Deborah Ayorinde
(Actor)
.. Nina Richards
Adeyinka Akinrinade
(Actor)
.. Alesha Richards
CJ Beckford
(Actor)
.. Andre Scott-Clarke
Jourdan Dunn
(Actor)
.. Davina Chase
Sarah Niles
(Actor)
.. Claudia Richards
Ola Orebiyi
(Actor)
.. Gus Richards
Zahra Ahmadi
(Actor)
.. Parul
Emmanuel Imani
(Actor)
.. Simon Richards
Hermione Norris
(Actor)
.. Maureen Day
Best Known For:
Playing Karen in Cold Feet.
Early-life:
Born in London in February 1967. Her businessman father Michael named her Hermione after Helen of Troy's daughter - her mother, a health visitor, is called Helen. Her parents split when she was four, after which she had what she describes as a "formal" relationship with her dad, who died suddenly just as she was beginning her acting career. She was brought up by her mum and grandmother in Derbyshire and London along with her three sisters and two half-sisters, and initially trained as a dancer before turning to acting.
Career:
Norris enjoyed a great deal of success on the stage, starring in Stephen Poliakoff's Blinded by the Sun at the National Theatre and the world premiere of Reader by Arile Dorfman. She also appeared in a production of the Chekov play The Seagull at the Moscow Art Theatre. Norris took small parts in TV series such as Casualty, Peak Practice and Drop the Dead Donkey, but didn't become a household name until she won the role of Karen in Cold Feet. In the years since she's appeared in the one-off drama Falling Apart, opposite Robson Green in the crime series Wire in the Blood, spy drama Spooks and as Stephen Fry's half-sister in Kingdom, which was written by her husband. She's also returned to the stage on several occasions.
Quote:
"It makes a statement my name. Immediately country homes, fishing and shooting spring to mind and that's not the reality of where I come from."
Trivia:
She often gets cast as well-spoken women.
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(Actor)
.. Male Assistant
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.. Waitress
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.. First Exec
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.. Second Exec
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.. Third Exec
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Danny De Warren
(Executive producer)
Nadine Marsh-Edwards
(Executive producer)
Amanda Jenks
(Executive producer)
Alison Owen
(Executive producer)
Alison Carpenter
(Executive producer)
Yvonne Francas
(Producer)
Sebastian Thiel
(Director)