Susannah Harker

Susannah Harker (born (1965-04-26)26 April 1965 in London, England) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in House of Cards.

The daughter of actress Polly Adams and actor Richard Owens, she is the sister of fellow actress, Caroline Harker.

Early life

Harker and her younger sister, Caroline (also an actress on stage and screen), were brought up Catholic and educated at a "strict" independent convent boarding school run by nuns in Sussex, and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in North London.

Acting career

Harker has acted in both contemporary and classic works, on stage, in movies and in TV series. In 1990-91 she appeared alongside Clive Owen in Chancer. She later played Dinah Morris in the 1991 adaptation of Adam Bede. She starred as Jane Bennet in the 1995 TV adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She is featured as Emma Fitzgerald, Superintendent Tyburn's (Trevor Eve) love interest in the BBC TV series, Heat of the Sun (1998). She appeared in the play, On the Shore of the Wide World.