Sinead Matthews

Sinead Matthews (born c. 1980–1981) is an English actress whose credits include film, television, radio and stage. As well as having extensive theatre experience, her screen credits include He Knew He Was Right (2004), Vera Drake (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Ideal (2005-2010), Terry Pratchett's Hogfather (2006), Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), Black Mirror (2013), The Smoke (2014), Jellyfish (2018), The Crown (2019), and Hullraisers (2022).

Sinead Matthews
Born	1980 or 1981 (age 43–44) Coventry, West Midlands, England
Occupation	Actress

Early life and education

Sinead Matthews was born in 1980 or 1981 in Coventry, England,^[1] to her parents Mick and Maura Matthews.^[1] She attended Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School, in Potters Green, Coventry.^[1]

Matthews was a performing arts student studying A-level Drama at Stratford-upon-Avon College, for 2 years between 1996 and 1998.^[2] She went on to study acting at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, graduating in 2003 with an BA in Acting Degree (H Level).^[3]

Career

Whilst still at RADA, she secured her first professional acting role in the film Vera Drake in 2004.^[2] Matthews made her television debut in the 2004 costume drama He Knew He Was Right.^[1] In 2005, she starred as Betsey in the period drama Pride & Prejudice, alongside Keira Knightley.^[4]

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.^[5]

In 2013, she played a lead role in series one of Black Mirror, as Sarah in the episode "Be Right Back", alongside Domhnall Gleeson and Hayley Atwell.^[4] In August 2016, Matthews played Hermia/Fairy/Mistress Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream, composed by Felix Mendelssohn, at The Proms.^[6]

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.^[4] In 2022, she played a main role as Paula in the Channel 4 British Sitcom Hullraisers.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Vera Drake	Very Young Woman
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Betsy
2006	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather	Violet	TV film
2007	Wednesday	Lilya	Short film
	Spring 1941	Tania
	Half Broken Things	Steph	TV film
	Who Gets the Dog?	Claire Evans	TV film
2008	Happy-Go-Lucky	Alice
	In Love with Barbara	Young Barbara	TV film
	Trimming the Fat	Receptionist	Short film
2009	The Boat That Rocked	Miss Clitt
2010	Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang	Miss Topsey
2011	Wreckers	Sharon
2013	Bed Trick	Rachel	Short film
2014	Mr. Turner	Queen Victoria
2015	The Process	Leni
	Across the Sea	Mother	Short film
2016	The Roof	Brooks' Assistant	Short film
	Mother	Shoe Shop Assistant	Short film
	Kaleidoscope	Abby
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	Mildred	Deleted scenes only
2017	Daphne	Billie
	National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler	Mrs. Elvsted
	Wraps	Emma	Short film
2018	Jellyfish	Karen Taylor
	Happy New Year, Colin Burstead	Lainey
2019	The Wrong Car	Ella	Short film
	A Serial Killer's Guide to Life	Izzy
	Muscle	Sandra
	Us Among the Stones	Anna
2021	I'm Not in Love	Lena
	Radio Silence	Cassie	Short film
	Iris †	Julia	Post-production
TBC	Nairn †	Kay	Post-production

Television

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[7]
2024	Things You Should Have Done	Michelle	Recurring role, 3 episodes

Radio

• I Love Stephen Fry (2010) – Chloe^[6]
• Diary of a Nobody (2012) – Sarah^[6]
• All Those Women (2015) – Jen^[6]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2004	The Crucible	Abigail Williams	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	[6]
2004-2005	The Mandate	Anastasia	Cottesloe Theatre, London	[6]
2005	The Birthday Party	Lulu	Duchess Theatre, London	[6]
	The Wild Duck	Hedvig	Donmar Warehouse, London	[6]
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	[6]
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	[6]
2010	Eigengrau	Rose	Bush Theatre, London	[6]
	Lulu	Lulu	Gate Theatre, London	with Headlong Theatre
	The Glass Menagerie	Laura Wingfield	Young Vic, London	[6]
2011	Ecstasy	Dawn	Hampstead Theatre, London	[6]
2012	The Master and Margarita	Margarita	Barbican Centre, London	also Tour[6]
	The Way of the World	Millamant	Crucible Theatre, Sheffield	[6]
	The Changeling	Beatrice-Joanna	Young Vic, London	[6]
2013	A Time to Reap	Marysia	Royal Court Theatre, London	[6]
	Trout Stanley	Sugar	Southwark Playhouse, London	[6]
2014	Blurred Lines		The Shed, London	[6]
	Pests	Pink	Royal Exchange, Manchester & Royal Court Theatre, London	also, UK tour[6]
2015	The Wasp	Heather	Hampstead Theatre, London	[6]
	The Hudsucker Proxy	Amy Archer	Nuffield Theatre, Southampton & Everyman Playhouse	[6]
	Evening at the Talk House	Jane	Dorfman Theatre, London	[6]
2016	Giving	Laura	Hampstead Theatre, London	[6]
	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Hermia	Royal Albert Hall, London	with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
	Hedda Gabler	Mrs. Elvsted	Lyttelton Theatre, London	[6]
2017	Loot	Fay	Park Theatre, London & Watermill Theatre, Bagnor	[6]
2018	Absolute Hell	Elizabeth Collier	Lyttelton Theatre, London	[6]
2019	The Starry Messenger	Doris	Wyndham's Theatre, London	[6]
	The Antipodes	Eleanor	Dorfman Theatre, London	[6]
2022	Mad House	Pam	Ambassadors Theatre	[6]
2024	Till the Stars Come Down	Sylvia	Dorfman Theatre, London	[6]

References

1. "TV role for city actress". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
2. "Star Actor Shares SUAC Memories". stratford.ac.uk. 20 April 2021.
3. "RADA Student & graduate profiles: Sinead Matthews". rada.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
4. "Fans Of 'The Crown' Will Recognise 'Hullraisers' Lead Actor". Bustle. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
5. "Eigengrau". Bush Theatre. Archived from the original on 17 April 2015.
6. "Sinéad Matthews (Theatre)". Hamilton Hodell (management company). Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
7. "Casting revealed for Murder is Easy, based on the classic mystery by Agatha Christie". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.

External links

• Sinead Matthews at IMDb
• Sinead Matthews credits at Hamilton Hodell (management company): separate buttons for Theatre, Television, Film, Short Film, Radio, Skills, Characteristics