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Hannah Morrish
Born (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993 (age 33)
York, England
EducationDrama Centre London
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
MotherRebecca Stott

Hannah Morrish (born 13 April 1993) is an English actress and novelist. She is known for her work in theatre, receiving a commendation and a second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards.

Early life

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Morrish was born 13 April 1993 in York, England. Her mother is the writer Rebecca Stott.[1] A member of the National Youth Theatre,[2] she was cast as Emma Soyer in James Graham's play Relish in 2010.[3] She was in the National Youth Theatre Rep Company in 2011. She graduated from Drama Centre London in 2015.[4]

Career

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Morrish made her television debut in Call the Midwife in 2015. She went on to play Portia in Julius Caesar, Lavinia in Titus Andronicus and Virgilia in Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2017.[5] She received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for her performance as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus in 2017.[6]

In 2018, Morrish played Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra opposite Ralph Fiennes at the National Theatre, for which she received Second Prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 2018.[7] Kate Kellaway in The Guardian described her performance as "strikingly good […] a demure Scotswoman in a powder-blue dress who shows us what it is to have your heart broken in public."[8]

Morrish wrote and starred in the short film Ceres opposite Juliet Stevenson in 2022.[9]

In 2023, Morrish starred as Portia in The Merchant of Venice 1936, which toured the UK and came to the Criterion Theatre in the West End in 2024.[10]

In 2025, she played Lydia in Conor McPherson's The Brightening Air at the Old Vic.[11] Anya Ryan in London Theatre described her performance as "quietly shattering".[12]

In 2026, Sceptre (a Hodder & Stoughton imprint) acquired the rights to publish Morrish's debut novel Such Stuff in early 2027.[13]

Credits

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Theatre

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Year Title Role Venue
2013 A Little Hotel on the Side Violette Theatre Royal Bath
2015 Flowering Cherry Judy Cherry Finborough Theatre
2016 Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff Watford Palace Theatre
2017 Titus Andronicus Lavinia Royal Shakespeare Company / Barbican Centre
2017 Julius Caesar Portia
2017 Coriolanus Virgilia
2018 Antony and Cleopatra Octavia National Theatre
2019 All's Well That Ends Well Helena Jermyn Street Theatre
2022 Cancelling Socrates Xanthippe Jermyn Street Theatre
2022 The Darkest Part of the Night Anna Kiln Theatre
2023–2024 The Merchant of Venice 1936 Portia Royal Shakespeare Company / West End
2024 The Confessions Alice A Zeldin Company / European Tour
2025 The Brightening Air Lydia Old Vic
2025 The Line of Beauty Penny/Sophie Almeida Theatre

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Arcade Pandora Short film
2015 No More Kings Sigrid Short film
2018 Magpie Lily
2021 Nell and Pauline Pauline Short film
2022 Ceres Proserpina Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Call the Midwife Dorothy Whitmore Series 5 Episode 3
2019 Father Brown Pippa Season 8 Episode 5
2023 Boty: The Life and Times of a Forgotten Artist Pauline Boty

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Nominated Work Result Ref.
2017 Ian Charleson Awards Titus Andronicus Nominated [6]
2018 Antony and Cleopatra 2nd [7]

References

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  1. ^ "About". Rebecca Stott. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  2. ^ "Hannah Morrish | Pathways to Shakespeare | Royal Shakespeare Company". www.rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  3. ^ Gardner, Lyn (8 September 2010). "Relish". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  4. ^ "Hannah Morrish". Hachette UK. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  5. ^ Billington, Michael (5 July 2017). "Titus Andronicus review – blood-drenched warrior bestrides the austerity age". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Ian Charleson Awards – Winners 2017".
  7. ^ a b "Bally Gill wins 2019 Ian Charleson Award". 13 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  8. ^ Kellaway, Kate (30 September 2018). "The week in theatre: Antony and Cleopatra; Touching the Void; Poet in da Corner – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  9. ^ Smith, Sarah (28 January 2026). "// Premiere // Ceres by Amelia Sears // Drama // Directors Notes". Directors Notes. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  10. ^ Swain, Marianka (26 February 2024). "'The Merchant of Venice 1936' review – Tracy-Ann Oberman battles fascism in this urgent, inspired update". London Theatre. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  11. ^ Mountford, Fiona (25 April 2025). "The Brightening Air is the finest play of the year". The i Paper. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  12. ^ Ryan, Anya (25 April 2025). "'The Brightening Air' review — Conor McPherson's lyrical family drama is brimming with fantasy and fun". London Theatre. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  13. ^ "Sceptre pre-empts actor Hannah Morrish's 'spell-binding' debut novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
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