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Lydia Wilson (born 30 November 1984) is an English-American actress. Since graduating in 2009 from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she has performed in numerous television and theatre productions including the Olivier Award-winning Blasted by Sarah Kane in 2010 at the Lyric Theatre, and as Kate Middleton in the Olivier Award winning King Charles III at the Almeida Theatre, Wyndham's Theatre and Music Box Theatre on Broadway.

Early life

Wilson was born to an American mother and an English father and brought up in Queen's Park in London. She has said that her acting ambitions came from her grandparents, who were stage actors from New York. She attended Henrietta Barnett School, a state Grammar school in Hampstead Garden Suburb. After completing a foundation course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, she studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge, then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Career

Wilson made her film debut in the alternative history romance drama Never Let Me Go (2010). In 2014, she was included in the London Evening Standard list of the 1,000 most influential Londoners.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

• House of Special Purpose (2009) as Maria
• Pains of Youth (2009) as Desiree
• Blasted (2010) as Cate
• The Heretic (2011)
• The Acid Test (2011) as Jessica
• 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (2011) as Annabella
• Hysteria (2013) as Jessica
• King Charles III (2014) as Kate, Duchess of Cambridge Olivier Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress
• The Duchess of Malfi (2020) as The Duchess
• Walden (2021) as Cassie
• The 47th (2022) as Ivanka Trump

Radio

• A Tale of Two Cities (2011) as Lucie Manette
• An American Rose (2012) as Kathleen Kennedy
• The Bell Jar (2013) Audiobook for BBC Radio
• The Exorcist (2014) as Regan MacNeil
• The Letters of Sylvia Plath as Sylvia Plath
• Black Water, An American Story (2019) as Kelly, Nominated for Best Actress, BBC Audio Awards
• Klara and the Sun (2021) as Narrator
• Mansfield Park (2022) as Fanny Price
• Happy Birthday, Mr President (2023) as Marilyn Monroe, Nominated for Best Actress, BBC Audio Awards

References

1. "Dangerous liaison: Cambridge's own Lydia Wilson on tackling taboos". Cambridge News. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
   - Matt Mueller (November 2009). "Rising Up: Three talented British actresses". Wonderland. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
2. "Profile: Lydia Wilson". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
   - "Graduate News – Lydia Wilson and Nyasha Hatendi". Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
3. "Lydia Wilson". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
4. "The 1000". Evening Standard. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
5. "Requiem - Episode guide - BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
6. "The Heretic". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
7. "The Acid Test". Royal Court Theatre. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
8. "'Tis Pity She's A Whore". Cheek By Jowl. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
9. "Hysteria by Terry Johnson". Hampstead Theatre. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
10. "King Charles III". Vogue. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
11. "A Tale of Two Cities". BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
12. "The Exorcist". BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
13. "Klara and the Sun". BBC. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

• Lydia Wilson at IMDb
• Lydia Wilson at AllMovie
• Lydia Wilson at Rotten Tomatoes

• 1984 births
• Living people
• Actresses from London
• Actors from the London Borough of Brent
• Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
• Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
• English film actresses
• English people of American descent
• English radio actresses
• English stage actresses
• English television actresses
• 21st-century English actresses
• People from Kilburn, London