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'''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 filmsmotion pictures include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film ''[[The Soul Keeper]]'' (2002), for which she won the [[Flaiano Prizes|Flaiano Film Award for Best Actress]]; the drama film ''[[The Republic of Love]]'' (2003); the comedy-drama film ''[[Things to Do Before You're 30]]'' (2005); the black comedy ''[[Keeping Mum]]'' (2005); the romantic comedy-drama film ''[[Cashback (film)|Cashback]]'' (2006); the drama ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]'' (2008); the drama film ''[[Ways to Live Forever (film)|Ways to Live Forever]]'' (2010); the drama-thriller ''[[A Thousand Kisses Deep (film)|A Thousand Kisses Deep]]'' (2011); and the fantasy-horror drama film ''[[Dorian Gray (2009 film)|Dorian Gray]]'' (2009).

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 -serving cast member since the departures of [[Tom Ward]] in 2012 and [[William Gaminara]] in 2013.

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/|publisherwebsite=The Genealogist|access-date=19 December 2017|date=20 September 2011|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428075526/https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2011/who-do-you-think-you-are/emilia-fox-65/|url-status=live}}</ref> She comes from a [[Actor|thespian]] family —– her mother is actress [[Joanna David]] (née Joanna Elizabeth Hacking) and her father is actor [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]]; her uncle [[James Fox]] and her cousins [[Jack Fox (actor)|Jack]], [[Laurence Fox|Laurence]] and Lydia are also actors.<ref>''The Observer Review'', p. 2, 1 February 2009.</ref> She has a brother, [[Freddie Fox (actor)|Freddie]] (also an actor), and a half-sister, Lucy.<ref name=TFD/> She was educated at the independent [[Bryanston School]] near [[Blandford Forum]], [[Dorset]], where she played the cello, and at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine's College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]], where she read English.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/mar/16/highereducation.careers|location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Carole|last=Cadwalladr|author-link=Carole Cadwalladr|title=It's the clever way to power – part 2|date=19 March 2008|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409160158/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/mar/16/highereducation.careers|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Women at Oxford|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/introducing_oxford/women_at_oxford/index.html |publisher=University of Oxford|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304201310/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/introducing_oxford/women_at_oxford/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> Her great-great-grandfather was [[Samson Fox]], a self-made millionaire, and her great-grandmother was the actress [[Hilda Hanbury]], sister of [[Lily Hanbury]]. Her grandfather was [[Robin Fox (theatrical agent)|Robin Fox]], a theatrical agent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emilia Fox|url=http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/wdytya_emiliafox.php|publisherwebsite=The Genealogist|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428075533/https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/wdytya_emiliafox.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Through Hanbury, she is related to the [[Terry family]] of actors.<ref>[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|''Who Do You Think You Are?'']], BBC TV series, episode with Emilia Fox, first broadcast September 2011</ref>

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 wealthy girl from an affluent family who is forced to leave her home after becoming pregnant. Fox played Jeannie Hurst in the 2000 remake of ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall and Hopkirk]]''.

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]],; althoughthey divorced in 2016 they divorced.

inIn 2007, Fox was reunited with her ''Rebecca'' co-star Charles Dance when they starred together in the ITV1 mini-series ''Fallen Angel'', Fox played a serial killer, Rosie Byfield, with Dance appearing as her father. The [[Flashback (narrative)|rewind format]] in which the show was shot traced the development of the killer streak of Fox's character. Fox and Dance had previously both appeared in ITV1's ''Henry VIII'', but Dance's role as the Duke of Buckingham was limited, as his character was arrested for treason less than fifteen minutes into the first half, while Fox's scenes as the doomed third Queen [[Jane Seymour]] dominated the first half of the second episode. In the 2008 English language DVD re-release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film ''[[Free Jimmy]]'', Fox voiced the character of "Bettina". The dialogue was written by [[Simon Pegg]]; other actors included Pegg himself and [[Woody Harrelson]]. Emilia Fox narrates the popular children's book ''[[We're Going on a Bear Hunt]]'' (by [[Michael Rosen]] and [[Helen Oxenbury]]) with [[Kevin Whately]] in a special edition book and DVD set. She appeared as [[Morgause]] in the second series of BBC's ''[[Merlin (2008 TV series)|Merlin]]'' in 2009. She returned for the third and fourth series. The same year, she portrayed [[Queen regnant|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] in the [[Channel 4]] documentary ''[[The Queen (British TV serial)|The Queen]]''.

In 2000, Fox was engaged to the comedian [[Vic Reeves]]; she subsequently dated [[Toby Mott]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Interview: Emilia Fox|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview%3A+Emilia+Fox+-+The+truth+about+Vic,+his+lesbian+wife,+her...-a060285004|access-date=19 December 2017|newspaper=The Mirror|date=11 March 2000|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105749/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview%3A+Emilia+Fox+-+The+truth+about+Vic,+his+lesbian+wife,+her...-a060285004|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Emilia Fox Profile|url=https://alibi.uktv.co.uk/people/emilia-fox/|publisher=alibi|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051853/https://alibi.uktv.co.uk/people/emilia-fox/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 2005, she married the British actor [[Jared Harris]], the son of the [[Irish people|Irish]] actor [[Richard Harris]]. The couple announced their separation in 2008, and Harris filed for divorce in January 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/13/the-curious-benjamin-button-divorce/|title=The Curious Benjamin Button Divorce|publisher=TMZ|date=13 January 2009|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222073829/http://www.tmz.com/2009/01/13/the-curious-benjamin-button-divorce/|url-status=live}}</ref> The divorce followed the breakdown of their long-distance relationship and her 2007 [[miscarriage]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/fox-sought-therapy-after-miscarriage_1105947|title=Fox Sought Therapy After Miscarriage|work=contactmusic.com|date=9 June 2009|access-date=19 December 2017|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903080128/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/fox-sought-therapy-after-miscarriage_1105947|url-status=live}}</ref>

She dated chef [[Marco Pierre White]] from 2012 to 2016, and Luc Chaudhary from 2019 to 2020.<ref name=":0" /> She is currently in a relationship with TV producer Jonathan Stadlen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Power |first=Vicki |date=2023-01-01 |title=Sunday with Emilia Fox: 'Rowing on the Thames with my daughter and all the dogs' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/01/sunday-with-emilia-fox-rowing-on-the-thames-with-my-daughter-and-the-dogs |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

Fox is a patron of the drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction charity DrugFam.<ref name=drugfam>{{cite web|title=DrugFam Patrons|url=https://www.drugfam.co.uk/patrons-ambassadors/|publisher=Drug Fam|access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref>

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[[Category:Actresses from HammersmithLondon]]