Fern Deacon
EducationSylvia Young Theatre School
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
TelevisionAckley Bridge
Hetty Feather

Fern Deacon is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Chloe Voyle on the Channel 4 drama Ackley Bridge and Agnes Duffett on the CBBC series Hetty Feather.

Early life

When Fern Deacon was five, her parents enrolled her in acting classes, and at the age of 11, she was accepted into Sylvia Young Theatre School.[1]

Career

In 2011, Deacon made her professional acting debut in a stage production of Kin at the Royal Court Theatre,[2] and later that year, she played the younger version of Electra in an adaptation of Electra at the Gate Theatre.[3][4] Deacon made her television debut in "Amy's Choice", an episode of the BBC series Doctor Who.[5] She then appeared in three episodes of the BBC supernatural drama The Secret of Crickley Hall.[6]

In May 2017, Deacon portrayed the role of Catherine Davis in the Channel 4 docudrama The Trial: A Murder in the Family.[7] Later that year, she began portraying the role of Chloe Voyle in the Channel 4 school drama Ackley Bridge.[8][9] In the same month, she began appearing in the CBBC series Hetty Feather as Agnes Duffett, a role she portrayed until 2020.[10] In 2018, she appeared in an episode of the BBC drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators as Lily Rattle.[11]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Doctor WhoEpisode: "A Good Man Goes to War"
2012The Secret of Crickley HallSusan Trainer3 episodes
2013Father BrownKathleen KnightEpisode: "The Mayor and the Magician"
2013CasualtyRia JonesEpisode: "Isolated Incident"
2013The UnbeatablesYoung LaraFilm; voice role
2014Call the MidwifeGillian GlennonEpisode #3.6
2014Penny DreadfulYoung MinaEpisode: "Closer Than Sisters"
2015Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of HypnotismHazelFilm
2015The Enfield HauntingMargaret Hodgson3 episodes
2015Fungus the BogeymanLucy3 episodes
2016DoctorsJane FarlowEpisode: "Miss Bates"
2017UncleEmmaEpisode: "Dinner, I Hardly Knew Her"
2017HarlotsJennyEpisode #1.4
2017The Trial: A Murder in the FamilyCatherine DavisMain role; 5 episodes
2017–2022Ackley BridgeChloe VoyleMain role
2017–2020Hetty FeatherAgnes DuffettMain role
2017WillMaidEpisode: "Your Houses"
2018StrikeKelsey Platt2 episodes
2018Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private InvestigatorsLily RattleEpisode: "The Chameleon's Dish"
2020Heart to HeartLiddy HolliganPilot; main role
2020CasualtyLily 'Bluebell' MatthewsEpisode #34.33[12]
2020Black BeautyGeorgina WinthorpFilm
2021TryingEmmyEpisode: "Big Heads"

Radio

YearTitleRoleStation
2010Devil in the FogRoseBBC Radio 4
2011Weirdstone of BrinsagemSusan
2016Man at the HelmAmy
2016Hidden HarmLucy

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2011KinNinaRoyal Court Theatre[2][13]
2011ElectraYoung ElectraGate Theatre[3][14]

References

  1. ^ creativelondonphotographer (15 November 2014). "Fern Deacon". Michelle George. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Kin, Royal Court". Aleks Sierz. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. ^ Sierz, Aleks. "Electra review at Gate Theatre London". The Stage. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Fern Deacon – There Ought To Be Clowns". Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Amy's Choice - Matt Smith - Eleventh Doctor : Doctor Who In Detail". Mentalis. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  6. ^ "BBC One - The Secret of Crickley Hall, Episode 3". BBC. Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. ^ "C4 goes on Trial". Drama Quarterly. Archived 10 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Ackley Bridge - S2 - Episode 5". Radio Times. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. ^ Wieg, David (23 February 2018). "A curriculum of difference and identity at 'Ackley' high". SF Chronicle. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Fern Deacon Actress- CV". fernsaffrondeacon. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  11. ^ "BBC One - Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators, Series 1, The Chameleon's Dish". BBC. Archived 20 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ^ Writers: Rebecca Wojciechowski; Director: John Maidens; Producer: Dafydd Llewelyn (2 May 2020). "Episode 33". Casualty. BBC. Archived 17 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  13. ^ "FERN DEACON". Royal Court. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  14. ^ "Fern Deacon". Molly Moon's World. Archived 6 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2019-05-06.