Poppy Miller
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Poppy Miller | |
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| Born | 28 February 1969 Norwich, England, UK |
| Education | New Hall, University of Cambridge and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Poppy Miller (born 28 February 1969) is an English actress. Her screen credits include The Knock (2000), Attachments (2002), The Commander (2003), Red Cap (2004), If I Had You (2006), Goldplated (2006), Torn (2007), Emma (2009), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010, House of Anubis (2012), Mapp & Lucia (2014), London Unplugged (2018), Innocent (2021), The Gathering (2024), Midsomer Murders Episode: "Treasures of Darkness" (2025), and Death in Paradise (2026).
In 1969, Miller was born in Norwich, England.[1] She attended The Hewett School, studied philosophy and English at New Hall, University of Cambridge and later attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[1]
Career
Theatre
Miller's first taste of theatre was in 1995, when she was in the chorus of the stage-play Agamemnon’s Children at the Gate Theatre (London).[2] Her acting debut was in 1996, as Mary Crawford in Mansfield Park at the Chichester Festival Theatre.[2] In 1997, she starred as Win Littlewit in Bartholomew Fair (play) for the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.[2] Staying for The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1998).[2] In 2005, Miller played Mary Magdalene in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida Theatre. She continued with the RSC in Twelfth Night (2008), at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.[2]
In May 2016, it was announced that Miller had been cast as Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.[3] She reprised her performance on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre in 2018.[4]
Screen (TV & film)
In 2003, she starred as DC Carol Browning Amanda Burton and Pip Torrens in The Commander.[5] She starred in Series 2 of Red Cap (2004).[5] Miller starred in the ITV television movie If I Had You (2006).[5] She played a leading role as Isabella Knightley alongside Jonny Lee Miller, Michael Gambon, and Tamsin Greig in the 2009 television serial Emma.[5] In 2012, Miller played Vera Devenish in season 2 of the Nickelodeon show House of Anubis.[5] Miller played the Padre's wife, Evie Bartlett, in the BBC's remake of E. F. Benson's Mapp & Lucia (2014).[5]
In 2021, she starred as Superintendent Denham in the ITV series Innocent.[6] In 2024, she played Dawn in Channel 4's The Gathering.[7]
