![]() “She makes mistakes and questionable decisions, but that makes her more human. ![]() “She’s a great ally and a great strength and I love spending time with her,” Emilia told The Mail on Sunday. Having played the same character for 18 years, Emilia has grown rather attached to her alter-ego and has described Nikki in interviews as the ‘best friend she could have’. She’s also been able to watch real-life pathologists working on human bodies, an experience that she found thought-provoking and humbling. She’s witnessed a real-life post-mortemĭuring her years filming Silent Witness, Emilia has carried out autopsies on countless pretend corpses and learned a lot of complex medical lingo in the process. And lastly, her old school buddy, Ben Fogle, who’s also made a name for himself as a successful broadcaster and adventurer. In case you’re wondering her other two are, the second is criminologist Professor David Wilson, who Emilia filmed a documentary with and said she finds so fascinating they’d need a 25-course meal. The pair might have played on-screen love rivals, but they struck up a firm friendship, and when asked who her three dream dinner party guests would be, Emilia didn’t hesitate in saying Dawn would be one. ![]() Since then, Emilia hasn’t had a year out of work and boasts an impressive CV, which includes a role in the 2002 film The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski, several period productions and treading the boards as Queen Isabel in a theatre production of Richard II.Ī post shared by Emilia Fox photo posted by on She's a Dawn French fan girlĮmilia met legendary comedian Dawn French when they worked together filming Sky 1 series Delicious. However, acting alongside the likes of Colin Firth - who she remembers talking to about the books she was studying - changed all that and just two years later she landed the lead of Mrs de Winter in Rebecca, opposite Charles Dance. In an interview with The Guardian she revealed, “I was playing the cello and getting picked up by my mum while other girls were at the bus stop with their skirts hitched up, going clubbing.” She didn’t intend to become an actressĪfter finishing school, Emilia went to read English at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, and it wasn’t long after starting she was called to audition for the role of Georgiana, the younger sister of Mr Darcy in the critically acclaimed TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.Īt the time, 19-year-old Emilia was acting in plays for fun and had no burning desire to make a living out of it. As a youngster, Emilia dreamt of becoming a cellist, inspired by her mum and dad’s friendship with the renowned musician, Jacqueline du Pre, whose life was tragically cut short by multiple sclerosis.ĭevoted to her music and academic studies, Emilia admits she was a fish out of water at secondary school. ![]() ![]() She's an accomplished musicianĮmilia studied at the independent Bryanston School in Dorset, where she excelled in music - playing the cello, piano and trumpet. Laurence is probably the most well-known, having played DS James Hathaway in ITV’s Lewis for 11 years, and has more recently made headlines as a political activist. Emilia’s uncle, James Fox has appeared in a wide range of film and TV productions, and her cousins Laurence, Jack and Lydia are also actors. ![]()
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