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{{Short description|English actor}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1950|1|29}}
| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], England
| birth_place = [[Birmingham]]
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actor. Director
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| yearsactive = 1971 to present
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jonathan Pryce]]|2015}}
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jonathan Pryce|Sir Jonathan Pryce]]|2014}}
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'''Kate Fahy, Lady Pryce''' (born 29 January 1950), is an [[England|English]] actor and director. She is known primarily for playing Patricia in [[Joanna Hogg]]'s 2010 film ''[[Archipelago (2010 film)|Archipelago]]'' and playing Stevie in Edward Albee's play ''The Goat or Who is Sylvia'' at the Almeida Theatre and the Apollo West End. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television since 1971.
'''Katherine Fahy''' is an English [[theatre|stage]] and [[film]] actress from [[Birmingham]]. She studied drama at [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]], and then joined its Young Vic Theatre Company. Later on she joined the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre Liverpool Company]], where she met actor [[Jonathan Pryce]]. She made her theatre directorial debut on January 2010 with ''Wet Weather Cover'', a play written by [[Oliver Cotton]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Brandon to Star in Oliver Cotton's Playwriting Debut, Wet Weather Cover, Premiering in London |author=Shenton, Mark |newspaper=Playbill.com |date=January 8, 2010 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/135787-Brandon-to-Star-in-Oliver-Cottons-Playwriting-Debut-Wet-Weather-Cover-Premiering-in-London |accessdate=January 11, 2010 }}</ref>


==Career==
In 2017, she was in '[[A Lie of the Mind]]' at [[Southwark Playhouse]] with [[Gethin Anthony]] and [[Robert Lonsdale]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Longman|first1=Will|title=Exclusive: Casting announced for A Lie of the Mind at Southwark Playhouse|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/gethin-anthony-a-lie-of-the-mind-southwark_43099.html|date=10 March 2017|publisher=whatsonstage.com|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>


Fahy trained at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] Theatre School.
She and Pryce, whom she married in 2015, have three children: Patrick (born 1983), Gabriel (born 1986), and Phoebe (born 1990).
She made her theatre debut at the [[Liverpool Playhouse|Playhouse Theatre]] in [[Liverpool]] in Ray Cooney's ''Not Now Darling'', followed by two years at the [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool|Everyman Theatre]] in Liverpool playing leading roles in ''[[The Taming of The Shrew]]'', ''The Country Wife'', Ted Whitehead's ''The Sea Anchor'' and Mike Stott's ''Funny Peculiar''. Her television career started soon after with [[Arthur Hopcraft]]'s series ''[[The Nearly Man]]'' at [[Granada Television|Granada]], directed by John Irvin. She has since appeared in numerous stage plays, television and feature films both in the UK and the US. In recent years she has directed three plays, Oliver Cotton's ''Wet Weather Cover'' at the Kings Head and Arts Theatre WE, Jean-Claude Carriere's play ''Little Black Book'' at Park Theatre, and again at Park Theatre, Alexander Bodin-Saphir's play ''Rosenbaum's Rescue''.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

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| rowspan="1"| 1996
| rowspan="1"| 1996
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| ''[[Frontiers (1996 TV series)|Frontiers]]''
| Diane Lightfoot
| Diane Lightfoot
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| rowspan="1"| 1997
| rowspan="1"| 1997
| [[Trial and Retribution|''Trial & Retribution'']]
| [[Trial & Retribution|''Trial and Retribution'']]
| Meg Richards
| Meg Richards
| TV series (2 episodes)
| TV series (2 episodes)
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| rowspan="1"| 1999
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| ''Pure Wickedness''
| ''[[Pure Wickedness]]''
| Detective Inspector Mary Carson
| Detective Inspector Mary Carson
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| TV series (1 episode: "Intent: Part II")
| TV series (1 episode: "Intent: Part II")
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| [[Archipelago (film)|''Archipelago'']]
| [[Archipelago (2010 film)|''Archipelago'']]
| Patricia
| Patricia
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| rowspan="2"| 2011
| ''The hour''
| Jemima Sherwin
| BBC Series
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| ''Happy Accident''
| Claire
| Short
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| rowspan="1"| 2013
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| Mary Tinsley
| BBC Series (Series 15 ?)
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| rowspan="2"| 2014
| ''Death In paradise''
| Emma
| Red Planet Series
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| ''[[The Suspicions of Mr Whicher]]''
| Georgina Shore
| Ep. ''Beyond the Pale''
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| rowspan="1"| 2017
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Ruth Hunter
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| rowspan="1"| 2018
| ''[[Witless (TV series)|Witless (Series 3)]]''
| Jane
| Objective Prods
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| rowspan="2"| 2019 (?)
| ''The Show''
| Karen
| Phoenix Films
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| ''[[Don't Forget the Driver]]''
| Lyn
| BBC series
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| rowspan="2"| 2022
| ''[[This England (TV series)|This England]]''
| Clare Edwards
| Sky
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| ''[[A Spy Among Friends]]''
| Dora Philby
| ITV
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| rowspan="2"| 2023
| ''[[A Paris Proposal]]''
| Marion Durand
| Hallmark TV film
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| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Mags Pine
| BBC
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==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 00:46, 9 February 2024

Kate Fahy
Born (1950-01-29) 29 January 1950 (age 74)
Birmingham
OccupationActor. Director
Years active1971 to present
Spouse
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(m. 2014)​
Children3

Kate Fahy, Lady Pryce (born 29 January 1950), is an English actor and director. She is known primarily for playing Patricia in Joanna Hogg's 2010 film Archipelago and playing Stevie in Edward Albee's play The Goat or Who is Sylvia at the Almeida Theatre and the Apollo West End. She has worked extensively in theatre, film and television since 1971.

Career

Fahy trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She made her theatre debut at the Playhouse Theatre in Liverpool in Ray Cooney's Not Now Darling, followed by two years at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool playing leading roles in The Taming of The Shrew, The Country Wife, Ted Whitehead's The Sea Anchor and Mike Stott's Funny Peculiar. Her television career started soon after with Arthur Hopcraft's series The Nearly Man at Granada, directed by John Irvin. She has since appeared in numerous stage plays, television and feature films both in the UK and the US. In recent years she has directed three plays, Oliver Cotton's Wet Weather Cover at the Kings Head and Arts Theatre WE, Jean-Claude Carriere's play Little Black Book at Park Theatre, and again at Park Theatre, Alexander Bodin-Saphir's play Rosenbaum's Rescue.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1975 The Nearly Man Millie Dutton TV series (5 episodes)
1978 The Sweeney Julie Kingdom TV series (1 episode 'Drag Act' S4 E3)
1980 Life for Christine Rose TV film
1981 Bognor Coriander Cordingley TV series (6 episodes)
ITV Playhouse Angela Birley TV series (1 episode: "Sin with Our Permission")
Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore Rose TV series (6 episodes)
1984 Bergerac Fleur Ewell TV series (1 episode: "House Guests")
Oxbridge Blues Eileen/Lizzie TV series (2 episodes)
1985 Storyboard Deidre Aitken TV series (1 episode: "King & Castle")
1986 ScreenPlay The Mozart Inquest TV series
1991 The House of Elliot Alice Burgoyne TV series (11 episodes: 1991–1993)
1996 Frontiers Diane Lightfoot TV series
1997 Trial and Retribution Meg Richards TV series (2 episodes)
1999 Pure Wickedness Detective Inspector Mary Carson TV series
2000 A Likeness in Stone Mrs. Warner TV film
2001 The Fourth Angel Gail (Jack's Secretary)
2002 The Jury Dr. Emma McGlade TV series
2005 Cherished Mrs. Justice Hallett TV film
2006 The Living and the Dead Nancy Brocklebank
The Best Man Dr. Cowley TV film
2008 Defiance Riva Reich
2010 Silent Witness Margaret Hudson TV series (1 episode: "Intent: Part II")
Archipelago Patricia
2011 The hour Jemima Sherwin BBC Series
Happy Accident Claire Short
2013 Holby City Mary Tinsley BBC Series (Series 15 ?)
2014 Death In paradise Emma Red Planet Series
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Georgina Shore Ep. Beyond the Pale
2017 Doctors Ruth Hunter
2018 Witless (Series 3) Jane Objective Prods
2019 (?) The Show Karen Phoenix Films
Don't Forget the Driver Lyn BBC series
2022 This England Clare Edwards Sky
A Spy Among Friends Dora Philby ITV
2023 A Paris Proposal Marion Durand Hallmark TV film
Casualty Mags Pine BBC

References

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