Aimee-Ffion Edwards | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 November 1987 Newport, Wales |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 21 November 1987) is a Welsh actress and singer.[1] She is known for playing Sketch in Skins, Esme Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Sophie in Detectorists and Abi in Loaded. She also had a starring voice role as Mio in the English dub of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and also played the role of major character Ranni the Witch in Elden Ring.
Early life
Aimee-Ffion Edwards was born in Newport, Wales. She attended Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd (Newport Welsh medium primary school) and Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw (Torfaen Welsh medium High School). She played for a local youth rugby team, the only girl in a boys' team, until she was 14. She would often go from ballet lessons to playing for the rugby team.
She took a drama A-level at school, and joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales.[2]
She is fluent in English and Welsh.
Career
Film and television
Edwards appeared in the 2002 short film Dŵr Dwfn.[3]
She was training to be a classical singer when she appeared on the Pop Idol-type Welsh language TV show called Wawffactor in 2006, finishing as runner-up.[2]
Edwards made her television debut as the character Sketch in the E4 series Skins in 2008.[2]
In 2009, she appeared in the Valentine's Day episode of Casualty ("Stand By Me"), as a teenager who finds a replacement speed-date in the wards of Holby City Hospital, and ends up involved in a serious gun-related incident. In the first episode of Casualty 1909 she played a young prostitute called Deborah Lynch, who was being abused by her father.
In 2010, she appeared in an episode of the supernatural BBC drama series Being Human as a theatre usher, who is also a ghost.
In 2011, she appeared in series 2 of the BBC drama series Luther, playing the character Jenny Jones.[2]
In 2012, she appeared in Sky Atlantic's four-part series Walking And Talking, a spin-off from an episode of Sky One's Christmas series of shorts Little Crackers. Aimee played Mary, friend of Kath, played by Ami Metcalf, in these stories written by Kathy Burke and based on her own teenage years.
In 2013, 2014 and 2021, she appeared as Esme, the wife of John Shelby, in the BBC series Peaky Blinders.
In 2014, Edwards appeared in two BBC Cymru Wales television productions celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas: as part of an all-Welsh cast in a television adaptation of Thomas' radio drama Under Milk Wood, playing the part 'Laugharne Voice';[4] and as Marianne in A Poet in New York, Andrew Davies' dramatisation of Thomas' last days.[5]
In 2014, she appeared as Katy in "The Harrowing",[1] the sixth episode of the first series of Inside No. 9, written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith.
Edwards played Sophie in the BAFTA award-winning BBC Four comedy series Detectorists; series 1 in 2014 and series 2 in 2015.[6][7][8]
In 2016, she appeared as Sian in Death in Paradise as a young girl who is murdered.
In 2017, she was Josh's (ex)-girlfriend in the Channel 4 comedy Loaded. In 2019, she was Miss Aitken in BBC Three's comedy series Man Like Mobeen.
In 2022, she joined the cast of Slow Horses as Shirley Dander, starting with the second series.
Stage
Edwards made her stage debut in 2008 in SH*T-M*X at the Trafalgar Studios in London.[9]
In 2009, she performed in Jez Butterworth's play Jerusalem at the Royal Court Theatre, alongside Mackenzie Crook.[1][2]
In 2011, she made her Broadway debut, reprising her role in Jerusalem at the Music Box Theatre, New York.[1] She appeared in the London revival of Jerusalem later that year.
In 2012, she appeared in The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse,[1] and in Marius von Mayenburg's Fireface at the Young Vic.[10]
In 2013, she appeared as Avonia Bunn in Trelawny of the Wells at the Donmar Warehouse.[11]
In 2017, she played Marcella in B, a new play by Guillermo Calderón which had a limited run at the Royal Court Theatre.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Olas de verano | Madlen Vaughan | Short film |
| 2012 | Epithet | Rebecca | Short film |
| One Day Some Years Ago | Lisa | Short film | |
| 2014 | A Poet in New York | Marianne | TV film |
| Under Milk Wood | Laugharne Voice | TV film | |
| Steak Knife | Julia | Short film | |
| Queen and Country | Sophie Adams | ||
| 2015 | Bugsplat! | Shona Berry | TV film |
| 2016 | Zero Sum | Ruth Sharman | Short film |
| 2018 | To Provide All People | Patient | TV film |
| 2019 | The Left Behind | Annes | TV film |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Edith | |
| 2022 | Life and Death in the Warehouse | Megan | TV film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Skins | Sketch | Series regular, 7 episodes |
| 2009 | Casualty | Nina | Episode: "Stand by Me" |
| Casualty 1909 | Deborah Lynch | Supporting role, 1 episode | |
| 2010 | Being Human | Robin | Episode: "In the Morning" |
| Law & Order: UK | Kim Baker | Episode: "Hounded" | |
| Little Crackers | Mary | Episode: "Better Than Christmas" | |
| 2011 | Luther | Jenny Jones | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Walking and Talking | Mary | Mini-series, 4 episodes |
| 2013-2017, 2022 | Peaky Blinders | Esme Shelby | Series regular, 15 episodes |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Katy | Episode: "The Harrowing" |
| 2014-2015 | Detectorists | Sophie | Series regular, 12 episodes |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Elizabeth Barton | Recurring role, 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Death in Paradise | Sian Evans | Episode: "Flames of Love" |
| 2017 | Loaded | Abi | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| Summer Comedy Shorts | Leila | Episode: "Morgana Robinson's Summer" | |
| Comedy Playhouse | Jemma Smith | Episode: "Mister Winner" | |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a City | Cassandra | Series regular, 7 episodes |
| 2018-2020 | Thunderbirds Are Go | Havoc | Series 3 regular, 13 episodes; Voice role |
| 101 Dalmatian Street | Arabella, Big Fee & Summer | Recurring role, 11 episodes; Voice role | |
| 2019 | Curfew | Ruby Newman | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| Keeping Faith | Madlen Vaughan | Series regular, 6 episodes | |
| The Reluctant Landlord | Charlotte | Episode: "Love & Marriage" | |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Tabby | Recurring role, 5 episodes | |
| Man Like Mobeen | Miss Aitken | Recurring role, 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | War of the Worlds | Isla | Series 2 regular, 8 episodes |
| 2022 - present | Slow Horses | Shirley Dander | Regular cast (series 2- present) |
| 2023 | Dreamland | Leila | Series 1 - Main cast |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Rachel Baker | Voice role |
| 2022 | Elden Ring | Ranni the Witch | Voice role |
| 2022 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | Mio, M | Voice role |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kathryn Williams (9 June 2014). "Actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards bags new BBC Four role. But who is she? We play 'Detectorist' to find out". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rachel Mainwaring (11 June 2011). "Newport actress Aimee takes on a tough role in Luther". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "DWR DWfN (Food Tokens and Deep Water)". British Council. 7 September 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "Under Milk Wood". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ "Dylan Thomas: A Poet in New York". BBC Two. 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ "Bafta TV awards 2015: Winners in full". BBC News. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ Rupert Hawksley (2 October 2014). "Detectorists, BBC Four, review: 'first-rate writing'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ "Detectorists Episode 3, Series 2, Episode 3 of 6". BBC. 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ↑ Ian Shuttleworth (2 October 2008). "SH*T-M*X, Trafalgar Studio 2, London". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ Gerald Berkowitz (5 October 2012). "Fireface". The Stage. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ↑ Charles Spencer (27 February 2013). "Trelawny of the Wells, Donmar Warehouse, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2014.