{{Short description|English actress (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Ami Metcalf | birth_name = Ami Louise Metcalf | birth_date = {{Birth month and age|1994|06}} | birth_place = [[Lewisham]], London, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2004–present | known_for = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' * ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' * ''[[The Mimic (TV series)|The Mimic]]'' * ''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]'' }} }}
'''Ami Louise Metcalf''' (born June 1994) is an English actress. She rose to prominence in 2010 after portraying [[Sapphire Cox]] in the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', for which she won the [[Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress]]. Following ''Doctors'', she has appeared in various projects including the BBC drama series ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'', the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[The Mimic (TV series)|The Mimic]]'' and the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[Home Front (BBC radio series)|Home Front]]''. Since 2022, she has starred in the [[Britbox]] series ''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]'' as Peggy Button.
==Life and career== Metcalf was born in June 1994 in [[Lewisham]], London.<ref name="Feather">{{cite news |title=Birds of a Feather Christmas Special: Who is Ami Metcalf, the actress playing Jordan |url=https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/birds-feather-christmas-special-who-4826860 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Essex Live]] |archive-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806105911/https://www.essexlive.news/news/celebs-tv/birds-feather-christmas-special-who-4826860 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ami Metcalf |url=https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search/results?sourcecategory=birthsutf002c%20marriages%20utf0026%20deaths&collection=births%20utf0026%20baptisms&firstname=ami&lastname=metcalf&birthyear=1994&birthyear_offset=0®ion=great%20britain |publisher=[[Genes Reunited]] |access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref> She was raised there by her single mother who worked as a teaching assistant.<ref name="Guardian" /> In 2004, aged ten, Metcalf made her stage debut in a production of ''[[The Wind in the Willows (2016 musical)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' at the [[Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park]].<ref name="Wind">{{cite web |title=The Wind in the Willows (2004) |url=https://openairtheatreheritage.com/productions/the-wind-in-the-willows/XhXkbBAAACUARJTe |publisher=[[Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park]] |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104074334/https://openairtheatreheritage.com/productions/the-wind-in-the-willows/XhXkbBAAACUARJTe |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2006, aged twelve, Metcalf made her screen debut in a voice role for two episodes of the children's series ''[[The Owl (TV series)|The Owl]]''.<ref name="CAM">{{cite web |title=Ami Metcalf |url=https://cam.co.uk/talent/ami-metcalf/ |publisher=Creative Artists Management |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=13 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013003330/https://cam.co.uk/talent/ami-metcalf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Metcalf quit studying for her [[A-level (United Kingdom)|A-levels]] to focus on acting full-time.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |title=Ami Metcalf on Walking And Talking like Kathy Burke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/23/ami-metcalf-walking-and-talking |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
In 2010, she was cast in the [[BBC]] medical soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' as [[Sapphire Cox]].<ref name="Guardian" /> Appearing in a recurring role for 15 episodes, she portrayed a teenager addicted to [[methadone]] who is taken in by established character [[Lily Hassan]] ([[Seeta Indrani]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Lloyd (Series Producer, 'Doctors') |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/doctors/a222197/peter-lloyd-series-producer-doctors-222197/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |archive-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207001319/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/doctors/a222197/peter-lloyd-series-producer-doctors-222197/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For her portrayal of Sapphire, Metcalf won the [[Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress]] at the [[2010 British Soap Awards]].<ref name="BSAs">{{cite news |title=EastEnders dominates at British Soap Awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10103932 |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126102658/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10103932 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later in 2010, she portrayed a younger version of [[Kathy Burke]] in an episode of the [[Sky1]] series ''[[Little Crackers]]''. Impressed with her portrayal, producers cast Metcalf in a main role in a spin-off series for the programme, ''Walking and Talking'', in 2012.<ref name="Guardian" /> Also in 2010, she starred in the BBC period drama ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' as [[List of Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series) characters#Eunice McCabe|Eunice McCabe]] and appeared in the [[List of Call the Midwife episodes#ep7|2012 Christmas special]] of ''[[Call the Midwife]]''.<ref name="Guardian" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Christmas Special 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0118tkp |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=14 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214135111/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0118tkp |url-status=live }}</ref>
From 2013 to 2014, she starred in the [[Channel 4]] sitcom ''[[The Mimic (TV series)|The Mimic]]'' as Helen Smith.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Mimic, Channel 4, review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9928331/The-Mimic-Channel-4-review.html |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-date=30 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030130557/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9928331/The-Mimic-Channel-4-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Then in 2014, she began voicing Kitty Lumley in the [[BBC Radio 4]] period drama series ''[[Home Front (BBC radio series)|Home Front]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kitty Lumley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3MQgNd9K8vTX3x1BPZCRGzR/kitty-lumley |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225230702/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3MQgNd9K8vTX3x1BPZCRGzR/kitty-lumley |url-status=live }}</ref> She voiced Kitty until 2018, appearing on eleven series of the programme.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ami Metcalf talks about playing Kitty |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p024c046 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702105335/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p024c046 |url-status=live }}</ref> Metcalf made her film debut in 2015 in the film ''[[Pan (2015 film)|Pan]]'', playing Sister Thomas.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the cast of Sister Boniface Mysteries |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sister-boniface-mysteries-cast/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=5 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205051104/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sister-boniface-mysteries-cast/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, she appeared in two episodes of the BBC crime drama series ''[[Silent Witness]]'' as Lisa Wilson.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the cast of Birds of a Feather's Christmas special |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/birds-of-a-feather-christmas-special-cast/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716134447/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/birds-of-a-feather-christmas-special-cast/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, she returned to theatre, starring in a filmed production of ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news |title=REVIEW: Lady Windermere's Fan, Vaudeville Theatre |url=https://www.britishtheatre.com/posts/review-lady-windermeres-fan-vaudeville-theatre |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=British Theatre}}</ref> A year later, she appeared in a [[National Theatre Live]] production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' at the [[Bridge Theatre]].<ref name="Bridge" />
2019 also saw Metcalf appear in an episode of the BBC period series ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' as Alice Bonham.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sacrifice of Tantalus - Father Brown |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0byptpn |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=23 February 2025 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225203549/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0byptpn |url-status=live }}</ref> A year later, she appeared in the [[Birds of a Feather (TV series)#2020 Christmas special|2020 Christmas special]] of ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Birds of a Feather is returning for a Christmas special |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a34572553/birds-of-a-feather-christmas-special/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Digital Spy]] |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416195141/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a34572553/birds-of-a-feather-christmas-special/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Birds of a Feather Christmas special |url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/media-releases/birds-feather-christmas-special |publisher=[[ITVX]] |access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref> Then, in 2022, Metcalf returned to the ''Father Brown'' [[fictional universe]] when she was cast in the main role of Peggy Button in its spin-off series, ''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sister Boniface Mysteries confirms date for 2024 Christmas special as comedy-drama returns |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sister-boniface-mysteries-2024-christmas-special-date-newsupdate/ |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[Radio Times]] |archive-date=22 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222222842/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sister-boniface-mysteries-2024-christmas-special-date-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2006 | ''[[The Owl (TV series)|The Owl]]'' | | Voice role |- | 2009 | ''Closer'' | Sarah | Short film |- | 2010 | ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' | [[Sapphire Cox]] | Recurring role |- | 2010 | ''[[Little Crackers]]'' | Young [[Kathy Burke|Kathy]] | Episode: "Better Than Christmas" |- | 2012 | ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]'' | [[List of Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series) characters#Eunice McCabe|Eunice McCabe]] | Main role |- | 2012 | ''[[One Night (British TV series)|One Night]]'' | Shannon | Recurring role |- | 2012 | ''[[Kathy Burke|Walking and Talking]]'' | [[Kathy Burke|Kath]] | Main role |- | 2012 | ''[[Bad Education (TV series)|Bad Education]]'' | Poppy Hodgeson | Episode: "Politics" |- | 2012 | ''[[Call the Midwife]]'' | Lynette Duncan | Episode: "[[List of Call the Midwife episodes#ep7|2012 Christmas special]]" |- | 2012 | ''[[Panto!]]'' | Chantelle Jenkins | Television film |- | 2013 | ''[[It's Kevin]]'' | Various | 1 episode |- | 2013 | ''Listening to the Dead'' | Ruby Tully | Recurring role |- | 2014 | ''[[Catherine Tate's Nan]]'' | Alice | 1 episode |- | 2013–2014 | ''[[The Mimic (TV series)|The Mimic]]'' | Helen Smith | Main role |- | 2014–2018 | ''[[Home Front (BBC radio series)|Home Front]]'' | Kitty Lumley (voice) | Main role |- | 2015 | ''[[Pan (2015 film)|Pan]]'' | Sister Thomas | Film |- | 2016 | ''[[Silent Witness]]'' | Lisa Wilson | 2 episodes |- | 2016 | ''[[Allied (film)|Allied]]'' | Roxie | Film |- | 2018 | ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' | Lady Agatha / Rosalie | Live production |- | 2019 | ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]'' | Alice Bonham | Episode: "The Sacrifice of Tantalus" |- | 2019 | ''[[Crawl (2019 film)|Crawl]]'' | Lee | Film |- | 2020 | ''[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)|Birds of a Feather]]'' | Jordan | Episode: "[[Birds of a Feather (TV series)#2020 Christmas special|2020 Christmas special]]" |- | 2022–present | ''[[Sister Boniface Mysteries]]'' | Peggy Button | Main role |}
==Stage== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2004 | ''[[The Wind in the Willows (2016 musical)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' | Squirrels and Robins | [[Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park|Open Air Theatre]] | align="center" | <ref name="Wind" /> |- | 2018 | ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' | Lady Agatha / Rosalie | [[Vaudeville Theatre]] | align="center" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Lady Windermere's Fan review – Saunders simmers at Wilde's West End party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/22/lady-windermeres-fan-review-oscar-wilde-jennifer-saunders |access-date=23 February 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> |- | 2019 | ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' | Snout | [[Bridge Theatre]] | align="center" | <ref name="Bridge">{{cite web |title=Ami Metcalf |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/682707-ami-metcalf |publisher=About the Artists |access-date=23 February 2025}}</ref> |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- | 2010 | [[British Soap Awards]] | [[Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress]] | ''Doctors'' | {{won}} | align="center" | <ref name="BSAs" /> |}
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