Eleanor Matsuura

• Name — Eleanor Matsuura • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Citizenship — * United Kingdom • Education — Central School of Speech and Drama • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2005–present • Children — 2

Matsuura was born in Tokyo and grew up in Hertfordshire, England. She is of half-English and half-Japanese descent and does not speak Japanese. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and graduated in 2004. She is trained in modern and period dance.

Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle; and in British films. In 2015 she appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Matsuura is in the fourth series of the BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. Starting in 2010, she has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda, Dreamfall Chapters, and the 2024 release Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. She portrays Yumiko on the TV show The Walking Dead based on the comic book of the same name.

Matsuura is an animal rights supporter and works with the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. In 2014, Matsuura married Canadian actor Trevor White, whom she met in 2006 when they performed together in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Coriolanus; As of 2016, the couple were living in the West Hampstead district of London. The couple have a daughter who born in 2017 and have a son who born in 2022.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2005 — Hustle — Receptionist — Episode: "The Lesson" • 2005 — Holby City — Suzie Ford — Episode: "Damage Limitation" • 2005 — Extras — Producer's Wife — Episode: "Ben Stiller" • 2005 — A Very Social Secretary — Luz — TV movie • 2006 — EastEnders — Dr. Thorne — Episode: "Episode dated 5 January 2006" • 2006 — 9/11: The Twin Towers — Operator #1 — TV documentary • 2006; 2008 — Doctors — Diana Coverly Erika Simms — Episode: "The Real Thing" Episode: "Hidden Demons" • 2007 — Party Animals — Sally — Episode: "Episode #1.1" • 2007 — After You've Gone — Miss Murray — Episode: "Ripped Off" • 2008 — Trial & Retribution — Angela Clarkson — Episodes: "Conviction: Part 1" "Conviction: Part 2" • 2008 — Doctor Who — Jo Nakashima — Episode: "The Sontaran Stratagem" • 2008 — My Family — Doctor — Episode: "Neighbour Wars" • 2008 — Lead Balloon — Izzy — Episode: "Mistake" • 2008; 2012 — Casualty — Janie Newark Kelly Leese — Episode: "Someone's Lucky Night" Episode: "Duty of Care" • 2009 — Hunter — DI Zoe Larson — Episodes: "Episode #1.1" "Episode #1.2" • 2009 — The Old Guys — Marianne — Episode: "Marriage" • 2009 — FM — Jess — Episode: "System Addict" • 2010 — Money — Cherry — Episode: "Episode #1.1" • 2011 — Lunch Monkeys — Miss Fox — Episode: "Big Trouble in Little Cranford" • 2011 — Sirens — Tracy Kadam — Episode: "Two Man Race" • 2011 — New Tricks — Tiffany Hayes — Episode: "Old Fossils" • 2011 — The Fades — Vicky — 4 episodes; mini series • 2011–2012 — The Royal Bodyguard — Dana — Episodes: "The Limping Assassin" "Bullets over Broad Street" • 2012 — Hacks — Ho Chi Mao Feast — TV movie • 2012 — Twenty Twelve — Doctor — Episode: "Inclusivity Day" • 2012 — Vexed — Emma — Episode: "Episode #2.1" • 2013 — Utopia — Bev — Episodes: "Episode #1.1" "Episode #1.2" "Episode #1.3" • 2013 — Law & Order: UK — Sophie Cohen — Episode: "Fatherly Love" • 2014 — The Smoke — Cindy — Episode: "Episode #1.3" • 2014 — Silk — Elizabeth Forester — Episode: "Episode #3.4" • 2015 — Residue — Angela Rossi — 3 episodes; mini series • 2015 — Da Vinci's Demons — Madame Singh — 6 episodes; recurring (season 3) • 2015 — Cuffs — PC Donna Prager — 8 episodes; mini series • 2016 — The Comic Strip Presents Redtop — Wendi Deng — TV movie • 2016 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Hippolyta — TV movie • 2017 — Sherlock — DI Hopkins — Episode: "The Six Thatchers" • 2017–2019 — Into the Badlands — Baron Juliet Chau — 6 episodes; recurring role (seasons 2–3) • 2018 — Shetland — DI Jessie Cole — Episode: "Episode #4.5" "Episode #4.6" • 2018–2022 — The Walking Dead — Yumiko Okumura — Recurring (Season 9) Also Starring (Season 10) Main (Season 11) 30 episodes • 2019 — The Rook — Claudia Clifton — Episodes: "Chapter 1" "Chapter 2" • 2021 — This Time with Alan Partridge — Professor Rebecca Burns — Episode: "Series 2: Episode 6" • 2024 — The Day of the Jackal — Zina Jansone • 2026 — Dear Life — Mary Matsumoto — TV series: 6 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010 — Doctor Who: The Adventure Game – Shadows of the Vashta Nerada — Dana Tanaka (voice) • 2014 — Dreamfall Chapters — Saga (Age 35) (voice) • 2015 — Dirty Bomb — Kira (voice) • 2015 — Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward — Ranger of Darkness / Yugiri (voice) • 2015 — Star Wars: Battlefront — Unknown (voice) • 2016 — Homefront: The Revolution — Unknown (voice) • 2017 — Ghost Recon: Wildlands — Weaver (Female) (voice) • 2017 — Mass Effect: Andromeda — Additional Voices (voice) • 2017 — Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood — Yugiri (English version, voice) • 2017 — Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 — Unknown (voice) • 2017 — Star Wars: Battlefront II — Unknown (voice) • 2017 — Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier — Oaka (voice) • 2018 — Subnautica — CTO Yu (voice) • 2018 — World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth — Unknown (voice) • 2024 — Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree — Swordhand of Night Jolán (voice) • TBA — Squadron 42 — August Beck (voice)