| Emily Fairn | |
| Birth Date: | 16th September 1998[1] |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2022–present |
| Television: | The Responder Black Mirror |
Emily Fairn is an English actress from Liverpool, with appearances on television, stage and film.
From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020.[2]
Fairn made her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022.[3] [4] The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023.[5]
She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper.[6] [7] She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix.[8]
On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader.[9] [10] Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut,[11] and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits".[12]
She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh.[13] She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA, She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George, in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore.[14]
Fairn portrayed comedienne Laraine Newman in the 2024 biopic Saturday Night.
| Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–present | The Responder | Casey | 10 episodes | |
| 2023 | Rain Dogs | Frida | Episode: "Jesus Loves a Hustler" | |
| Black Mirror | Suzie | Episode: "Demon 79" | ||
| Chuck Chuck Baby | Amy | Film | ||
| COBRA | Polly Wright | 4 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Mary & George | Jenny | 6 episodes | |
| Joy | Lily | Film | ||
| Saturday Night | Laraine Newman | Film; post-production | ||
| House of Guinness | Anne Guinness | In production |