
Susannah Wise
Acting • Born 1971-06-11
Biography
Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress. She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek. She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting. In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls". Her debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize
Filmography
30 credits
Wonder
Movie
Sarah

Three Sisters
Movie • 2003
Natasha

Eskimo Day
Movie • 1996
Miss Wilding

Soundproof
Movie • 2006
Anna

U Be Dead
Movie • 2009
Laura

The Time of Your Life
Movie • 2007
Susan

Britannic
Movie • 2000
Nurse

An Ideal Husband
Movie • 1999
Young Mother

Take Down
Movie • 2016
Agent Jess Chambliss

A Doll's House
Movie • 2012
Kristine Linde

Manilla Envelopes
Movie • 2006
Susan Jenkins

Derek
TV • 2013
Rebecca

Father Brown
TV • 2013
Emily Helmsley

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Shop Assistant

Toast of London
TV • 2013

Jo
TV • 2013

The IT Crowd
TV • 2006
Samantha

In a Land of Plenty
TV • 2001
Alice Freeman

Call the Midwife
TV • 2012
Hilary

The Time of Your Life
TV • 2007
Susan

Peep Show
TV • 2003
Heather

Chewing Gum
TV • 2015
Louise

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Liz Francis

Roadkill
TV • 2020
Jessie Coomer

Original Drama Shorts
TV • 2014
Janet

Trying
TV • 2020
Denise

Art Detectives
TV • 2025
Marie Claes

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
TV • 1996
Milicent Hargrave

X Company
TV • 2015
Adele

PhoneShop
TV • 2010
Shelley