Harriet Thorpe

Harriet Thorpe is best known for her role as Carole in the BBC's popular Brittas Empire and Fleur in "Absolutely Fabulous". Work with French and Saunders includes "Girls On Top", French And Saunders series and more recently Vivienne Vyle. Other TV includes The Secrets: The Conversation, Doctors, Material Girl, Victoria Wood's Christmas Special, Midsomer Murders, The Musketeers, Casualty and The Bill.

Her West End credits include 'Great Britain' (Theatre Royal, Haymarket);  'Wicked' (Apollo Theatre); Rufus Norris' production of 'Cabaret' (Lyric Theatre, UK Tour and Savoy Theatre); 'Crazy for You' (Regent's Park and Novello Theatre); Tanya in 'Mamma Mia' (Prince of Wales Theatre); Madame Thenardier in 'Les Miserables'; 'The Vagina Monologues' and 'Jackie O'. Other theatre credits include Titania in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'; Maria in 'Twelfth Night'; The Queen in 'Cymbeline' (Regent's Park) and Timothy Sheader's 'Street Car to Tennessee' (Young Vic).  At the Almeida she played Ida Arnold in Michael Attenborough's 'Brighton Rock'.  Thorpe appeared in Gary Barlow's and Tim Firth's production of 'The Girls', based on CALENDAR GIRLS.

Thorpe has played several seasons at the National Theatre, more recently in the 2014 production 'Great Britain'.  Previous seasons for the Richard Eyre and David Hare Company included 'Pravda' and 'The Government Inspector', Howard Davies' 'All My Sons' and 'A Prayer for Owen Meany'.

Films include Merchant Ivory's MAURICE, GREYSTOKE, Mike Leigh's LIFE IS SWEET, Zefferelli's TOSCANINI, Suzie Gold, the head of the WI in CALENDAR GIRLS, THE CALLING with Brenda Blethyn, S.N.U.B, AN ARM'S LENGTH, WISE GIRL and THE LADY IN THE VAN.

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