# Susannah Fielding

Susannah Glanville-Hearson, known professionally as Susannah Fielding, is an English actress. She won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. She also starred in the CBS sitcom The Great Indoors. From 2019 to 2021, she co-starred with Steve Coogan in This Time with Alan Partridge.

## Early life and education

Fielding was born in Poole, England, and grew up in Havant, near Portsmouth, before spending two years boarding at Christ's Hospital school in Sussex, where she developed an interest in acting. She also attended Dynamo Youth Theatre, a youth theatre for 11- to 18-year-olds in Havant. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; her performances there included Trinculo in The Tempest (directed by Patsy Rodenburg) and Myrrah in Tales from Ovid (directed by Christian Burgess). She graduated from Guildhall in 2006.

## Career
### Theatre

Fielding's first four professional roles in theatre were in four productions at the National Theatre: The Rose Tattoo (2007), Philistines (2007), Much Ado About Nothing (2007) and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (2008). She received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for her role as Pietra in Ibsen's An Enemy of the People at the Sheffield Crucible in 2010 alongside Antony Sher.
In 2011 she played Portia in Rupert Goold's production of The Merchant of Venice for the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Sir Patrick Stewart as Shylock, reprising the role in the production's transfer to the Almeida Theatre in 2014. In 2012, she was cast as Kim for the UK run of All New People, a black comedy play written by and starring Zach Braff. The play's UK run included Manchester and Glasgow before culminating in a 10-week run in London's Duke of York's Theatre. Fielding played the role of Evelyn Williams in the musical American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre in December 2013.
Fielding won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her reprised portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. Michael Grandage, one of the four judges, said of her performance in the production, set in a Las Vegas casino, that she had made the familiar role her own, with a "faultless American accent and a huge intelligence in her acting choices".

### Television

In 2008 she appeared in "Firewall", the second episode of the BBC TV series Wallander. Fielding was a guest on The Bill in 2009, playing Rochelle Chapman. In 2010 she appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Victory of the Daleks", as well as an episode of Midsomer Murders and Comedy Lab. She played Chloe in the Channel 4 sitcom Pete versus Life. In 2016 Susannah played Emma (Murray's colleague who has a crush on him) in I Want My Wife Back. In 2016, she appeared in "Nosedive", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. She had a recurring role in 2016–2017 in the American sitcom The Great Indoors as Brooke, the ex-girlfriend and current boss of Jack (Joel McHale), who must help him transition from an adventurous reporter to an office worker.
In 2019, she co-starred with Steve Coogan in This Time with Alan Partridge. A second series of the show aired in 2021.

### Film

Fielding appeared in the 2010 films 4.3.2.1. and 1st Night (originally titled Cosi), for which she learned to sing opera in Italian. In 2011 she starred in Kill Keith, a comedy horror film featuring Keith Chegwin. She appeared in the 2012 romantic comedy The Knot alongside Mena Suvari and Noel Clarke. She played the beautiful Katherine, Poirot's deceased former lover in the film Death on the Nile (2022). She voiced Jill Warrick in the 2023 video game Final Fantasy XVI.

## Personal life

Fielding dated English actor Tom Hiddleston from 2008 to 2011. They met while filming the series Wallander.

## Acting credits
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | 4.3.2.1. | Jas | |
| 2010 | 1st Night | Debbie | |
| 2010 | Watching | Annie | Short film |
| 2011 | Kill Keith | Dawn | |
| 2012 | The Knot | Julie | |
| 2022 | Death on the Nile | Katherine | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2008 | She Stoops to Conquer | Kate Hardcastle | TV film |
| 2008 | Wallander | Sonja Hokberg | Episode: "Firewall" |
| 2009 | The Bill | Rochelle Chapman | Episode: "Trust Me" |
| 2010 | Doctor Who | Lilian | Episode: "Victory of the Daleks" |
| 2010 | Comedy Lab | Sam | Episode: "Filth" |
| 2010 | Midsomer Murders | Jessica Peach | Episode: "The Silent Land" |
| 2010 | Pete versus Life | Chloe | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Uncle | Melodine | TV film |
| 2013 | Pramface | Francesca | Episode: "Grumpy and Target Boy" |
| 2013 | Jo | Gabrielle | Episode: "Place Vendôme" |
| 2013 | Love Matters | Siobhan | Episode: "A Nice Arrangement" |
| 2013 | The Job Lot | Mia Gibbs | Episode: "#1.5" |
| 2013 | Drifters | Fay | Episode: "Nineties Night" |
| 2014 | Father Brown | Bunty Pryde | Episode: "The Pride of the Prydes" |
| 2012 | 4Funnies | Melodie | Episode: "Uncle" |
| 2014 | Lovesick | Phoebe Morris | Episode: "Phoebe" |
| 2015 | Death in Paradise | Elizabeth 'Betty' Foss | Episode: "4.4" |
| 2015 | The C Word | Abigail | TV film |
| 2015 | Catastrophe | Samantha | Episode: "2.2" |
| 2016 | I Want My Wife Back | Emma | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | Black Mirror | Carol | Episode: "Nosedive" |
| 2016–2017 | The Great Indoors | Brooke | Main role (22 episodes) |
| 2018 | Silent Witness | Emma Singh | Episode: "Moment of Surrender (Part 1)" |
| 2018 | High & Dry | Sandra | 4 episodes |
| 2019–2021 | This Time with Alan Partridge | Jennie Gresham | 12 episodes |
| 2019 | Sticks and Stones | Isobel Jones | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Doc Martin | Mags Fowler | Episode: "Equilibrium" |
| 2020 | Life | Ruth Stone | Mini-series |
| 2021 | The Cockfields | Esther | Main role (7 episodes) |
| 2023 | Tom Jones | Mrs. Waters | Miniseries |
| 2023 | The Cleaner | Fran Culpepper | Episode: "The Statue" |
| 2023 | Who Is Erin Carter? | Olivia | |

### Theatre

| Year | Production | Role | Venue |
| 2007 | The Rose Tattoo | Rosa | National Theatre |
| 2007 | Philistines | Polya | National Theatre |
| 2007 | Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | National Theatre |
| 2008 | The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other | Ensemble | National Theatre |
| 2010 | An Enemy of the People | Petra | Sheffield Crucible |
| 2011 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
| 2012 | All New People | Kim | Duke of York's Theatre |
| 2013 | Trelawny of the Wells | Imogen Parrott/ Clara de Foenix | Donmar Warehouse |
| 2013 | American Psycho | Evelyn Williams | Almeida Theatre |
| 2014 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Almeida Theatre |
| 2015 | The Beaux' Stratagem | Mrs Sullen | National Theatre |
| 2015 | Bull | Isobel | Young Vic |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
| 2014 | Forza Horizon 2 | Amy Simpson | |
| 2015 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Shani | Expansion pack Hearts of Stone |
| 2016 | Forza Horizon 3 | Amy Simpson | |
| 2018 | Forza Horizon 4 | Amy Simpson | |
| 2021 | Forza Horizon 5 | Amy Simpson | |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Jill Warrick | |