Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir[1] (HAY-da; born 22 May 1988), known professionally as Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day (2011), Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark (2015–2019).[2]
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Born | Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir 22 May 1988 Reykjavík, Iceland |
Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
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Years active | 2008–present |
Spouse | Sam Ritzenberg (m.2018) |
Early and personal life
editReed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother.[1][3] She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík,[3][4] and attended Ölduselsskóli.[4] Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency,[3] and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years.[1][3][4][5] When she was 19/20, she settled in London,[6] where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.[4][7][5]
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, America-based producer Sam Ritzenberg.[4][8]
Acting career
editReed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's Cross Purpose.[4] A reviewer for the Edinburgh Guide considered it "expertly acted and finely paced."[9] In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, Scarlet, by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.[6]
The same year, Reed was cast in a major role in the British historical TV drama Poldark, which was based on the novels of the same title, playing the part of Elizabeth.[1] She appeared in all five seasons of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in Foxfinder with Iwan Rheon.[10]
In 2021, Reed began portraying FBI Special Agent Jamie Kellett in CBS crime drama series FBI: International. In December 2023, it was announced that she would be leaving the series with her character being written off in the first episode of the third season that aired in February 2024.[11][12]
She played the part of Professor Jocelyn Peabody in the B7 Audio adaptations of some of the Dan Dare stories, which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra a number of times, most recently in 2022.[13][14]
Filmography
editFilms
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Dance Like Someone's Watching | Gabriella | Short film |
2011 | One Day | Ingrid | [4][5] |
2012 | Vampyre Nation | Celeste | [15] |
2013 | Eternal Return | Isabelle | |
2022 | Against the Ice | Naja | |
2022 | Blank | Rita | |
2022 | Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night | Elísabet |
TV Series
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | DCI Banks | Carmen | 2 episodes[16] |
2013 | Jo | Adèle Gauthier | Main role |
2014 | Silent Witness | Monica Dreyfus | Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) |
2014 | The Lava Field: Hraunið | Gréta | TV miniseries |
2015–2019 | Poldark | Elizabeth Poldark (nee Chynoweth) | Main cast (Seasons 1-4) 35 episodes[4] Season 5 (in flashbacks & hallucinations) |
2015 | Toast of London | Pooky Hook | Episode: "Hamm on Toast" |
2016 | Death in Paradise | Eloise Ronson | Episode: "Posing in Murder"[17] |
2017–2021 | Stella Blómkvist | Stella Blómkvist | Main role[7][4][3][5] |
2021–2024 | FBI: International | Special Agent Jamie Kellett | Main cast |
2023 | FBI | Special Agent Jamie Kellett | Guest star |
Web series
editYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Nutritiously Nicola! | Olivia Reedy | Episode: "Food instability" |
Theatre
editYear | Title | Playwright | Role | Venue | Notes |
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2009 | Cross Purpose | Albert Camus | Maria | Edinburgh Festival Fringe C Venues[4][9] | Find a Penny Theatre Company[18] |
2009 | Macbeth | Shakespeare | The Doctor | Unknown | Shakespeare in Styria |
2011 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Marlene understudy | Trafalgar Studios | [7] |
2015 | Scarlet | Sam H. Freeman | Scarlet | Southwark Playhouse | Role shared with Lucy Kilpatrick, Jade Ogugua and Asha Reid in unison[19] |
2018 | Foxfinder | Dawn King | Judith Covey | Ambassadors Theatre | [7] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Francis, Pam (2018-06-04). "Poldark's Heida Reed may play an English rose, but she has global versatility". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ Jamieson, Teddie (14 March 2014). "Heida Reed on Poldark and eating puffins". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Kanal, Christopher (15 February 2018). "Girl. Woman. Actor. Idiot". WOW Magazine. No. 1. 39-42. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j Arnar, Elín (31 October 2015). "Ævintýralegt líf Heiðu". Stundin (in Icelandic). Iceland. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d Helgadóttir, Kolbrún P. (8 October 2017). "Erfitt að plana framtíðina". Eftir Vinnu (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Heida Reed". 1883 Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-10-27. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ a b c d "Poldark star Heida Reed: 'I'd like to play Miss Julie – she's feisty, complex... and Scandinavian' | Interviews | The Stage". The Stage. 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ "Poldark's Heida Reed engaged to boyfriend Sam Ritzenberg". HELLO!. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ a b "C Cubed Venue, Edinburgh Fringe Festival". EdinburghGuide.com.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Poldark star Heida Reed joins cast of Foxfinder - Evening Express". Evening Express. 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- ^ Huff, Lauren (December 7, 2023). "Heida Reed leaving FBI: International during season 3". EW.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ Macke, Johnni (February 15, 2024). "FBI: International's Heida Reed Shares Message for Fans After Surprising Season 3 Goodbye". USMagazine.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dan Dare, Series 2, Reign of the Robots 1/2". BBC. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ^ "Home". Dan Dare Audio. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ Butterfield, Liz (31 July 2013). "True Bloodthirst plot summary and review". Planet Dystopia. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "DCI Banks: Strange Affair". Soap Boards. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ "Death in Paradise, episode 5:3 details". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Eades, Alex (8 August 2009). "Review of Cross Purpose". EdinburghGuide.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Scarlet at the Southwalk Playhouse". Kickstarter. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
External links
edit- Heida Reed at IMDb
- Heida Reed on Instagram
- OTTESEN, ÁSA (24 September 2013). "Líður vel á Íslandi". Dagblaðið Vísir.
- Interview, poldarked.com
- Profile, WhatsOnStage.com