Hannah Morrish
British Actor
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Hannah Morrish (born 13 April 1993) is an English actress and novelist. She is known for her work in theatre, having received a Commendation (2017) and a Second Prize (2018) at the Ian Charleson Awards.
Hannah Morrish | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1993 York, England |
| Education | Drama Centre London |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Mother | Rebecca Stott |
Early life and education
Morrish was born 13 April 1993 in York, England.[1] Her mother is the writer Rebecca Stott.[2] A member of the National Youth Theatre,[3] she was cast as Emma Soyer in James Graham's play Relish in 2010.[4]
Morrish trained at the National Youth Theatre Rep Company in 2011.[5][6] She graduated from Drama Centre London in 2015.[7]
Career
Morrish made her television debut in Call the Midwife in 2015. She went on to play Portia in Julius Caesar, Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and Virgilia in Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2017.[8] She received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for her performance as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus in 2017.[9]
In 2018, she played Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra opposite Ralph Fiennes at the National Theatre, for which she received Second Prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 2018.[10] Kate Kellaway in The Guardian described her performance as "strikingly good […] a demure Scotswoman in a powder-blue dress who shows us what it is to have your heart broken in public."[11]
Morrish wrote and starred in the short film Ceres opposite Juliet Stevenson in 2022.[12]
In 2023, she starred as Portia in The Merchant of Venice 1936, which toured the UK and came to the Criterion Theatre in the West End in 2024.[13]
In 2025, she played Lydia in Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air at the Old Vic.[14] Anya Ryan in London Theatre described her performance as "quietly shattering".[15]
In 2026, Sceptre (a Hodder & Stoughton imprint) acquired the rights to publish Morrish's debut novel Such Stuff in early 2027.[16]
Credits
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | A Little Hotel on the Side | Violette | Theatre Royal Bath |
| 2015 | Flowering Cherry | Judy Cherry | Finborough Theatre |
| 2016 | Arms and the Man | Raina Petkoff | Watford Palace Theatre |
| 2017 | Titus Andronicus | Lavinia | Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Centre |
| 2017 | Julius Caesar | Portia | |
| 2017 | Coriolanus | Virgilia | |
| 2018 | Antony and Cleopatra | Octavia | National Theatre |
| 2019 | All's Well That Ends Well | Helena | Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 2022 | Cancelling Socrates | Xanthippe | Jermyn Street Theatre |
| 2022 | The Darkest Part of the Night | Anna | Kiln Theatre |
| 2023–2024 | The Merchant of Venice 1936 | Portia | Royal Shakespeare Company / West End |
| 2024 | The Confessions | Alice | A Zeldin Company / European Tour |
| 2025 | The Brightening Air | Lydia | Old Vic |
| 2025 | The Line of Beauty | Penny/Sophie | Almeida Theatre |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Arcade | Pandora | Short film |
| 2015 | No More Kings | Sigrid | Short film |
| 2018 | Magpie | Lily | |
| 2021 | Nell and Pauline | Pauline | Short film |
| 2022 | Ceres | Proserpina | Short film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Call the Midwife | Dorothy Whitmore | Series 5 Episode 3 |
| 2019 | Father Brown | Pippa | Season 8 Episode 5 |
| 2023 | Boty: The Life and Times of a Forgotten Artist | Pauline Boty |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Nominated Work | Role | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ian Charleson Awards | Titus Andronicus | Lavinia | Nominated | [9] |
| 2018 | Antony and Cleopatra | Octavia | 2nd | [10] |