Catherine Bailey

Catherine Bailey (born 2 January 1981) is an English actress.

Acting career

Television and Film appearances include: A Quiet Passion, And Then There Were None, Mr Selfridge, Midsomer Murders, The Sarah Jane Adventures, House of Anubis, Holby City, EastEnders, Peak Practice, Rosemary and Thyme, The Bill, My Family, Urban Gothic, 55 Degrees North, Egypt, The English Harem, The Wild House, Uncle Jack and Cleopatra's Mummy and Residents.

On stage she has appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Company (Spring Awakening), Young Vic (‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore), Tricycle Theatre (Walk Hard - Talk Loud), Hackney Empire (in Steven Berkoff’s Sit and Shiver), Theatre Royal Haymarket (The Country Wife) and the Oval House for Paines Plough (House of Agnes). She also appeared in a televised performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Middle Temple Hall, featuring The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Other notable stage appearances include the roles of Annabella, Margaret and Pamela in The 39 Steps at the Criterion in London and at Shakespeare's Globe as Portia in their production of The Merchant of Venice, as well as Portia in Dominic Dromgoole's production of Julius Caesar. To mark the centenary of the beginning of WW1 the Globe commissioned a new play by Howard Brenton called Doctor Scroggy's War, in which she appeared as The Honourable Penelope Wedgewood. She recently performed the role of Goneril in the Royal and Derngate production of King Lear, starring Michael Pennington, which toured the UK with ATG.

She has also worked in Radio, notably as Isabella in The Changeling Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Home Front directed by Jessica Dromgoole. She runs theatre company Baz Productions and has produced three full-scale productions (Macbeth, Prophesy and Dreamplay) in pop-up venues in Central London since 2011, with each show nominated for numerous Off West End Stage Awards. She is an associate member of The Factory Theatre Company, having appeared in many of their productions including Hamlet, The Seagull, Round 1, Round 2 and As You Like It.

Agatha Christie's drama And Then There Were None, in which she played Olivia Hamilton, aired on BBC1 for 3 consecutive nights on Boxing Day 2015, and on Lifetime Network in the US in March 2016.

In 2016 she attended the Berlin Film Festival for the world premiere of Terence Davies film A Quiet Passion, a critically acclaimed study of American poet Emily Dickinson, starring Cynthia Nixon and Jennifer Ehle, in which she plays Vryling Buffam. Bailey received positive reviews for her work, being called "scene-stealing^[1]" and "fabulously arch"^[2] by the Evening Standard and The Guardian respectively. She was also present for the film's screenings and Q & A sessions at both The New York and London Film Festivals 2016.^[3]

Select Filmography and Stage Roles

Film

• A Quiet Passion (2016, as Vryling Buffam)

Television

• Mr Selfridge (2016, 2 episodes, as Nina)
• And Then There Were None (2015, 2 episodes, as Olivia Hamilton)
• Midsomer Murders (2014, 1 episode, as Stephanie Weston)
• House of Anubis (2011, 13 episodes, as Esther Robinson)
• The Sarah Jane Adventures (2010, 1 episode, as Miss Wyckham)
• Holby City (2009, 3 episodes, as DS Karen Roberts)
• EastEnders (2007 - 2010, 8 episodes, as P.C. Shona Blake)
• My Family (2003, 1 episodes, as Kate)
• The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells (2001, 6 episodes, as Violet)
• Residents (2000, 6 episodes, as Tina Conan Junior)
• The Wild House (1998, 12 episodes, as Gina Wild)

Stage

• Spring Awakening (1995, Royal Shakespeare Company, as Ilse, Director: Tim Supple)
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (1999, Young Vic, as Philotis, Director: David Lan)
• Walk Hard (2005, The Tricycle Theatre, as Dorothy, Director: Nicolas Kent)
• Sit and Shiver (2007, Hackney Empire, as Shirly, Director: Steven Berkoff)
• The Country Wife (2008, Theatre Royal Haymarket, as Lucy, Director: Jonathan Kent)
• House of Agnes (2008, Paines Plough, as Michaela, Director: George Perrin)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009, Middle Temple Hall, as Helena, Director: Tim Carroll)
• The 39 Steps (2011-2013, The Criterion as Annabella/Margaret/Pamela, Director: Lucy Skilbeck)
• Julius Caesar (2014, Shakespeare's Globe as Portia, Director: Dominic Dromgoole)
• Dr Scroggy's War (2014, Shakespeare's Globe as Penelope Wedgewood, Director: John Dove)
• King Lear (2016, Royal and Derngate and ATG, as Goneril, Director: Max Webster)

References

External links

• The Totality: An Interview with Catherine Bailey
• Drama, Dickinson and Donald Trump - Catherine Bailey (The VH Interview)
• A Quiet Passion - An Interview with Catherine Bailey
• Catherine Bailey at the Internet Movie Database
• IndieWire - A Quiet Passion Article and Trailer
• London Theatre Interview with Catherine Bailey
• shakespearesglobe.com