Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress and voice over artist. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021–present).

Kate Fleetwood
Fleetwood in London Road, 2015
Born	(1972-09-24) 24 September 1972 (age 52) Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Rupert Goold ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

Early life

Fleetwood grew up on a farm in Arden, Warwickshire near Stratford-upon-Avon,^[1] and she is a graduate of Exeter University.^[2] She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa. She began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood.^[1]

Career

In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway,^[3]

In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre.^[4]

She is patron of En Masse Theatre,^[5] and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work.^[6]

Personal life

She is married to Rupert Goold,^[1] who directed her in Macbeth;^[7] they have a son and a daughter.

Acting credits

Stage

• Love Is the Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company (OSC)) as Flamina
• Twelfth Night (1996, OSC) as Viola
• Swaggers (1996, Old Red Lion Theatre) as Nancy
• The Comic Mysteries (1997, UK tour) as Death/Gabriel
• Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour) as Juliet
• Arabian Nights (1998, Young Vic) as Dinarzard/Parizade
• Ghosts (1999, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Regina
• Nativity (1999, Young Vic)
• The Two Noble Kinsmen (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as the gaoler's daughter
• The Tempest (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as Iris
• Tender (2001, Hampstead Theatre/ Birmingham Rep/ Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Tash
• Medea (2001, (Queen's Theatre) as Chorus
• Mariana Pineda (2002, Gate Theatre) as Mariana Pineda
• Love's Labour's Lost (2003, National Theatre) as Rosaline
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003, Bristol Old Vic) as Helena
• Othello (2003, Theatre Royal Northampton) as Desdemona
• Hecuba (2004, Donmar Warehouse) as Polyxena
• Pericles (2006, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)) as Thaisa
• The Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione
• King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril
• National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril
• High Society (2015, The Old Vic) as Tracy Lord
• Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre) as Medea
• Ugly Lies the Bone (2017, National Theatre) as Jess
• Absolute Hell (2018, National Theatre) as Christine
• 101 Dalmatians (2022, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) as Cruella de Vil
• My Master Builder (2025, Wyndham's Theatre) as Elena Solness

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	Getting Hurt	Prostitute	TV film
2004	Vanity Fair	Miss Pinkerton's Crone
2006	After Thomas	Kate	TV film
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Woman with Baby
2009	Breaking the Mould	Margaret Jennings	TV film
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Mary Cattermole
	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	TV film
2012	Les Misérables	Factory Woman 1
2013	Philomena	Young Sister Hildegarde
2014	National Theatre Live: King Lear	Goneril
2015	London Road	Vicky
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	First Order Officer
2016	The People Next Door	Yvonne	TV film
	Deliverers	Eve
2018	Beirut	Alice Riley
2022	Choose or Die	Laura	Netflix

Television/OTT

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2001	Holby City	Karina	BBC One	Episode: "Tip of the Iceberg"
	The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells	Maggie	Hallmark Channel	Episode: "Brownlow's Newspaper"
	EastEnders	Karen	BBC One	4 episodes
	Urban Gothic	Woman	Channel 5	Episode: "The End"
2002	Doctors	Anna Fielding	BBC One	Episode: "Deceptive Appearances"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Jill Lowry	BBC One	Episode: "The Unwanted"
2004	The Bill	Lois Townsend	ITV	Episode: "Smoking Gun"
	Silent Witness	Sienna Ricci	BBC One	Episode: "Death by Water"
2005	Twisted Tales	Jacqueline	Fox	Episode: "Flat Four"
	Murphy's Law	Jill	BBC One	Episode: "Strongbox"
	Midsomer Murders	Sarah Douglas	ITV	Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody"
	Nathan Barley	Mandy	Channel 4	Episode: "Pilot"
2007	Foyle's War	Lydia Nicholson	ITV	Episode: "Casualties of War"
2009	Hustle	MP Rhona Christie	BBC One	Episode: "Politics"
	Casualty 1909	Grace Barnes	BBC One	Episode: #1.4
	Waking the Dead	Zoe Morrison	BBC One	Episode: "End of the Night"
	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Ship	CBBC	Episode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic"
2012	A Touch of Cloth	Kate Cloth	Sky One	Episode: "The First Case"
2013	Way to Go	Amanda	BBC Three	Episode: "Dead End"
2014	The Widower	Felicity Webster	ITV	Series regular
2016	War & Peace	Anisya	BBC One	Episode: #1.4
2017–2019	Harlots	Nancy Birch	ITV Encore	Series regular
2019	Victoria	Princess Feodora	ITV	Series regular
2019–2023	Rise of the Nazis	Narrator	BBC Two	12 episodes
2020	Brave New World	Sheila	Peacock	4 episodes
2021–2022	Fate: The Winx Saga	Queen Luna	Netflix	Recurring cast
2021–2025	The Wheel of Time	Liandrin Guirale	Prime Video	Series regular
2025	Wolf King	Amelie, Tilly	Netflix	Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Role(s)	Notes	Source
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	Mary Cattermole, Witches		[8]
2013	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Additional voices	Multiplayer only	[9]
2017	Mass Effect: Andromeda	Additional voices		[8]
2019	Anthem	Chronicler
2021	Sniper: Ghost Warrior - Contracts 2	Additional voices		[9]
2024	Dragon Age: The Veilguard	Mythal		[8]