Fern Deacon

When Fern Deacon was five, her parents enrolled her in acting classes, and at the age of 11, she was accepted into Sylvia Young Theatre School.^[1]

In 2011, Deacon made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Kin at the Royal Court Theatre,^[2] and later that year, she played the younger version of Electra in an adaptation of Electra at the Gate Theatre.^[3][4] Deacon made her television debut in "Amy's Choice", an episode of the BBC series Doctor Who.^[5] She then appeared in three episodes of the BBC supernatural drama The Secret of Crickley Hall.^[6]

In May 2017, Deacon portrayed the role of Catherine Davis in the Channel 4 docudrama The Trial: A Murder in the Family.^[7] Later that year, she began portraying the role of Chloe Voyle in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.^[8][9] In the same month, she began appearing in the CBBC series Hetty Feather as Agnes Duffett, a role she portrayed until 2020.^[10] In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators as Lily Rattle.^[11]