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Annabel Scholey (born 1983 or 1984) is an English actress. She has performed extensively on stage and is known for her roles in the BBC supernatural drama Being Human in 2009 and as Anne-Marie Blake in the true crime drama miniseries The Sixth Commandment in 2023. She also played the leading role of Maddie in the musical feature film Walking on Sunshine (2014).
She trained at the Oxford School of Drama on a scholarship, graduating in 2005.
Scholey performed several times in Chichester Festival productions, including The House of Special Purpose (2009), Wallenstein (2009), Hobson's Choice (2007).
In 2010, she played Hermia alongside Dame Judi Dench in A Midsummer Night's Dream at The Rose Theatre Kingston, and later that year appeared as Julia in Sheridan's The Rivals, alongside Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Both productions were directed by Sir Peter Hall.
In June 2011, Scholey played Anne Neville, in Sam Mendes adaptation of Richard III with Kevin Spacey in the title role, at the Old Vic in London and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The production opened to rave reviews.
In 2013, she appeared in the revival of Passion Play by Peter Nichols at the Duke of York's Theatre as the predatory younger woman, Kate. She also worked at the Royal National Theatre in their summer production of Antigone playing the role of Ismene.
In 2009, she played the lead role of Michelle "Midge" Lerner in the BBC Three comedy drama Personal Affairs, alongside Laura Aikman, Ruth Negga, and Maimie McCoy. She played Lauren Drake in the BBC supernatural drama Being Human (2009) and Contessina de Medici in the television series, (2016).
She made her feature film debut in 2014, when she performed the leading role of Maddie in the jukebox musical feature film Walking on Sunshine.
In 2018, she began starring in the legal drama series The Split as Nina Defoe. She co-starred in the cast with Stephen Mangan, Fiona Button, and Barry Atsma until the series finale in 2022.
In 2020, Scholey returned to the BBC screens with The Salisbury Poisoning, a series based on the real-life Novichok poisonings of Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
In 2021, she played the major recurring role of Claire Brown in .
In 2023, she appeared in Janis Pugh's musical film Chuck Chuck Baby. She starred alongside Louise Brealey and Sorcha Cusack. That July, she played Anne-Marie Blake in the true crime drama miniseries The Sixth Commandment. In December, Scholey starred in the mini series adaption of Alice Hunters' novel of the same name, The Serial Killer's Wife. She portrayed the titular wife of Tom (Jack Farthing).
Scholey portrayed journalist Beattie Johnson in the 2024 television adaption of Jilly Cooper's Rivals. The same year, she led the Dead and Buried drama mini series, portraying a woman meeting her brother's murderer again. In November, she joined the season 2 cast of the British psychological thriller series The Couple Next Door.
In 2011, she provided the voice for Ginny Weasley in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.
Other media
Her work on radio drama includes All Passion Spent, A Harlot's Progress and Under Milk Wood. Scholey was runner-up in the BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Competition 2005.
Personal life
In May 2017 Scholey married Northern Ireland actor and author Ciarán McMenamin. They had one daughter before divorcing in 2023.
Filmography
Television
Series 10; Episode 3: "After the Funeral" Series 8; Episode 28: "Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged" Series 8; Episode 35: "Home Truths" Mini-series; Episodes 3 & 4 2 episodes Series 1; Episodes 1–5 5 episodes Episode 3: "The Austerity Games" Television film Series 7; Episodes 1–4 Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes Series 1–3; 23 episodes Series 1–4; 20 episodes Mini-series; Episodes 1–3 Series 13; Episodes 1, 4 & 6: "" Mini-series; Episodes 1–4 Episodes 1–4 Episodes 1 & 8 Episodes 1–4 Series 2 Deadline Hollywood
Film
Short film
Video games
Theatre
1996–97 The Sound of Music Louisa von Trapp Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 2005 The Real Thing Debbie Tim Pigott-Smith Theatre Royal, Bath UK Tour 2006 Troilus and Cressida Cressida Peter Stein Edinburgh International Festival Part of RSC Complete Works Festival 2007 The Cherry Orchard Anya Jonathan Miller Sheffield Crucible Hobson's Choice Vicky Hobson Jonathan Church Chichester Festival Theatre UK Tour 2008 Hamlet Ophelia Jonathan Miller Bristol Tobacco Factory The Taming of the Shrew Bianca Andrew Hilton Review of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (directed by Andrew Hilton) at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol, February 2008. (2008). Shakespeare, 4(2), 198–200. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450910802083609 2009 Wallenstein Princess Thekla Angus Jackson Chichester Festival Theatre The House of Special Purpose Olga Howard Davies 2010 A Midsummer Nights Dream Hermia Peter Hall Rose Theatre, Kingston Charley's Aunt Kitty Verdun Braham Murray Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester 2010–11 The Rivals Julia Peter Hall Haymarket Theatre, London UK Tour 2011 Richard III Lady Anne Sam Mendes Old Vic Theatre, London World Tour 2012 Antigone Ismene Polly Findlay Royal National Theatre, London 2013 Passion Play Kate David Leavux Duke of York, London 2014 Mr Burns Maria Robert Icke Almeida Theatre, London 2015 High Society Liz Imbrie Maria Friedman Old Vic Theatre, London 2016 Iliad Rupert Goold British Museum, London Reading Almeida Theatre, London
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