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Wakefield, Imrie and Smith to Star in Sheridan’s The Rivals on the London Fringe
By Mark Shenton at Playbill.com Charity Wakefield, Celia Imrie, Ella Smith and Harry Hadden-Paton are among the cast of a new production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1776 comedy, The Rivals, that will begin performances at London’s Southwark Playhouse Jan. 12, 2010, prior to an official opening Jan. 15, for a run through Jan. 30. Acording [...]
Charity Wakefield plays Yasmin in Freddi
Freddi has got it all – a successful business empire, a glamorous second wife, a loving daughter, a loyal bodyguard, and a vast mansion nestling in the Surrey countryside. But Freddi has a problem. Having made enough money for five lifetimes, he’s not sure what to do with one.
Ethel Bennett is back, care of Charity Wakefield in Casualty 1909
Matron Eva Luckes returns in the powerful series from the London hospital, dramatised from original records. Revolution grips the East End as an explosion brings fears of a bomb, and Ethel Bennett and Dr Millais Culpin struggle to control the angry victims. When detectives arrive, Matron Luckes and Chairman Sydney Holland fear the hospital is [...]
NBC must be ‘Legally Mad’ not to give chance to Charity Wakefield
It looks like Charity Wakefield will not get her big US break in David E. Kelley’s legal drama “Legally Mad” as it is not going forward at NBC. After originally opting to keep the pilot in contention for midseason, the network has decided to pass on making the show. I just hope that means we [...]
David E. Kelley goes “Mad” for English actress
By Nellie Andreeva @ theusdaily.com LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Meet David E. Kelley’s newest discovery — Charity Wakefield. After making Calista Flockhart a household name by tapping her as the title character in “Ally McBeal,” the prolific producer has cast the 27-year-old English actress as the female lead in “Legally Mad,” [...]
Charity Wakefield plays Laura in Act of God
Charity Wakefield Stars as Ethell Bennett in Casualty 1907
Sunday 30 March 9.00-10.00pm BBC ONE Plunging viewers into London’s East End, Casualty 1907 delivers a gritty, realistic experience of life just over a century ago in Whitechapel. This was a time when the average person lived to be 45 years old and one in five children died by the age of 10. Then, as [...]
Casualty spin-off role for Charity
Sense and Sensibility’s Charity Wakefield will star in upcoming soap spin-off, Casualty 1907.That period drama is just one of two major projects set to boost her profile this year. She can also be seen with The Bill’s Amita Dhiri in new movie Act of God. That thriller will feature Max Brown, who played Mark Russell [...]
Fairy Tales – Rapunzel
Ep 1/4 Drama BBC ONE Four classic fairy tales made famous by The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrault – Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor’s New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff – are re-invigorated and updated by contemporary writers Ed Roe, Richard Pinto, Anil Gupta, Debbie Horsfield and Jeremy Dyson and brought to life [...]
Youth, Hope and Charity Wakefield
Emerging star of the small screen Charity Wakefield plays the impulsive Marianne Dashwood in this stylish, new Andrew Davies adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic 19th-century novel, Sense And Sensibility. Appearing alongside an impressive cast, including David Morrissey, Janet McTeer and Mark Gatiss, the 26-year-old actress explains that she was delighted to land such a choice [...]