Annabel Scholey

• Name — Annabel Scholey • Born — April • Birthplace — Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England • Education — Oxford School of Drama • Known for — * The Sixth Commandment • Walking on Sunshine • Being Human • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2006–present • Children — 1

Annabel Scholey was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Her father is a retired fireman and her mother is a nurse. She has one younger sister, who is a teacher. She trained at the Oxford School of Drama on a scholarship, graduating in 2005.

Scholey first stage job was in 1996, when she was 13. She appeared as Louisa von Trapp in a production of The Sound of Music alongside Janie Dee. Scholey performed several times in Chichester Festival productions, including The House of Special Purpose (2009), Wallenstein (2009), Hobson's Choice (2007). In 2010, she played Hermia alongside Dame Judi Dench in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Rose Theatre Kingston, and later that year appeared as Julia in Sheridan's The Rivals, alongside Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Both productions were directed by Sir Peter Hall. In June 2011, Scholey played Lady Anne, in Sam Mendes adaptation of Richard III with Kevin Spacey in the title role, at the Old Vic theatre in London and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. The production opened to rave reviews. In 2013, she appeared in the revival of Passion Play by Peter Nichols at the Duke of York's Theatre as the predatory younger woman, Kate. She also worked at the Royal National Theatre in their summer production of Antigone playing the role of Ismene.

Her work on radio drama includes All Passion Spent, A Harlot's Progress and Under Milk Wood. Scholey was runner-up in the BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Competition 2005. In 2011, she provided the voice for Ginny Weasley in the video game version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

In May 2017 Scholey married Northern Irish actor and author Ciarán McMenamin. They had one daughter before divorcing in 2023.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Agatha Christie's Poirot — 'Miss Sorrel' — Series 10; Episode 3: "After the Funeral" • Holby City — Naomi Verity — Series 8; Episode 28: "Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged" • Doctors — Lisa Armstrong — Series 8; Episode 35: "Home Truths" • Jane Eyre — Diana Rivers — Mini-series; Episodes 3 & 4 • 2007 — EastEnders — Maddy — 2 episodes • 2009 — Being Human — Lauren Drake — Series 1; Episodes 1–5 • Personal Affairs — Michelle 'Midge' Lerner — 5 episodes • 2012 — Family Tree — Lucy Pfister — Episode 3: "The Austerity Games" • Very Few Fish — Claire — Television film • 2015 — Inspector George Gently — Gemma Nunn — Series 7; Episodes 1–4 • 2016–2018 — Medici — Contessina de' Medici — Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes • 2017–2021 — Britannia — Amena — Series 1–3; 23 episodes • 2018–2024 — The Split — Nina Defoe — Series 1–4; 20 episodes • 2020 — The Salisbury Poisonings — Sarah Bailey — Mini-series; Episodes 1–3 • 2021 — Doctor Who — Claire Brown — Series 13; Episodes 1, 4 & 6: "Flux: Chapters One, Four & Six" • 2023 — The Sixth Commandment — Anne-Marie Blake — Mini-series; Episodes 1–4 • The Serial Killer's Wife — Beth — Episodes 1–4 • 2024 — Rivals — Beattie Johnson — Episodes 1 & 8 • Dead and Buried — Cathy McDaid — Episodes 1–4 • 2025 — The Couple Next Door — Charlotte Roberts — Series 2 • 2026 — Apollo Has Fallen — Dr Rachel Moss, microbiologist, code name Apollo

• Year — Title — Voice role — Notes • 2011 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 — Ginny Weasley • 2012 — The Secret World — Callista James / Catherine Stuart / Annabel Usher • 2017 — Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood — Fordola rem Lupis • 2019 — Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers — Fordola rem Lupis

• Year — Title — Role — Director — Venue — Notes — Ref. • 1996–97 — The Sound of Music — Louisa von Trapp — Crucible, Sheffield • 2005 — The Real Thing — Debbie — Timothy Pigott-Smith — Theatre Royal, Bath • UK Tour • 2006 — Troilus and Cressida — Cressida — Peter Stein — Edinburgh International Festival — Part of RSC Complete Works Festival • 2007 — The Cherry Orchard — Anya — Jonathan Miller — Sheffield Crucible • Hobson's Choice — Vicky Hobson — Jonathan Church — Chichester Festival Theatre • UK Tour • 2008 — Hamlet — Ophelia — Jonathan Miller — Bristol Tobacco Factory • The Taming of the Shrew — Bianca — Andrew Hilton • 2009 — Wallenstein — Princess Thekla — Angus Jackson — Chichester Festival Theatre • The House of Special Purpose — Olga — Howard Davies • 2010 — A Midsummer Nights Dream — Hermia — Peter Hall — Rose Theatre Kingston • Charley's Aunt — Kitty Verdun — Braham Murray — Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester • 2010–11 — The Rivals — Julia — Peter Hall — Haymarket Theatre, London • UK Tour • 2011 — Richard III — Lady Anne — Sam Mendes — Old Vic Theatre, London • World Tour • 2012 — Antigone — Ismene — Polly Findlay — Royal National Theatre, London • 2013 — Passion Play — Kate — David Leavux — Duke of York, London • 2014 — Mr Burns — Maria — Robert Icke — Almeida Theatre, London • 2015 — High Society — Liz Imbrie — Maria Friedman — Old Vic Theatre, London • 2016 — The Iliad — Rupert Goold — British Museum, London — Reading • Almeida Theatre, London

Her first role came in 2006 on the television show Agatha Christie's Poirot as 'Miss Sorrel'. The same year, Scholey played Diana Rivers in BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre. She also appeared in Holby City and Doctors. In 2009, she played the lead role of Michelle "Midge" Lerner in the BBC Three comedy drama Personal Affairs, alongside Laura Aikman, Ruth Negga, and Maimie McCoy. She played Lauren Drake in the BBC supernatural drama Being Human (2009) and Contessina de Medici in the television series, Medici: Masters of Florence (2016). She made her feature film debut in 2014, when she performed the leading role of Maddie in the jukebox musical feature film Walking on Sunshine. In 2018, she began starring in the legal drama series The Split as Nina Defoe. She co-starred in the cast with Stephen Mangan, Fiona Button, and Barry Atsma until the series finale in 2022. In 2020, Scholey returned to the BBC screens with The Salisbury Poisoning, a series based on the real-life Novichok poisonings of Sergei Skripal and his daughter. In 2021, she played the major recurring role of Claire Brown in Doctor Who: Flux. In 2023, she appeared in Janis Pugh's musical film Chuck Chuck Baby. She starred alongside Louise Brealey and Sorcha Cusack. That July, she played Anne-Marie Blake in the true crime drama miniseries The Sixth Commandment. In December, Scholey starred in the miniseries adaptation of Alice Hunter's novel of the same name, The Serial Killer's Wife. She portrayed the titular wife of Tom (Jack Farthing). Scholey portrayed journalist Beattie Johnson in the 2024 television adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals. The same year, she led the Dead and Buried drama mini series, portraying a woman meeting her brother's murderer again. In November, she joined the season 2 cast of the British psychological thriller series The Couple Next Door.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2013 — One Wrong Word — Denise — Short film • 2014 — Walking on Sunshine — Maddie • 2023 — Chuck Chuck Baby — Joanne