Freya Parks
English actress
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Freya Parks is a British stage, television and film actress.
Freya Parks | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2009— |
| Television | Here We Go |
Career
As a child actress, Parks portrayed Etty Darwin in the 2009 film Creation alongside Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connolly. She played Helen Burns in the Cary Joji Fukunaga 2011 adaptation of Jane Eyre, and appeared in Tom Hooper's 2012 musical adaptation of Les Misérables.[1] She starred in Amazon Prime Video's Bliss! in 2016.[2]
In 2018, she was part of the touring stage production of Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine's musical Teddy.[3][4]
Parks had a main role as Amy Jessop in 2020 comedy pilot Pandemonium developed by Tom Basden in which she starred alongside Katherine Parkinson and Jim Howick,[5] which developed into BBC One comedy series Here We Go.[6] A second series was filmed in 2023, and broadcast in 2024.[7] A third season was broadcast in 2025, as well as a New Year’s Special for 2026, and a fourth season has been green lit for broadcast later in the year.
In 2022, she played Hester, the leader of the School for Evil's coven, in the Paul Feig film The School for Good and Evil.[8][9] In 2024, she played Fiona in Steven Knight's BBC One six-part series This Town.[10][11]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Creation | Etty Darwin | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Helen Burns | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Café Barmaid | |
| 2016 | Bliss! | Tasha Robson | |
| 2021 | School's Out Forever | Claire Baker | |
| Love Gets a Room | Niusia | ||
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | Hester |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | Mariah Crummles | Mini-series; episodes 2 & 5 |
| 2020 – present | Here We Go | Amy Jessop | Series 1, 2 & 3; 20 episodes |
| 2024 | This Town | Fiona | 5 episodes |
| Grace | Logan Somerville | Series 4; episode 3: "You Are Dead" | |
| 2025 | Vera | Stella Marsh | Series 14; episode 2: "The Dark Wives" |