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Kate Phillips

Kate Phillips is a British actress best known for her roles in Peaky Blinders, Wolf Hall and the 2016 BBC adaptation of War & Peace, as well as the 2018 series the Alienist. After three years study at Leeds University Philips secured a place at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After graduation she returned to Leeds to appear as Abigail Williams in The Crucible at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. By this time she had already filmed her scenes for the BBC's adaptation of Wolf Hall in which she played Jane Seymour, a role she had been offered whilst still studying at Guildhall. There was some mild controversy following the initial airing of Wolf Hall after some historians's described Philips as 'too pretty' to play Henry VIII's third wife. This criticism was disregarded by several critics who praised Philips' performance with Screen Daily naming her as a 'Star of Tomorrow'. She went on to secure roles in War & Peace, Peaky Blinders and The Crown.


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Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the movie The Yellow Tie
Latest Project:
Series Hijack 2023-06-28
Known For
Poster of Miss Scarlet and the Duke
Poster of The English Game
Poster of Downton Abbey
Poster of The Aftermath
Filmography
Movie The Yellow Tie Ioana Celibidache (young adult) 2025
Series Hijack Colette Fisher 2023-06-28
Movie Benediction Hester Gatty 2021-12-23
Series The English Game Laura Lyttelton 2020-03-20
Series Miss Scarlet and the Duke Eliza Scarlet 2020-03-31
Movie The Aftermath Susan Burnham 2019-03-01
Movie Downton Abbey Princess Mary 2019-09-12
Movie The Little Stranger Diana Baker-Hyde 2018-08-30
Series The Crown Venetia Scott 2016-11-04
Series War and Peace Lise Bolkonskaya 2016-01-03
Series Wolf Hall Jane Seymour 2015-01-21
Series Peaky Blinders Linda Shelby 2013-09-12
Movie A Lowland Cinderella Grandmother Stirling 1922-01-11