Patsy Ferran

Patricia Ferran (born 25 November 1989) is a Spanish-British actress. She has received a number of accolades for her work in theatre, including a Laurence Olivier Award.

Patsy Ferran
Born	Patricia Ferran (1989-11-25) 25 November 1989 (age 34) Valencia, Spain
Education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014–present

Early life

Ferran was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1989.^[1] Her father is from Barcelona and her mother is from Valencia. The family moved to England when Ferran was a child.^[2] She attended Notre Dame School, an all-girls convent school in Cobham, Surrey.

She read Drama and Theatre Arts at Birmingham University,^[3] and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2014.^[4]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref(s)
2014	Blithe Spirit	Edith	Gielgud Theatre	[5]
	The Angry Brigade	Anna	Theatre Royal, Plymouth	[6]
			Oxford Playhouse	[7]
			Warwick Arts Centre	[8]
			Watford Palace Theatre	[9]
	Treasure Island	Jim	National Theatre	[10]
2015	The Merchant of Venice	Portia	Royal Shakespeare Company	[11]
2016	As You Like It	Celia	National Theatre	[12]
2017	Speech & Debate	Diwata	Trafalgar Studios	[13]
2018	My Mum's a Twat	Girl	Royal Court Theatre	[14]
	Summer and Smoke	Alma Winemiller	Almeida Theatre	[15]
			Duke of York's Theatre	[16]
2019	Three Sisters	Olga Sergeyevna	Almeida Theatre	[17]
2020	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Honey	Booth Theatre	[18]
	A Christmas Carol	Various roles	Bridge Theatre	[19]
2021	Camp Siegfried	Her	Old Vic	[20]
2022	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Almeida Theatre	[21]
2023			Phoenix Theatre
2023	Pygmalion	Eliza Doolittle	The Old Vic	[22]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Tulip Fever	Tart
	God's Own Country	Robyn
	Darkest Hour	Maid
2019	How to Build a Girl	Björk
2021	Tom & Jerry	Joy
	Mothering Sunday	Milly
2022	Living	Fiona
2023	Firebrand	Mary I of England
2024	White Bird	Mille Petitjean
2025	Mickey 17		Post-production[23]
	Untitled Noah Baumbach film		Filming[24]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Guerrilla	Gwen	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Jamestown	Mercy Myrtle	Recurring role, 24 episodes
	Will	Peg	1 episode
2020	Black Narcissus	Sister Blanche	Miniseries, 3 episodes
2022	Life After Life	Pamela	Miniseries, 4 episodes
TBA	Miss Austen	Jane Austen	In-production[25]

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	North and South	Margaret Hale	BBC Radio[26]
2024	The Mysterious Affair at Styles	Cynthia Murdoch	Audible original[27]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2014	Critics’ Circle Theatre Award[28]	Most Promising Newcomer	Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island	Won
2015	Evening Standard Theatre Award[29]	Emerging Talent Award	Treasure Island	Nominated
2019	Laurence Olivier Award[30]	Best Actress	Summer and Smoke	Won
	Critics’ Circle Theatre Award[31]	Best Actress		Won
	WhatsOnStage Award[32]	Best Actress in a Play		Nominated

References

1. "Summer and Smoke star Patsy Ferran: 'I enjoy being goofy, manly, ugly on stage, it's liberating'". 27 November 2018.
2. "PATSY FERRAN PATHWAY #5". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
3. "Meet our graduates: Patsy Ferran". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
4. "Patsy Ferran". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
5. "Full Cast for Blithe Spirit at Gielgud Theatre". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
6. "The Angry Brigade, Theatre Royal, Plymouth – review". 28 September 2014.
7. "The Angry Brigade: Oxford Playhouse". 9 October 2014.
8. "A Paines Plough and Theatre Royal Plymouth production The Angry Brigade by James Graham". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
9. "THE ANGRY BRIGADE – REVIEW". 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
10. "Treasure Island review – astonishing spectacle". 14 December 2014.
11. "POLLY FINDLAY 2015 PRODUCTION". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
12. "As You Like It". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
13. "Speech and Debate review – tech-savvy kids battle with a phoney adult world". 12 February 2017.
14. "My Mum's a Twat". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
15. "Summer and Smoke". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
16. "Almeida West End Summer and Smoke". Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
17. "Three Sisters". Retrieved 14 March 2019.
18. "Laurie Metcalf, Eddie Izzard to Lead 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' on Broadway". Retrieved 13 April 2019.
19. "Simon Russell Beale, Patsy Ferran and Eben Figueiredo discuss the Bridge Theatre's A Christmas Carol". 3 December 2020.
20. "The Old Vic announces new season, including 'Into The Woods', Emma Rice and Caryl Churchill". Retrieved 11 May 2021.
21. "Almeida cancels first week of Streetcar Named Desire as lead actor withdraws". Retrieved 13 January 2023.
22. "Pygmalion". www.oldvictheatre.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
23. Karen Gillan to Play Queen Mary Tudor in Period Comedy ‘Fools,’ Altitude Launching in Berlin
24. Kroll, Justin (14 March 2024). "Netflix Sets All-Star Ensemble To Round Out Cast Of Noah Baumbach's Next Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
25. Rice, Lynette (7 December 2023). "'Miss Austen': Keeley Hawes & Rose Leslie Join TV Adaptation For Masterpiece". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
26. "North and South Episodes". BBC Radio. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
27. Shafer, Ellise (2 October 2024). "Peter Dinklage, Jessica Gunning, Himesh Patel and More to Star in Audible Adaptation of Agatha Christie's 'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
28. "2014 Results". January 2015.
29. "Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Stars of the future take the spotlight". 10 November 2015.
30. "The Olivier Award for Best Actress goes to… @PatsyFerran for @SummerSmokePlay! #OlivierAwards". 7 April 2019.
31. "2018 Results". January 2019.
32. "Hamilton and Aidan Turner among winners at 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards". 3 March 2019.

External links

• Patsy Ferran at IMDb