hope appeared in the music video "Beautiful to Me" by Olly Murs.[7]

In 2016, Hope appeared in the biographical romantic drama A United Kingdom and the romantic thriller Allied. In 2017, she had a supporting role in the drama film Three Christs[5] and in 2018, she co-starred in the horror film The Nun.[8]

Hope has also done theatre work, including Broadway shows such as Buried Child where she played the role of Shelly in 2016.[9] In 2017 she played the role of Zara in Almeida Theatre's Albion[10] and in 2018 she played as Dr. Michaels' mother in The New Group's Good for Otto.[11]

In March 2018, Hope was cast in the lead role of the Starz series The Spanish Princess, in which she plays Catherine of Aragon. The show is a follow-up to The White Queen and The White Princess.[12]

In January 2020, she appeared as Annabel Connors, a main character in Season 2 of Bancroft opposite Sarah Parish.[13] Having worked with Danish director Birgitte Stærmouse on the first season of The Spanish Princess, the pair teamed up again for Netflix's miniseries The English Game, which also aired in 2020.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Les Misérables Factory Woman
2013 The Invisible Woman Young Prostitute
2014 Insomniacs Jenny Short film
2014 The Theory of Everything Philippa Hawking
2014 Playhouse Presents: Marked Primrose
2015 North v South Willow Clarke
2015 Miss You Already Teenage Jess
2016 A United Kingdom Olivia Lancaster
2016 Allied Louise
2017 Three Christs Becky
2018 The Nun Sister Victoria
TBA The Piper Mel Upcoming[14][15]
2023 The Chelsea Cowboy Sandra
TBA Hiker Hannah

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Casualty Ava Dunlop Episode: "A Day in a Life"
2010 Missing Caitlin Morgan Episode 2.9
2011 Waking the Dead Abigail Harding 2 episodes
2012 Some Girls Jenny Episode 1.4
2012 Doctors Niamh Curram Episode: "Full Time"
2012–2013 Holby City Eleanor Campbell 3 episodes
2013 Love and Marriage Alice Episode: "Who's the Boss?"
2013 Law & Order: UK Holly Leigh Episode: "Fatherly Love"
2013 Whitechapel Josie Eagle 2 episodes
2013–2016 Game of Thrones Myranda 8 episodes
2014 Vera Saskia Barnes Episode: "The Deer Hunters"
2014 The Musketeers Charlotte Mellendorf 2 episodes
2016 Death in Paradise Lucy Preville Episode: "One for the Road"
2016 Houdini & Doyle Molly Morgan Episode: "Bedlam"
2017 Diana and I Sophie Lewis Television film
2018 Endeavour Eve Thorne Episode: "Muse"
2019–2020 The Spanish Princess Catherine of Aragon Miniseries
2020 Bancroft Annabel 3 episodes
2020 The English Game Margaret Alma Kinnaird Miniseries

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Ryse: Son of Rome Oracle
2018 We Happy Few Sally Boyle

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2012 Belarus The Woman Arcola Theatre
2013 Outlines Various Old Red Lion Theatre
2015 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Liverpool Everyman
2016 Buried Child Shelly Trafalgar Studios
2017 Albion Zara Almeida Theatre
2018 Good for Otto Mom The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre

References

  1. ^ Sarner, Lauren (2 May 2019). "Sexy historical drama casts Catherine of Aragon in a new light". New York Post. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Aftab, Kaleem (28 November 2016). "Charlotte Hope interview: 'I don't feel like it was a lucky break, I got 'Game of Thrones' because I was good at acting'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  3. ^ Wally, Maxine (3 May 2019). "A Character Study With Charlotte Hope, the Star of 'Spanish Princess'". WWD. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ Lee, Luaine (5 May 2019). "'Incurable nerd' Charlotte Hope takes on Catherine of Aragon in 'The Spanish Princess'". The Day. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (20 July 2016). "'Game of Thrones' Actress Charlotte Hope Joins Richard Gere in 'The Three Christs'". Variety. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  6. ^ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (28 June 2012). "'Game of Thrones' Season 3 Casts a New Lady". ScreenCrush.
  7. ^ Vena, Jocelyn. "Olly Murs Enlists 'Game of Thrones' Star Charlotte Hope For 'Beautiful to Me' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ^ Kit, Borys (1 May 2017). "'Game of Thrones' Actor Charlotte Hope Joins New Line's 'The Nun' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Cast & Creative". The New Group.
  10. ^ Rathbone, Will (6 October 2017). "'I feel totally at home in the theatre': an interview with Charlotte Hope". London Calling. Archived from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Good For Otto". The New Group. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  12. ^ Turchiano, Danielle (17 May 2018). "Starz's 'The Spanish Princess' Casts Charlotte Hope, Sets All Female Directors". Variety.
  13. ^ "When is Bancroft back on TV for series 2?". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  14. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (June 2021). "Charlotte Hope & Julian Sands To Star In Millennium Horror 'The Piper'; Filming Underway In Bulgaria". Deadline. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  15. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (15 September 2021). "'The Chelsea Cowboy': Charlotte Hope, Plan B, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sadie Frost Among Cast To Join Alex Pettyfer Pic Ahead Of Shoot". Deadline. Retrieved 25 January 2022.