Kate Fleetwood

• Name — Kate Fleetwood • Born — 24 September 1972 • Birthplace — Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England • Children — 2 • Years Active — 1995–present Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021–2025).

Kate Fleetwood was born in England in 1972 or 1973 and grew up on a farm near Stratford-upon-Avon. She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa, and began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood. Fleetwood is a graduate of Exeter University.

In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway, In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre.

Fleetwood is married to Rupert Goold, who directed her in Macbeth.

• Mary, After the Queen (1985, Whitbread Flowers Warehouse, RSC) as The Young Mary (credited as Catherine Fleetwood) • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1986, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC) as Mustardseed (credited as Catherine Fleetwood) • Love Is the Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company (OSC)) as Flamina • Twelfth Night (1996, OSC) as Viola • Swaggers (1996, Old Red Lion Theatre) as Nancy • The Comic Mysteries (1997, UK tour) as Death/Gabriel • Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour) as Juliet • Arabian Nights (1998, Young Vic) as Dinarzard/Parizade • Ghosts (1999, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Regina • Nativity (1999, Young Vic) as Balthazar • The Two Noble Kinsmen (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as the gaoler's daughter • The Tempest (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as Iris • Tender (2001, Hampstead Theatre/ Birmingham Rep/ Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Tash • Medea (2001, (Queen's Theatre) as Chorus • Mariana Pineda (2002, Gate Theatre) as Mariana Pineda • Love's Labour's Lost (2003, National Theatre) as Rosaline • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003, Bristol Old Vic) as Helena • Othello (2003, Theatre Royal Northampton) as Desdemona • Hecuba (2004, Donmar Warehouse) as Polyxena • Pericles (2006, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)) as Thaisa • The Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione • King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril • National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril • High Society (2015, The Old Vic) as Tracy Lord • Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre) as Medea • Ugly Lies the Bone (2017, National Theatre) as Jess • Absolute Hell (2018, National Theatre) as Christine • 101 Dalmatians (2022, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) as Cruella de Vil • A View from the Bridge (2024, Ustinov Studio/Theatre Royal Haymarket) as Beatrice • My Master Builder (2025, Wyndham's Theatre) as Elena Solness • Into the Woods (2025–2027, Bridge Theatre/Noel Coward Theatre, West End) as The Witch

• Year — Title — Role — Network — Notes • 2001 — Holby City — Karina — BBC One — Episode: "Tip of the Iceberg" • The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells — Maggie — Hallmark Channel — Episode: "Brownlow's Newspaper" • EastEnders — Karen — BBC One — 4 episodes • Urban Gothic — Woman — Channel 5 — Episode: "The End" • 2002 — Doctors — Anna Fielding — BBC One — Episode: "Deceptive Appearances" • Dalziel and Pascoe — Jill Lowry — BBC One — Episode: "The Unwanted" • 2004 — The Bill — Lois Townsend — ITV — Episode: "Smoking Gun" • Silent Witness — Sienna Ricci — BBC One — Episode: "Death by Water" • 2005 — Twisted Tales — Jacqueline — Fox — Episode: "Flat Four" • Murphy's Law — Jill — BBC One — Episode: "Strongbox" • Midsomer Murders — Sarah Douglas — ITV — Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody" • Nathan Barley — Mandy — Channel 4 — Episode: "Pilot" • 2007 — Foyle's War — Lydia Nicholson — ITV — Episode: "Casualties of War" • 2009 — Hustle — MP Rhona Christie — BBC One — Episode: "Politics" • Casualty 1909 — Grace Barnes — BBC One — Episode: #1.4 • Waking the Dead — Zoe Morrison — BBC One — Episode: "End of the Night" • The Sarah Jane Adventures — Ship — CBBC — Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic" • 2012 — A Touch of Cloth — Kate Cloth — Sky One — Episode: "The First Case" • 2013 — Way to Go — Amanda — BBC Three — Episode: "Dead End" • 2014 — The Widower — Felicity Webster — ITV — Series regular • 2016 — War & Peace — Anisya — BBC One — Episode: #1.4 • 2017–2019 — Harlots — Nancy Birch — ITV Encore — Series regular • 2019 — Victoria — Princess Feodora — ITV — Series regular • 2019–2023 — Rise of the Nazis — Narrator — BBC Two — 12 episodes • 2020 — Brave New World — Sheila — Peacock — 4 episodes • 2021–2022 — Fate: The Winx Saga — Queen Luna — Netflix — Recurring cast • 2022 — The Elon Musk Show — n/a — BBC — Narrator • 2021–2025 — The Wheel of Time — Liandrin Guirale — Prime Video — Series regular • 2025 — Wolf King — Amelie, Tilly — Netflix — Voice • 2025 — Frauds — Celine — ITV — 2 episodes

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes — Source • 2010 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 — Mary Cattermole, Witches • 2013 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag — Additional voices — Multiplayer only • 2017 — Mass Effect: Andromeda — Additional voices • 2019 — Anthem — Chronicler • 2021 — Sniper: Ghost Warrior - Contracts 2 — Additional voices • 2024 — Dragon Age: The Veilguard — Mythal

• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2008 — Tony Awards — Best Actress in a Play — Macbeth, Bridge Theatre • 2012 — Laurence Olivier Awards — Best Actress in a Musical — London Road, National Theatre • WhatsOnStage Awards — Best Ensemble Performance • 2026 — Critics' Circle Theatre Award — Best Actress — Into the Woods, Bridge Theatre • Laurence Olivier Awards — Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Fleetwood is patron of En Masse Theatre, and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1998 — Getting Hurt — Prostitute — TV film • 2004 — Vanity Fair — Miss Pinkerton's Crone • 2006 — After Thomas — Kate — TV film • 2007 — Elizabeth: The Golden Age — Woman with Baby • 2009 — Breaking the Mould — Margaret Jennings — TV film • 2010 — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 — Mary Cattermole • Macbeth — Lady Macbeth — TV film • 2012 — Les Misérables — Factory Woman 1 • 2013 — Philomena — Young Sister Hildegarde • 2014 — National Theatre Live: King Lear — Goneril • 2015 — London Road — Vicky • Star Wars: The Force Awakens — First Order Officer • 2016 — The People Next Door — Yvonne — TV film • Deliverers — Eve • 2018 — Beirut — Alice Riley • 2022 — Choose or Die — Laura — Netflix