Phoebe Fox

Phoebe Fox (born 16 April 1987) is an English actress, who was nominated for Olivier and Evening Standard awards for work in theatre. She has appeared in the Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You" (2011), The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2015), The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses (2016), and The Great (2020–2023).

Phoebe Fox
Fox in 2014
Born	Phoebe Mercedes Fox (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987 (age 38) Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Kyle Soller (m. 2010)

Early life

Fox is the daughter of "jobbing actors" Stuart Fox and Prue Clarke. Despite their profession and surname, there is no relation to the Fox acting dynasty. Phoebe Fox grew up in West London.^[1][2]

Fox was educated at Chiswick School,^[3] and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).^[4]

Career

In 2010, Fox made her debut acting appearance in the play A Month in the Country at the Chichester Festival Theatre.^[1] The following year she starred in As You Like It at the Rose Theatre, The Acid Test at the Royal Court Theatre upstairs and There Is A War at the National Theatre as part of their Double Feature in the Paintframe. Based on these performances she was nominated for the 2011 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer.^[5]

Fox was tipped in the 2011 Screen International Stars of Tomorrow list.^[6]

In 2012, Fox appeared as Grace in Switch, a TV series about witches living in a city. In 2014 she appeared in The Musketeers as the Duchess of Savoy; in A Poet in New York as Liz Reitell, and also as Eve Perkins in The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.

In 2014 Fox was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, alongside Mark Strong who won best actor.^[7] In 2015, Fox starred as Vanessa Bell in Life in Squares, a BBC drama about the Bloomsbury Group and in the thriller film Eye in the Sky.^[1]

From 2020 to 2023, Fox starred as Marial, a main character in The Great alongside co-stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult.^[1][8] She was part of the ensemble nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Comedy Series.^[9]

Personal life

Fox is married to actor Kyle Soller, whom she met at RADA. They live in London.^[10]

Selected credits

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	One Day	Nightclub Girl
	Black Mirror	Hallam	Episode: "The Entire History of You"
2012	Coming Up	Masha Hawkins	Episode: "If We Dead Awaken"
	New Tricks	Eleanor Higgins	Episode: "Old School Ties"
	Switch	Grace Watkins	Main role (6 episodes)
2014	A Poet in New York	Liz Reitell
	The Musketeers	Duchess of Savoy	Episode: "The Good Soldier"
	War Book	Kate
2015	The Woman in Black: Angel of Death	Eve Parkins
	Eye in the Sky	Carrie Gershon
	Life in Squares	Vanessa Bell
2016	The Hollow Crown: Wars of the Roses	Lady Anne Neville	Episodes: Henry VI, Parts 2 and 3 and Richard III
	NW	Leah Hanwell	BBC Two TV film
	Close to the Enemy	Kathy	BBC2 TV mini-series, written & directed by Stephen Poliakoff, 6 Episodes
2018	Blue Iguana	Katherine Rookwood
2019	Curfew	Kaye Newman	Sky One TV series
	The Aeronauts	Antonia	[11]
	Intrigo: Samaria	Paula
2020–2023	The Great	Marial	Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Comedy Series[9]
2022	Nobody Listens Anymore	Ruth	Short film
2025	Task	Sara	Upcoming miniseries

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	A Month in the Country[12]	Vera Aleksandrovna	Chichester Festival Theatre
2011	As You Like It[13]	Celia	Rose Theatre, Kingston
	There Is a War[14]	Anne	Royal National Theatre
	The Acid Test[15]	Ruth	Royal Court Theatre
	All the trees of the field in response to Isaiah[16]	Ash	Bush Theatre
2012	King Lear	Cordelia	Almeida Theatre
2014	A View from the Bridge[17]	Catherine	Young Vic Nominated - Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2015/2016			Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)[18]
2017	Twelfth Night	Olivia	Royal National Theatre
2019	Anna	Anna

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Fugue State[19]	Polly/Cyclist	BBC Radio 4
2018	Mythos: Glamis and Albion[20]	Cinderella Parker/Hermione Parker	BBC Radio 4
2018	The Case of Charles Dexter Ward[21]	Lucy Hawthorne	BBC Radio 4
2019	The Whisperer in Darkness[22]	Parker	BBC Radio 4
2020	The Shadow Over Innsmouth[23]	Parker	BBC Radio 4
2022	Who is Aldrich Kemp?[24]	Clara Page	BBC Radio 4
2023	Who killed Aldrich Kemp?[25]	Clara Page	BBC Radio 4
2024	Aldrich Kemp and The Rose of Pamir[26]	Clara Page	BBC Radio 4

Awards and nominations

Fox was named one of Screen International Stars of Tomorrow in 2011.^[6]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2011	2011 Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer	As You Like It, The Acid Test, There Is A War	Nominated	[5]
2015	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	A View from the Bridge (Young Vic)	Nominated	[7]