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{{short description|British actress and presenter (born 1974)}}
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| occupation = Actress and presenter
| years_active = 1995–present
| television = {{Plainlist|
*''[[Rebecca (miniseries)|Rebecca]]''
*''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)]]''
*''[[Silent Witness]]''
*''Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon''
*''[[Gunpowder, Treason & Plot]]''
*''[[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]]''
*''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]''
*''[[Delicious (TV series)|Delicious]]''
}}
| alma mater = [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]]
| spouse = {{
*{{marriage|[[Jared Harris]]|2005|2010|reason=divorced}} * | partner = [[Jeremy Gilley]]
| children = 1
| parents = {{ubl|[[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]]
| family = [[Robin Fox family|Fox]]
| awards =
}}
'''Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox'''<ref name="TFD">{{cite news|last=Barratt|first=Nick|title=Family Detective|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632703/Family-detective.html|access-date=19 December 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=26 May 2007|location=London|archive-date=26 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226222148/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3632703/Family-detective.html|url-status=live}}</ref> (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in [[Roman Polanski]]'s film ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' (2002). Her other
Fox's television roles include the BBC drama ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1995), the [[PBS]] British/German television serial ''[[Rebecca (1997 miniseries)|Rebecca]]'' (1997), [[ITV Granada]]'s ''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry VIII]]'' (2003), BBC's ''[[Gunpowder, Treason & Plot]]'' (2004), the 2005 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]]'' (2005) and the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] crime drama series ''[[Fallen Angel (British TV series)|Fallen Angel]]'' (2007). She also appeared as [[Morgause]] in the BBC's ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'', beginning in the programme's second series. Fox also starred in ''[[Delicious (TV series)|Delicious]]'' (2016). She stars as Dr. Nikki Alexander on the BBC crime drama ''[[Silent Witness]]'', having joined the cast in 2004 following the departure of [[Amanda Burton]]. Fox is the longest
==Early life==
Emilia Fox was born in [[Hammersmith]], London.<ref name=dob>{{cite web|title=Emilia Fox: A long line of theatrical ancestors...|url=http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2011/who-do-you-think-you-are/emilia-fox-65/|
==Career==
Fox first appeared as Georgiana, the sister of [[Colin Firth]]'s [[Fitzwilliam Darcy|Mr. Darcy]], in [[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|the 1995 television adaptation]] of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', followed by her role as the second Mrs. de Winter in [[Rebecca (1997 TV series)|the 1997 television adaptation]] of ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]'', opposite [[Charles Dance]]. In 1998 she starred with [[Ben Miles]] in the adaptation of [[Catherine Cookson]]'s ''[[The Round Tower (film)|The Round Tower]]'' as the young Vanessa Radcliffe, a
In 2002, she starred in ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' as Dorota, a beautiful, blond, non-Jewish cellist who adores the playing of the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman (played by [[Adrien Brody]]). The film was directed by [[Roman Polanski]]. In 2003, she played [[Jane Seymour]] in a two-part television [[biographical film]] about King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. She also played the [[Catherine Howard|title role]] in ''Katherine Howard'', directed by [[Robin Lefevre]] at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] in 1998.
In 2004, she joined the cast of the crime drama, ''[[Silent Witness]]''. As of 2023, she is still in the show and has now played the role of Nikki Alexander for nineteen years. 2004 also saw her play Lady Margaret in Part 2 of ''Gunpowder, Treason and Plot'', the mini-series about [[James I of England|James I]] (James VI in Scotland) and the [[Gunpowder Plot]]. In 2005, Fox appeared in the BBC miniseries [[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]], a four-part miniseries based upon the life of [[Queen Elizabeth I]], Fox played [[Amy Robsart|Amy Dudley]], the first wife of [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Robert Dudley]], played by [[Tom Hardy]], despite appearing in only one episode, her character remains a key character in the series. In 2008, she played Sister Jean in [[Baillie Walsh]]'s ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]'', which also featured [[Daniel Craig]]. She also starred in ''[[Things To Do Before You're 30]]'' with [[Billie Piper]], who would later marry her [[first cousin]] [[Laurence Fox]]
She was cast as [[Lynne Frederick]] in the 2004 film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'', which starred [[Geoffrey Rush]] in the lead role. A whole section of the film focusing on the Frederick/Sellers relationship was removed in the final edit, although she can be seen briefly in a background shot towards the end of the film. The deleted scenes with Fox can be found among the special features on the DVD release of the film.
She narrated the [[Doctor Who]] character Lady Winters in the [[Doctor Who: The Adventure Games|Doctor Who Adventure Game]], ''The Gunpowder Plot'', (2011).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Gunpowder Plot: More Stars, More Monsters!|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111003_01/The_Gunpowder_Plot_More_Stars_More%20Monsters|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130081014/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111003_01/The_Gunpowder_Plot_More_Stars_More%20Monsters|archive-date=30 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> She had previously played Berenice in the [[Eighth Doctor]] audio drama ''[[Nevermore (audio drama)|Nevermore]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigfinish.com/403-Doctor-Who-Nevermore|title=Doctor Who: Nevermore|publisher=Big Finish Productions|access-date=1 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030085648/http://bigfinish.com/403-Doctor-Who-Nevermore|archive-date=30 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In 2016–18 she starred as Sam Vincent in ''[[Delicious (TV series)|Delicious]]'', a [[Sky UK|Sky]] television drama. ''[[Silent Witness]]'', in which Fox stars, resumed on BBC1 in January 2018.
In 2019, Fox co-presented the BBC documentary ''Jack the Ripper – The Case Reopened'', alongside criminologist [[David Wilson (criminologist)|David Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/26/emilia-fox-unmasks-key-jack-ripper-suspect-new-documentary-right-conclusion-9020629/|title=Emilia Fox unmasks key Jack The Ripper suspect in new documentary: 'It was the right conclusion'|website=Metro|last=Yeates|first=Cydney|date=26 March 2019|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> In 2021,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/06/09/footsteps-killers-reviewhow-did-staggeringly-ill-judged-show/|title=In the Footsteps of Killers, review: how did this staggeringly ill-judged show ever get made?|website=The Telegraph|last=Singh|first=Anita|date=9 June 2021|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref> Fox and Wilson teamed up to present a full series of documentaries looking at cold cases, titled ''In the Footsteps of Killers''. The second series
==Personal life==
In 2000, Fox was engaged to
In July 2005, she married
Following her separation from Harris, Fox began a relationship with actor [[Jeremy Gilley]], and in May 2010 it was reported that Fox was pregnant with their child.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7780613/Emilia-Fox-is-pregnant-less-than-two-years-after-divorce.html|title=Emilia Fox is pregnant less than two years after divorce|date=29 May 2010|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=19 December 2017|location=London|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227185252/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7780613/Emilia-Fox-is-pregnant-less-than-two-years-after-divorce.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2010, Fox gave birth to a daughter
She dated chef [[Marco Pierre White]] from 2012 to 2016
Fox is
==Filmography==
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|Short film
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| rowspan="3" |2002
|''{{sortname|The|Pianist|The Pianist (2002 film)}}''
|Dorota
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|''Hideous Man''
|Girl on swing
|Short film
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Soul Keeper}}''
|[[Sabina Spielrein]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''[[Three Blind Mice (2003 film)|Three Blind Mice]]''
|Claire Bligh
|
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Republic of Love}}''
|Fay
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
|''{{sortname|The|Life and Death of Peter Sellers}}''
|Lynne Frederick (uncredited)
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|-
|''[[Cashback (film)|Cashback]]''
|Sharon
|Short film later expanded into a full-length feature film
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| rowspan="3" |2005
|''[[Things to Do Before You're 30]]''
|Kate
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|-
|''{{sortname|The|Tiger and the Snow}}''
|Nancy Browning
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|-
|''[[Keeping Mum]]''
|Rosie Jones
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''[[Free Jimmy]]''
|Bettina
|Voice (English version)
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|''[[Cashback (film)|Cashback]]''
|Sharon Pintey
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
|''{{sortname|The|Man Who Married Himself|nolink=1}}''
|Sarah
|Short film
|-
|''[[Ways to Live Forever (film)|Ways to Live Forever]]''
|Amanda McQueen (Mum)
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|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''Suspension of Disbelief''
|Claire Jones
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|-
|''Not Ever''
|Emily
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|TV miniseries
|-
| rowspan="3" |1997
|''[[Rebecca (1997 TV series)|Rebecca]]''
|The Second Mrs. de Winter
|TV film
|-
|''Bright Hair''
|Ann Devenish
|TV film
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Temptation of Franz Schubert|nolink=1}}''
|Karoline von Esterhazy
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |1998
|''[[The Round Tower (film)|The Round Tower]]''
|Vanessa Ratcliffe
|TV serial
|-▼
|''Blink''
|Nicki
|TV short
|-
|''Verdict''
|Charlie Moyes
|Episode: "The Doctor's Opinion"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1999
|''{{sortname|The|Round Tower|nolink=1}}''
|Vanessa Ratcliffe
|TV film
|-
|''[[Shooting the Past]]''
|Spig
|TV film
|-
|''{{sortname|The|Scarlet Pimpernel|The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)}}''
|Minette Roland
|Episode: "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
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|''[[David Copperfield (1999 film)|David Copperfield]]''
|Clara Copperfield
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|''[[Other People's Children (TV series)|Other People's Children]]''
|Dale
|Episode: "1.3"
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|''{{sortname|The|Wrong Side of the Rainbow|nolink=1}}''
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|Episode: "Faithless"<br />Episode: "Unconditional Sex"
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| rowspan="2" |2003
|''[[Helen of Troy (TV miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]''
|[[Cassandra|Cassandra, Princess of Troy]]
|TV film
|-
|''[[Henry VIII (TV serial)|Henry VIII]]''
|[[Jane Seymour]]
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|156 episodes
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| rowspan="3" |2006
|''{{sortname|The|Virgin Queen|The Virgin Queen (TV serial)}}''
|[[Amy Robsart|Amy Dudley]]
|TV miniseries
|-
|''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]''
|Joanna Burton
|Episode: "The Moving Finger"
|-
|''[[Born Equal]]''
|Laura
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|''[[Fallen Angel (British TV series)|Fallen Angel]]''
|Angel<br />Rosemary Byfield
|Episode: "The Four Last Things"<br />Episode: "The Judgement of Strangers"
|-
|''[[Ballet Shoes (film)|Ballet Shoes]]''
|Sylvia Brown
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|''Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon''
|Kirstie, a 30-something university English lecturer
|TV film dramatising Mills and Boon
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|''{{sortname|The|Game's Up|nolink=1}}''
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|Episode: "The Spider and the Fly"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]''
|Lady Portia Alresford
|Episode: "A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood"
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|''[[Falcón (TV series)|Falcón]]''
|Ines
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| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[The Secrets (TV series)|The Secrets]]''
|
|Episode: "The Lie"
|-
|''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]''▼
▲|''[[Would I Lie to You? (game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]''
|Herself
|Series 8, Episode 4
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| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[The Casual Vacancy (miniseries)|The Casual Vacancy]]''
|Julia Sweetlove
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|''[[Bear Grylls: Mission Survive]]''
|Herself, contestant
|Six-part TV series
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| rowspan="3" |2016
|2016–2018,<br>2021▼
|''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a820148/ant-dec-mystery-saturday-night-takeaway-missing-crown-jewels/|title=Ant & Dec will unravel another mystery in Saturday Night Takeaway's 'Missing Crown Jewels'|first=Ben|last=Lee|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=30 January 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222065347/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a820148/ant-dec-mystery-saturday-night-takeaway-missing-crown-jewels/|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
| Herself▼
| 11 episodes▼
▲|-
|''[[Home from Home (2016 TV series)|Home From Home]]''
|Penny Dillon
|Pilot and [[BBC One]] sitcom
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|''Kew's Forgotten Queen''
|Presenter
|[[BBC Four]] documentary
|-
|''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]''
|Vanessa Hamilton
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|[[Sky1]] series
|-
▲|2016–2018,<br>2021
▲|''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a820148/ant-dec-mystery-saturday-night-takeaway-missing-crown-jewels/|title=Ant & Dec will unravel another mystery in Saturday Night Takeaway's 'Missing Crown Jewels'|first=Ben|last=Lee|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=30 January 2017|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222065347/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a820148/ant-dec-mystery-saturday-night-takeaway-missing-crown-jewels/|url-status=live}}</ref>
▲| Herself
▲| 11 episodes
|-▼
| rowspan="2" | 2018
|''[[Inside No. 9]]''
|Natasha
|Series 4 Episode 3 "Once Removed"
|-
|''[[Strangers (2018 TV series)|Strangers]]''
| Sally Porter
|ITV drama
|-
| rowspan="3" |2019
|''The Snow Wolf: A Winter's Tale''
|Narrator
|[[BBC Two]] Drama
|-
|''[[The Trial of Christine Keeler]] ''▼
|[[Valerie Hobson|Valerie Profumo]]▼
|BBC One series▼
▲|-
|''Jack the Ripper – The Case Reopened''
|Presenter
|BBC One Documentary
|-
|''[[Celebrity Juice]]''
|Herself, Team Captain
| Series 21, Episode 6 <br> Series 22, Episode 3
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019–2020
▲|''[[The Trial of Christine Keeler]] ''
▲|[[Valerie Hobson|Valerie Profumo]]
▲|BBC One series
|-▼
| ''[[Celebrity Gogglebox]]''
|Herself
| Series 1 (With Laurence Fox) & Series 2 (With Joanna David)
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''
|Herself
| Series 28, Episode 4
|-
|''VE Day: The Lost Films''
|Herself
|Narrator
|-
|''Richard & Judy: Keep Reading and Carry on''
|Herself
|Episode 5
|-
|''[[Blankety Blank]]''
|Herself
|Episode: "Christmas Special"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2021
|''Saturday Knight Takeaway''
|Herself
|TV Short
|-
|''Paul Sinha's TV Showdown''
|Herself
|Contestant – ITV
|-▼
| Herself▼
| BBC2▼
|-
|2021–present
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| rowspan="2" |2022
▲|''[[Between the Covers (TV programme)|Between The Covers]]''
▲| Herself
▲| BBC2
▲|-
|''Signora Volpe''▼
| Sylvia Fox▼
| Acorn TV / AMC series▼
▲|-
| ''Murdertown''
| Herself
| Crime & Investigation
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| Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
| Herself
| Dame Sue Black: 1. Dead Body
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|2022–present
▲|''[[Signora Volpe]]''
▲| Sylvia Fox
▲| Acorn TV / AMC series
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|[[Donmar Warehouse]]
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| rowspan="2" |2000
|''[[Richard II (play)|Richard II]]''
|Queen Isabel
|[[Almeida Theatre]]
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|''[[Coriolanus]]''
|Virgilia
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|2017
|''Sex
|Olivia
|[[Hampstead Theatre]]
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