Emilia Fox

Emilia Fox
Fox in 2011
Born
Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox

(1974-07-31) 31 July 1974 (age 50)[1]
Alma materSt Catherine's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Actress and presenter
Years active1995–present
Television
Spouses
(m. 2005; div. 2010)
  • Jonathan Stadlen
PartnerJeremy Gilley (2009–2011)
Children1
Parents
FamilyFox
AwardsFlaiano Prizes Best Actress
2003 The Soul Keeper

Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox[2] (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002). Her other motion pictures include the Italian–French–British romance-drama The Soul Keeper (2002), for which she won the Flaiano Film Award for Best Actress; the drama The Republic of Love (2003); the comedy-drama Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005); the black comedy Keeping Mum (2005); the romantic comedy-drama Cashback (2006); the drama Flashbacks of a Fool (2008); the drama Ways to Live Forever (2010); the drama-thriller A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011); and the fantasy-horror drama Dorian Gray (2009).

Fox's television roles include the BBC drama Pride and Prejudice (1995), the PBS British/German television serial Rebecca (1997), ITV Granada's Henry VIII (2003), BBC's Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004), the 2005 BBC miniseries The Virgin Queen (2005) and the ITV crime drama series Fallen Angel (2007). She also appeared as Morgause in the BBC's Merlin, beginning in the programme's second series. Fox also starred in Delicious (2016). She stars as Dr. Nikki Alexander on the BBC crime drama Silent Witness, having joined the cast in 2004 following the departure of Amanda Burton. Fox is the longest-serving cast member since the departures of Tom Ward in 2012 and William Gaminara in 2013. Since 2022 she has had the title role of her namesake Sylvia Fox in the Acorn TV series Signora Volpe.

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  2. ^ Barratt, Nick (26 May 2007). "Family Detective". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2017.