Siobhan Hewlett
British actress
Siobhan Hewlett (born 15 April 1983) is an Anglo Irish film, television, radio and theatre actress, writer, producer, poet and artist. Her acting credits include Monsieur N (2003), The Canterbury Tales (2003), The Philanthropist (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005), Irina Palm (2007), Torchwood (2008), Hotel Babylon (2009), Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant (2009), Sherlock (2010), Bonded by Blood (2011), Hummingbird (2013), Brakes (2016), The Show (2021), and McDonald & Dodds (2021).
Biography
Hewlett's father, Donald Hewlett, was an actor who starred in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and other sitcoms, and her mother, Thérèse McMurray, was a child star. She was the lead in the hospital-based drama Emergency Ward 10, and star of Dad's Army, and Are You Being Served.
Educated in England on art scholarships, Hewlett attended Wellesley House School, Downe House School, and The King's School, Canterbury. A period of family ill health during Siobhán's childhood meant that she became her family's main carer.
She won a scholarship to study acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, for a 3-year classical acting diploma course.
Hewlett was brought up between the West of Ireland (Lahinch) and the East Kent coast of England (Whitstable).
Hewlett studied playwriting at the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers program under playwright Simon Stephens. She also spent some time in Los Angeles, attending The Groundlings improv school as well as performing with L.A. Theatre Works.
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