Siobhán Hewlett is an Anglo-Irish actress, writer and producer known for her work across film, television and theatre. She made her critically acclaimed West End stage debut at the Donmar Warehouse in Christopher Hampton’s play The Philanthropist opposite Simon Russell Beale. Her screen work includes Sherlock, Torchwood, the feature film Hummingbird (also released as Redemption) alongside Jason Statham, the BAFTA-winning BBC series The Canterbury Tales, and the thriller The Holiday, which streamed internationally on Netflix. Her television work includes a BAFTA-winning episode of the BBC series The Canterbury Tales opposite Julie Walters and Bill Nighy, as well as the BBC dramas The Virgin Queen and Parade’s End. Her film credits include Irina Palm opposite Marianne Faithfull and The Watchers opposite Dakota Fanning. Hewlett worked closely with writer Alan Moore on the feature film The Show, starring opposite Tom Burke as the journalist Faith Harrington. She also served as executive producer on the project, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. Alongside her screen work Hewlett has worked extensively as a voice actor in video games, including roles in the international franchises Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age: Inquisition. She made her professional stage debut at London’s Finborough Theatre in Che Walker’s production of Etta Jenks opposite Chris O’Dowd, Clarke Peters and Daniela Nardini. Her theatre work has also included productions at Chichester Festival Theatre and Hampstead Theatre. Hewlett comes from a theatrical family whose performing roots extend to nineteenth-century European variety and vaudeville. Her father was the actor Donald Hewlett, known for the BBC sitcoms It Ain’t Half Hot Mum and You Rang, M’Lord?, and her mother, Thérèse McMurray, was a child performer who starred in the television drama Emergency Ward 10. Hewlett grew up between Lahinch on Ireland’s west coast and Whitstable on the Kent coast of England. Educated on art scholarships at Wellesley House School, Downe House School and The King’s School, Canterbury, Hewlett was spotted in a school production by the theatrical agency Hamilton Hodell. She later turned down a place at Cambridge University to read English and instead accepted a scholarship to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, completing the academy’s three-year classical acting diploma. While still a student, aged nineteen, Hewlett was cast by French director Antoine de Caunes in the feature film Monsieur N, a role for which she learned French. Shortly afterwards she starred in the ITV comedy series Fortysomething alongside Hugh Laurie, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Capaldi. After taking time away from acting to care for her parents during serious illness, Hewlett later returned to work internationally, studying improvisation at The Groundlings in Los Angeles and performing with L.A. Theatre Works alongside Jared Harris, Susan Sullivan, Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres. In addition to acting, Hewlett is also a writer and producer. She has developed a feature film re-imagining of Neil Gaiman’s short story The Thing About Cassandra, in which she is set to star in the title role. She studied writing as part of the Young Writers Programme at the Royal Court Theatre. She divides her time between London and the west coast of Ireland, where she writes and surfs.