Sinead Matthews

• Name — Sinead Matthews • Born — 1980 (age 45-46) • Birthplace — Coventry, West Midlands, England • Occupation — Actress

Sinead Matthews was born in 1980 in Coventry, England. She attended Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Coventry, then studied A-level drama at Stratford-upon-Avon College for two years between 1996 and 1998. She went on to study acting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London alongside acclaimed method actor Pieter Lawman, graduating in 2003 with a BA in Acting (H Level).

Whilst still at RADA, she secured her first professional acting role in the film Vera Drake in 2004. Matthews made her television debut in the 2004 costume drama He Knew He Was Right. In 2005, she starred as Betsey in the period drama Pride & Prejudice, alongside Keira Knightley. In 2009, she starred in Our Class, a new play by Tadeusz Slobodzianek at the NT and in Penelope Skinner's 2010 play Eigengrau at the Bush Theatre. In 2013, she played a lead role in series one of Black Mirror, as Sarah in the episode "Be Right Back", with Domhnall Gleeson and Hayley Atwell. In August 2016, Matthews played Hermia/Fairy/Mistress Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream, composed by Felix Mendelssohn, at The Proms. In 2019 she played Marcia Williams, political secretary to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, in season three of the TV series about the royal family, The Crown. From 2022 to 2023, she played a main role as Paula in the Channel 4 british sitcom Hullraisers.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — The Afternoon Play — Chantelle Hughes — Episode: "Viva Las Blackpool" • He Knew He Was Right — Mary — Mini-series • 2005-2010 — Ideal — Jenny — Series regular • 2007 — Trial & Retribution — Rachel Burns — Episode: "Curriculum Vitae" • 2013 — Black Mirror — Sarah — Episode: "Be Right Back" • Way to Go — Debbie — Series regular • 2014 — The Smoke — Julia — Mini-series • 2015 — Inside No. 9 — Sarah Nutter — Episode: "The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge" • Toast of London — Varrity Map — Episode: "Man of Sex" • 2017 — Chewing Gum — Emma — Recurring role, 4 episodes • In the Dark — Paula Days — Mini-series • 2018 — Hang Ups — Alice Ross — Episode: "Series 1, Episode 6" • 2019 — The Crown — Marcia Williams — Recurring role, 3 episodes • 2020 — Sick of It — Jules — Episode: "The Biscuit" • 2021 — Midsomer Murders — Mel Wallace — Episode: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy" • 2022 — Hullraisers — Paula — Main character • 2023 — Murder is Easy — Miss Waynflete — Two-part drama • 2024 — Things You Should Have Done — Michelle — Recurring role, 3 episodes

• I Love Stephen Fry (2010) – Chloe • Diary of a Nobody (2012) – Sarah • All Those Women (2015) – Jen

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Notes • 2004 — The Crucible — Abigail Williams — Crucible Theatre, Sheffield • 2004–2005 — The Mandate — Anastasia — Cottesloe Theatre, London • 2005 — The Birthday Party — Lulu — Duchess Theatre, London • The Wild Duck — Hedvig — Donmar Warehouse, London • 2005–2006 — You Never Can Tell — Dolly Clandon — Theatre Royal, Bath & Garrick Theatre, London — also, UK tour • 2007 — Women of Troy — Cassandra — Lyttelton Theatre, London • 2008 — His Ghostly Heart — Daisy — Bush Theatre, London — part of "The Broken Space Season" • Little Dolls — Vicky — Bush Theatre, London — part of "The Broken Space Season" • 2009 — Our Class — Dora — Cottesloe Theatre, London • 2010 — Eigengrau — Rose — Bush Theatre, London • Lulu — Lulu — Gate Theatre, London — with Headlong Theatre • The Glass Menagerie — Laura Wingfield — Young Vic, London • 2011 — Ecstasy — Dawn — Hampstead Theatre, London • 2012 — The Master and Margarita — Margarita — Barbican Centre, London — also Tour • The Way of the World — Millamant — Crucible Theatre, Sheffield • The Changeling — Beatrice-Joanna — Young Vic, London • 2013 — A Time to Reap — Marysia — Royal Court Theatre, London • Trout Stanley — Sugar — Southwark Playhouse, London • 2014 — Blurred Lines — The Shed, London • Pests — Pink — Royal Exchange, Manchester & Royal Court Theatre, London — also, UK tour • 2015 — The Wasp — Heather — Hampstead Theatre, London • The Hudsucker Proxy — Amy Archer — Nuffield Theatre, Southampton & Everyman Playhouse • Evening at the Talk House — Jane — Dorfman Theatre, London • 2016 — Giving — Laura — Hampstead Theatre, London • A Midsummer Night's Dream — Hermia — Royal Albert Hall, London — with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra • Hedda Gabler — Mrs. Elvsted — Lyttelton Theatre, London • 2017 — Loot — Fay — Park Theatre, London & Watermill Theatre, Bagnor • 2018 — Absolute Hell — Elizabeth Collier — Lyttelton Theatre, London • 2019 — The Starry Messenger — Doris — Wyndham's Theatre, London • The Antipodes — Eleanor — Dorfman Theatre, London • 2022 — Mad House — Pam — Ambassadors Theatre • 2024 — Till the Stars Come Down — Sylvia — Dorfman Theatre, London