# Camilla Power

Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born 13 November 1976) is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for her appearances in the television series Emmerdale and Waterloo Road.

## Early life and education

Power was born in Cork, Ireland, and is a distant cousin of the actor Tyrone Power. Her great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the Second World War. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, and started acting from an early age; her first TV appearance was on a chicken nuggets commercial, and an early screen role was as Sabina Halliday in A Summer Story (1988).

## Career

Power appeared in Channel 4’s The Manageress in 1990, and played Jill Pole in BBC Television's The Silver Chair (1990), an adaptation of the book by C. S. Lewis. She also had parts in Bonjour la Classe (1993), and Moonacre (BBC, 1993), the last calling for skill at horse-riding. From 1993 to 1995, she was a regular cast member playing Jessica McAllister on the Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale.
From 1997 to 1998, she played teenager Adele Bannerman in The Grand, a series set at the "Grand hotel", Manchester in the 1920s. Power made her stage debut in a theatrical adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the National Theatre in 1998. She had roles in the television drama series Murder in Mind (2002), and in the 2003 film Hornblower: Duty.
In 2006, she appeared in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as English teacher Lorna Dickey, and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In early 2008 she starred in the Torchwood, episode "From Out of the Rain" as Pearl, a circus star who escapes from an old cinema film and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business. Power was seen in the British action movie The Tournament, as the ruthless assistant to Liam Cunningham's Tournament Master. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ITV drama Whitechapel.
In 2013, she appeared in two episodes of Lewis, as Tara Faulkner, and in two episodes of Father Brown. In 2016, she appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. In 2022, she appeared as Agatha Jack in Trigger Point.

## Personal life

Power is a supporter of 'ERA (Equal Representation for Actresses)', a movement devoted to gender equality for actresses, within the stage, television and film industry.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | A Summer Story | Sabina Halliday | |
| 1988 | Alice | Alice | English version |
| 1988 | Soft Soap | Trace | Television film |
| 1989 | Not the End of the World | Ellen | Television film |
| 1991 | Mystery of the Keys | Alex | Television film |
| 1996 | The Treasure Seekers | Dora Bastable | Television film |
| 1996 | Throwaways | Sky | Television film |
| 2000 | The Calling | Lynette Peterson | |
| 2003 | Duty | Betsy | Television film |
| 2003 | Byron | Lady Caroline Lamb | Television film |
| 2004 | Not Only But Always | Judy Huxtable | Television film |
| 2009 | The Tournament | Sarah Hunter | |
| 2016 | The Other Side of Home | Karen | Short film |
| 2016 | Truck | Alison | Short film |
| 2018 | Final Score | Mrs. Steed | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | The Manageress | Young Gabriella | Episode: "A Man's Game" |
| 1990 | The Silver Chair | Jill Pole | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 1993 | The Bill | Anna Burwell | Episode: "Questionable Judgement" |
| 1993 | Bonjour la Classe | Pamela Slotover | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 1993 | 10x10 | Anna | Episode: "Physics for Fish" |
| 1993–1995 | Emmerdale | Jessica McAllister | Series regular; 103 episodes |
| 1994 | Moonacre | Maria Merryweather | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Casualty | Angie | Episode: "Hit and Run" |
| 1996 | The Bill | Shelley Harker | Episode: "Separate Rooms" |
| 1996 | Beck | Charity | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 1997 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lisa / Zoe | Episode: "The Double" |
| 1997 | Scene | Girl | Episode: "Stone Cold" |
| 1997 | Underworld | Gilda Smith | Miniseries; 6 episodes |
| 1997–1998 | The Grand | Adele Bannerman | Recurring role; 10 episodes |
| 1998 | Slap! - Love, Lies and Lipstick | Annabel | Series regular; 7 episodes |
| 1998 | The Echo | Lisa | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2000 | Fish | Jilly McVee | Episode: "Another Shade of White" |
| 2000 | Up Rising | Ariadne | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Martina | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Manchild | Scarlet | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Murder in Mind | Emily Stapleford | Episode: "Victim" |
| 2002 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Joanna Sydeham | Episode: "Payment in Blood" |
| 2002 | Sparkhouse | Becky Lawton | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Trevor's World of Sport | Mariella Boden | Episode: "Jason" |
| 2005 | The Brief | Millie Marsh | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Brief Encounters | Dorathy | Episode: "All in a Day's Work" |
| 2006–2007 | Waterloo Road | Lorna Dickey | Series regular; 18 episodes |
| 2008 | Torchwood | Pearl | Episode: "From Out of the Rain" |
| 2008 | Harley Street | Lucy | Episode: "Episode 4" |
| 2011 | Doctors | Elsa Atherton | Episode: "Charade" |
| 2011 | Injustice | Caroline Newall | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Whitechapel | DI Mina Norroy | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Dominique Baxter | Episode: "The Eye of Apollo" |
| 2013 | Lewis | Tara Faulkner | Episode: "The Ramblin' Boy" |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Sandra | Episode: "Shut Up and Dance" |
| 2021 | Showtrial | Cressida Campbell | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Trigger Point | Agatha Jack | Recurring role; 2 episodes |