Bryony Hannah

Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is an Olivier Award-nominated British actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's Call the Midwife.

Bryony Hannah
EducationRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
OccupationActress
TelevisionCall the Midwife
Dead Boss

Personal life

The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary.[1]

In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child.[2]

Career

Hannah has starred in Dead Boss as Christine.[3] She is perhaps best known for her work on Call the Midwife. Her character was introduced as Nurse Cynthia Miller.[4] During the course of the show, Cynthia decided she was being called to a religious life, and she became a nun. Her character lived as a nun at Nonnatus house, where she also worked as nurse.[5]

She received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role as Mary Tilford in The Children's Hour.[6] Her other stage roles include performances in Earthquakes in London, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, The Pillowman, "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and War Horse.

She provides the voice of Padget, Pando's carer, in the CBeebies TV series, Bing.

In June 2017, Hannah announced that she was to leave Call The Midwife, and would not participate in Series 7. Shortly afterwards it was announced that she would star in the posthumous premiere of Olivier Award winner Kevin Elyot's final play Twilight Song, alongside Adam Garcia and Paul Higgins.

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Cemetery Junction Louise the Waitress Minor role
2015 Jupiter Ascending Nurse Schultz Minor role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Unforgotten Cath 4 Episodes
2012 Dead Boss Christine 6 Episodes
2012–2017 Call the Midwife Cynthia Miller / Sister Mary Cynthia 40 Episodes
2012 Above Suspicion: Silent Scream Felicity Turner TV mini-series
2011 Life's Too Short Brenda Episode 5
2003 Reversals Female Student Minor role, TV movie
Theatre
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Children's Hour Mary Tilford[7] Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role[6]

References
  1. "A new star turn". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. "Call the Midwife star Bryony Hannah gives birth". Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. "Dead Boss - BBC3 Sitcom". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. "Call the Midwife". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3R6YZjxFwKzXZW29GZngs8y/sister-mary-cynthia
  6. "Best Performance in A Supporting Role". olivierawards.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  7. Lusher, Adam (6 February 2011). "Virtual unknown set to shine alongside Keira Knightley and Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
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