Harriet Cains

Harriet Cains (born 17 September 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Jem Walker in the BBC Three series In the Flesh and Philipa Featherington in Netflix's historical romance drama Bridgerton.

Harriet Cains
Born
Harriet Cains

(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active2012–present
Notable work
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Early life and education

Cains is from Nottingham. She took acting classes at a drama club called Circle Up for three years before going on to train at the Television Workshop.[1][2]

Career

During her time with the Television Workshop, Cains was cast in short films roles as well as Hollyoaks Later. She became aware of auditions in Manchester for the series In the Flesh and she was cast as Jem Walker.[3] To prepare for the role, Cains watched documentaries about post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety while also talking to people with experience to portray them in a realistic manner.[4]

In 2015, Cains was cast as Louisa Blackwell in Safe House.[5] Since 2016, she has appeared in various supporting roles, including Lizzie Hallum for the crime series Vera[6] and Jade Hopkirk in Line of Duty in early 2017.[7]

At the beginning of July 2017, it was announced that Cains would become a series regular in the second season of the ITV/Netflix series Marcella,[8] as single mum Gail Donovan. The second series began airing in February 2018, with Cains appearing in six episodes.

Cains was a contributing performer of all-female comedy collective Major Labia until 2017.[9]

In 2019, Cains was as cast as Philippa Featherington in the 2020 Shondaland and Netflix period drama Bridgerton, based on the books by Julia Quinn.[10]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Love Interest Short film
Human Beings Jamie Short film
2016 Sweet Maddie Stone Tammy Short film
2018 Mercury Bambi Short film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2012 Doctors Sienna Roberts Episode: "Contact"
2013 Hollyoaks Later Harriet Gonzalez 4 episodes
2013–2014 In the Flesh Jem Walker 9 episodes
2015 Safe House Louisa Blackwell 4 episodes
2016 Vera Lizzie Hallum Episode: "The Moth Catcher"
2017 No Offence Sally Hislop Episode: "Episode #2.4"
Line of Duty Jade Hopkirk Episode: "In the Shadow of the Truth"
2018 Marcella Gail Davidson 6 episodes
2020 Urban Myths Kathy Etchingham Episode: "Hendrix & Handel"
2020–2022 Bridgerton Philippa Featherington 11 episodes
2022 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Hazel Episode: "Episode #1.2"

References
  1. Fox, Zachary (3 April 2013). "Interview: Harriet Cains". LeftLion. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. Brown, Maggie (6 April 2013). "Nottingham fame academy behind success of BBC hit show The Village". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. "Interview with "In the Flesh" actress Harriet Cains". YouTube. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. Smedley, Rob (29 April 2014). "In The Flesh series 2 interview: Harriet Cains". Den of Geek. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. Chris Bennion (27 April 2015). "Safe House, review: Fingernail chewingly tense". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. William Martin (9 February 2016). "'Vera' Season 6 episode guide". Cultbox.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  7. Morgan Jeffery (27 March 2017). "Line of Duty series 4: 10 huge questions and theories after that outrageous first episode". Digital Spy. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  8. "Filming commences on second series of critically acclaimed drama Marcella starring Anna Friel". ITV. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  9. "Say hello to our Major Labia ladies!!! You may recognise a few faces, but if not you will soon!". Instagram.com. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  10. Staff, Shondaland (29 July 2019). "Everything We Know About Shondalands Bridgerton Series". Shondaland. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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