8.2
TV
Acting
Susannah Wise
- Born
- (age 55)
- Birthplace
- Lewisham, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 35 titles
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
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
8.0
TV
Peep Show
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
7.6
TV
Call the Midwife
7.4
TV
Derek
6.5
Movie
An Ideal Husband
5.8
Movie
Take Down
7.7
TV
Father Brown
7.6
TV
Trying
7.5
TV
Toast of London
7.1
TV
Chewing Gum
6.8
Movie
Britannic
6.4
TV
Roadkill
7.4
TV
X Company
6.6
TV
Babylon
7.5
TV
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
7.0
TV
Press
6.4
TV
Dalziel and Pascoe
Acting credits 35
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Wonder Film | Sarah |
| 2025 | Art Detectives TV | Marie Claes (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Roadkill TV | Jessie Coomer (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Trying TV | Denise (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Press TV | Wendy Bolt (2 ep) |
| 2016 | Take Down Film | Agent Jess Chambliss |
| 2015 | Chewing Gum TV | Louise (1 ep) |
| 2015 | X Company TV | Adele (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Babylon TV | Jennifer Miller (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Original Drama Shorts TV | Janet (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Toast of London TV | (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Derek TV | Rebecca (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Jo TV | (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Father Brown TV | Emily Helmsley (1 ep) |
| 2012 | A Doll's House Film | Kristine Linde |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife TV | Hilary (1 ep) |
| 2010 | PhoneShop TV | Shelley (1 ep) |
| 2009 | U Be Dead Film | Laura |
| 2007 | The Time of Your Life Film | Susan |
| 2007 | The Time of Your Life TV | Susan (6 ep) |
| 2006 | Soundproof Film | Anna |
| 2006 | Vital Signs TV | Rebecca (1 ep) |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd TV | Samantha (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Manilla Envelopes Film | Susan Jenkins |
| 2003 | Peep Show TV | Heather (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Three Sisters Film | Natasha |
| 2001 | In a Land of Plenty TV | Alice Freeman (10 ep) |
| 2000 | Britannic Film | Nurse |
| 1999 | An Ideal Husband Film | Young Mother |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Liz Francis (1 ep) |
| 1996 | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall TV | Milicent Hargrave (2 ep) |
| 1996 | Staying Alive TV | Michaela Lennox (12 ep) |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day Film | Miss Wilding |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe TV | Louisa Fielding (1 ep) |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV | Shop Assistant (1 ep) |