Susannah Wise
Known for: Acting
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
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Liz Francis
1997
Series
Father Brown
Emily Helmsley
2013
Series
Call the Midwife
Hilary
2012
Series
Trying
Denise
2020
Series
The IT Crowd
Samantha
2006
Series
Dalziel and Pascoe
Louisa Fielding
1996
Series
Peep Show
Heather
2003
Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Shop Assistant
1987
Series
Toast of London
2013
Series
X Company
Adele
2015
Series
Art Detectives
Marie Claes
2025
Series
Chewing Gum
Louise
2015
Series
Derek
Rebecca
2013
Series
Roadkill
Jessie Coomer
2020
Series
Babylon
Jennifer Miller
2014
Series
Jo
2013
Series
PhoneShop
Shelley
2010
Series
Press
Wendy Bolt
2018
Staying Alive
Michaela Lennox
1996
Series
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Milicent Hargrave
1996
Film
Take Down
Agent Jess Chambliss
2016
Series
The Time of Your Life
Susan
2007
Series
Vital Signs
Rebecca
2006
Film
An Ideal Husband
Young Mother
1999
Film
Britannic
Nurse
2000
Series
In a Land of Plenty
Alice Freeman
2001
Original Drama Shorts
Janet
2014
Film
Manilla Envelopes
Susan Jenkins
2006
Film
Eskimo Day
Miss Wilding
1996
Wonder
Sarah
Film
U Be Dead
Laura
2009
Film
A Doll's House
Kristine Linde
2012
Film
Three Sisters
Natasha
2003
Film
The Time of Your Life
Susan
2007
Film
Soundproof
Anna
2006