Biography

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

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Filmography

View Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997Series
7.5
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Father Brown

Father Brown

2013Series
7.6
View Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012Series
7.5
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Peep Show

Peep Show

2003Series
8.1
View The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

2006Series
8.2
View The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987Series
6.3
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Trying

Trying

2020Series
7.6
View Toast of London
Toast of London

Toast of London

2013Series
7.4
View Derek
Derek

Derek

2013Series
7.6
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Jo

Jo

2013Series
6.3
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X Company

X Company

2015Series
7.5
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Roadkill

Roadkill

2020Series
6.4