{{short description|Icelandic actress and model (born 1987)}} {{Icelandic name|Heiða}} {{Infobox person | name = Heida Reed | image = Heyda-reed.jpg | alt = | caption = Reed in 2021 | birth_name = Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|5|22}} | birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland | nationality = | alma_mater = Drama Centre London | occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|model}} | years_active = 2008–present | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = {{marriage|Sam Ritzenberg|2018}} }} '''Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/969322/poldark-cast-elizabeth-warleggan-actress-heida-reed|title=Poldark’s Heida Reed may play an English rose, but she has global versatility|last=Francis|first=Pam|date=2018-06-04|work=Express.co.uk|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en}}</ref> ({{respell|HAY|da}}; born 22 May 1987<ref name="birth">{{cite news|last=Árni Pálsson|first=Stefán|date=2023-05-22|title=Hefur frestað barneignum vegna starfsins: „Veit ekki hvernig ég á eftir að fara að þessu“|url=https://www.visir.is/g/20232418479d/hefur-frestad-barneignum-vegna-starfsins-veit-ekki-hvernig-eg-a-eftir-ad-fara-ad-thessu-|trans-title=Has postponed having children due to work: "I don't know how I'm going to handle this"|work=Vísir.is|language=Icelandic|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324205844/https://www.visir.is/g/20232418479d/hefur-frestad-barneignum-vegna-starfsins-veit-ekki-hvernig-eg-a-eftir-ad-fara-ad-thessu-|archive-date=2025-03-24|access-date=2026-04-02|quote=Heiða fagnar 36 ára afmæli sínu í dag, 22. maí.|trans-quote=Heida celebrates her 36th birthday today, May 22nd.}}</ref>), known professionally as '''Heida Reed''', is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in ''One Day'' (2011), ''Jo'' (2013), ''Silent Witness'' (2014), the BBC drama ''Poldark'' (2015–2019) and the CBS drama ''FBI: International'' (2021–2024).<ref>{{cite news|title=Heida Reed on Poldark and eating puffins|last=Jamieson|first=Teddie|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/tv-radio/heida-reed-on-poldark-and-eating-puffins.120236477|newspaper=Herald Scotland|date=14 March 2014|accessdate=18 March 2015}}</ref>
== Early and personal life == Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="Kanal"/> She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík,<ref name="Kanal"/><ref name="Arnar"/> and attended Ölduselsskóli.<ref name="Arnar">{{cite news |last1=Arnar |first1=Elín |title=Ævintýralegt líf Heiðu |url=https://stundin.is/frett/aevintyralegt-lif-heidu/#_=_ |accessdate=10 August 2019 |work=Stundin |date=31 October 2015 |location=Iceland |language=Icelandic}}</ref> Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency,<ref name="Kanal"/> and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Kanal"/><ref name="Arnar"/><ref name="Helgadóttir"/> When she was 19/20, she settled in London,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/heida-reed|title=Heida Reed|work=1883 Magazine|access-date=2018-11-02|language=En|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027092236/http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/heida-reed|url-status=dead}}</ref> where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.<ref name="Arnar"/><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2018/poldark-star-heida-reed-id-like-to-play-miss-julie-shes-feisty-complex-and-scandinavian/|title=Poldark star Heida Reed: 'I’d like to play Miss Julie – she’s feisty, complex... and Scandinavian' {{!}} Interviews {{!}} The Stage|date=2018-09-13|work=The Stage|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Helgadóttir"/>
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, America-based producer Sam Ritzenberg.<ref name="Arnar"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/2017071340623/Poldark-Heida-Reed-engaged-boyfriend-Sam-Ritzenberg/|title=Poldark's Heida Reed engaged to boyfriend Sam Ritzenberg|date=2017-07-13|website=HELLO!|language=en|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref>
== Acting career == Reed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's ''Cross Purpose''.<ref name="Arnar"/> A reviewer for the ''Edinburgh Guide'' considered it "expertly acted and finely paced."<ref name="Fringe"/> In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, ''Scarlet'', by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.<ref name=":1" />
The same year, Reed was cast in a major role in the British historical TV drama ''Poldark'', which was based on the novels of the same title, playing the part of Elizabeth.<ref name=":0" /> She appeared in all five seasons of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in ''Foxfinder'' with Iwan Rheon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/poldark-star-heida-reed-joins-cast-of-foxfinder/|title=Poldark star Heida Reed joins cast of Foxfinder - Evening Express|date=2018-08-02|work=Evening Express|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2021, Reed began portraying FBI Special Agent Jamie Kellett in CBS crime drama series ''FBI: International''. In December 2023, it was announced that she would be leaving the series with her character being written off in the first episode of the third season that aired in February 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/heida-reed-leaving-fbi-international-during-season-3-8413257|work=EW.com|title=Heida Reed leaving FBI: International during season 3|first=Lauren|last=Huff|date=December 7, 2023|accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=USMagazine.com|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/fbi-internationals-heida-reed-thanks-fans-after-season-3-exit/|title=FBI: International’s Heida Reed Shares Message for Fans After Surprising Season 3 Goodbye|first=Johnni|last=Macke|date=February 15, 2024|accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref>
She played the part of Professor Jocelyn Peabody in the B7 Media Audio adaptations of some of the ''Dan Dare'' stories, which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra a number of times, most recently in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dan Dare, Series 2, Reign of the Robots 1/2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cll5 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.dandareaudio.com/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Dan Dare Audio |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2010 | ''Dance Like Someone's Watching'' | Gabriella | Short film |- | 2011 | ''One Day'' | Ingrid | <ref name="Arnar"/><ref name="Helgadóttir"/> |- | 2012 | ''{{ill|Vampyre Nation|fr}}'' | Celeste | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetdystopia.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/true-bloodthirst-2012/|publisher=Planet Dystopia|last=Butterfield|first=Liz|date=31 July 2013|title=True Bloodthirst plot summary and review|accessdate=20 March 2015|archive-date=13 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813071256/https://planetdystopia.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/true-bloodthirst-2012/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | 2013 | ''Eternal Return'' | Isabelle | |- | 2022 | ''Against the Ice'' | Naja |- | 2022 |''Blank'' |Rita | |- |2022 |''Summerlight… and Then Comes the Night'' |Elísabet |}
===TV Series=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2012 | ''DCI Banks'' | Carmen | 2 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?135265-D-C-I-Banks|publisher=Soap Boards|title=DCI Banks: Strange Affair|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref> |- | 2013 | ''Jo'' | Adèle Gauthier | Main role |- | 2014 | ''Silent Witness'' | Monica Dreyfus | Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) |- | 2014 | ''{{ill|The Lava Field|fr|Meurtre au pied du volcan}}'' (''{{Lang|is|Hraunið}}'') | Gréta | TV miniseries |- | 2015–2019 | ''Poldark'' | Elizabeth Poldark (nee Chynoweth) | Main cast (Seasons 1-4) 35 episodes<ref name="Arnar"/><br>Season 5 (in flashbacks & hallucinations) |- | 2015 | ''Toast of London'' | Pooky Hook | Episode: "Hamm on Toast" |- | 2016 | ''Death in Paradise'' | Eloise Ronson | Episode: "Posing in Murder"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06ykw65|title=Death in Paradise, episode 5:3 details|access-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> |- | 2017–2021 | ''Stella Blómkvist'' | Stella Blómkvist | Main role<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Arnar"/><ref name="Kanal">{{cite news |last1=Kanal |first1=Christopher |title=Girl. Woman. Actor. Idiot. |url=https://issuu.com/wowair/docs/wow_magazine_issue_one_2018/39 |accessdate=10 August 2019 |work=WOW Magazine |issue=1 |date=15 February 2018 |location=39-42}}</ref><ref name="Helgadóttir">{{cite news |last1=Helgadóttir |first1=Kolbrún P. |title=Erfitt að plana framtíðina |url=https://www.vb.is/eftirvinnu/erfitt-ad-plana-framtidina/141915/ |accessdate=10 August 2019 |work=Eftir Vinnu |date=8 October 2017 |location=Reykjavík, Iceland |language=Icelandic |archive-date=20 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620042700/https://www.vb.is/eftirvinnu/erfitt-ad-plana-framtidina/141915/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 2021–2024 | ''FBI: International'' | rowspan=2|Special Agent Jamie Kellett | Main cast |- | 2023 | ''FBI'' | Guest star |}
===Web series=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2018 | ''Nutritiously Nicola!'' | Olivia Reedy | Episode: "Food instability" |}
===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Playwright ! Role ! Venue ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2009 | ''Cross Purpose'' | Albert Camus | Maria |Edinburgh Festival Fringe C Venues<ref name="Arnar"/><ref name="Fringe">{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/venue/ccubed |publisher=EdinburghGuide.com.com|title=C Cubed Venue, Edinburgh Fringe Festival|accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> | Find a Penny Theatre Company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/festival/2009/edinburghfringe/crosspurpose|last=Eades|first=Alex|date=8 August 2009|publisher=EdinburghGuide.com|title=Review of Cross Purpose|accessdate=11 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101153429/http://edinburghguide.com/festival/2009/edinburghfringe/crosspurpose |archivedate=1 January 2010}}</ref> |- | 2009 |''Macbeth'' | William Shakespeare | The Doctor | {{Unknown}} |Shakespeare in Styria |- | 2011 |''Top Girls'' | Caryl Churchill | Marlene understudy |Trafalgar Studios | <ref name=":2"/> |- | 2015 |''Scarlet'' | Sam H. Freeman | Scarlet |Southwark Playhouse | Role shared with Lucy Kilpatrick, Jade Ogugua and Asha Reid in unison<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1488251254/scarlet-at-southwark-playhouse-theatre-renegade|title=Scarlet at the Southwalk Playhouse|publisher=Kickstarter|accessdate=21 March 2015}}</ref> |- |2018 |''Foxfinder'' | Dawn King |Judith Covey |Ambassadors Theatre | <ref name=":2"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|4008100}} * {{Instagram|heida.reed}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/lidur-vel-a-islandi/article/2013709249991|publisher=Dagblaðið Vísir|title=Líður vel á Íslandi|last=OTTESEN|first=ÁSA|date=24 September 2013}} * [http://www.poldarked.com/2015/02/heida-reed-elizabeth-talks-poldark.html Interview], poldarked.com * [http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/heida-reed-scarlet-southwark-playhouse_37349.html Profile], WhatsOnStage.com
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