{{Short description|English actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Orla Hill | image = | caption = | birth_name = Orla Maureen Fitzsimons Hill | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2002|05|09}} | birth_place = Homerton, London, England | alma_mater = Emmanuel College, Cambridge | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2012–present }} '''Orla Maureen Fitzsimons Hill''' (born 9 May 2002) is an English actress. She began her career as a child actor in the films ''Song for Marion'' (2012) and ''Swallows and Amazons'' (2016) and the CBBC series ''Hetty Feather'' (2017–2019). More recently, she is known for her role in the UKTV series ''Outrageous'' (2025).
==Early life== Hill was born at Homerton Hospital, East London to parents Dave Hill, a London journalist, and Sheila Fitzsimons, who worked as a journalist and the Director of Transformation at ''The Guardian'', and grew up in the Lower Clapton area with her two sisters and three brothers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/orla-hill-outrageous-actress-london|title=Orla Hill: Outrageous actress, London girl|work=Dave Hill on London|first=Dave|last=Hill|via=Substack|date=10 June 2025|accessdate=12 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hackneypost.co.uk/dave-hill-the-hack-whose-heart-is-in-hackney/|title=Dave Hill, the hack whose heart is in Hackney|work=Hackney Post|first=Alison|last=Battisby|date=12 March 2009|accessdate=2 May 2025}}</ref> Her maternal grandparents are Irish; her grandmother was born in Cootehill, County Cavan before moving to Glasgow and then London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adctheatre.com/blog/posts/lughnasaspotlight/|title=Spotlight: Reflections from Dancing at Lughnasa cast member Orla Hill|work=ADC Theatre|first=Orla|last=Hill|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref>
From the age of 8, Hill took classes at the Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School. She attended Millfields Community Primary School and then Mossbourne Community Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/22940942.mossbourne-schoolgirl-orla-hill-sets-sail-big-time-starring-swallows-amazons/|title=Mossbourne schoolgirl Orla Hill sets sail for the big time by starring in Swallows and Amazons|work=Hackney Gazette|first=Emma|last=Bartholomew|date=1 August 2016|accessdate=2 May 2025}}</ref> In 2025, she will graduate from Emmanuel College, Cambridge with a Master of Engineering (MEng).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/publications/EMMA%20MAGAZINE%202022%20aafVfinal2web%20singles.pdf|title=Academic Record|work=Emma Magazine|date=2021|accessdate=5 May 2025|page=267}}</ref> She is a researcher at Cambridge's Centre for Climate Repair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/people/orla-hill|title=Orla Hill|work=Centre for Climate Repair|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=5 May 2025}}</ref>
==Career== Hill began her career as a child actress, making her feature film debut at age 10 as Jennifer in the 2012 comedy-drama ''Song for Marion''. This was followed by a role as Susan Walker in the 2016 family adventure film ''Swallows and Amazons''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/going-out/diff-2016-orla-hill-talks-swallows-and-amazons-1.1943102|title=Diff 2016: Orla Hill talks 'Swallows and Amazons'|work=Gulf News|first=Saba|last=Naaz|date=16 September 2018|accessdate=2 May 2025}}</ref> The next year, Hill made her television debut when she joined the cast of the CBBC adaptation of ''Hetty Feather'' for its third series as Emily Calendar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/flinchy-feather|title=Flinchy Feather - Results|work=BBC Studios|accessdate=9 December 2019|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806074256/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/flinchy-feather|url-status=dead}}</ref> She would reprise her role as Emily in ''Hetty Feather'''s fourth series. She also played Jennifer in the 2019 ITV true crime miniseries ''A Confession''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lifeofwylie.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/a-confession-wylie-itv-interviews.pdf|title=A Confession - ITV Production Notes|work=ITV Studios|date=August 2019|accessdate=5 September 2019}}</ref>
In 2023, Hill appeared in the ITVX 3-part miniseries ''Stonehouse'' as the titular character's (Matthew Macfadyen) daughter Jane Stonehouse.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/stonehouse-trailer-matthew-macfadyen-keeley-hawes/|title='Stonehouse' Trailer Features Matthew Macfadyen as a Politician Who Faked His Own Death|work=Collider|first=Erick|last=Massato|date=21 December 2022|accessdate=2 January 2023}}</ref> She had a recurring role as Ruby Foxcroft in the 2024 BBC Three adaptation of ''A Good Girl's Guide to Murder''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/a-good-girls-guide-to-murder-queer-review/|title='A Good Girl's Guide to Murder' Has a Teen Detective and a Queer Best Friend|work=Autostraddle|author=Valerie Anne|date=8 August 2024|accessdate=29 August 2024}}</ref> Announced in 2024, she portrayed Deborah Mitford in the 2025 UKTV historical drama ''Outrageous''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/mitford-sisters-drama-outrageous-cast-nancy-diana-unity-1236047759/|title=Mitford Sisters Drama 'Outrageous' Casts Bessie Carter as Nancy, Joanna Vanderham as Diana|work=Variety|first=K.J.|last=Yossman|date=25 June 2024|accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2012 | ''Song for Marion'' | Jennifer | Also known as ''Unfinished Song'' |- | 2013 | ''Get Me to the Church On Time'' | Little Leanne | Short film |- | 2014 | ''Lily and the Revolution'' | Lily | Short film |- | 2016 | ''Swallows and Amazons'' | Susan Walker | |- |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2017–2019 | ''Hetty Feather'' | Emily Calendar | 12 episodes |- | 2019 | ''Holby City'' | May Gledhill | Episode: "Circle of Life" |- | 2019 | ''A Confession'' | Jennifer Fulcher | Miniseries, 4 episodes |- | 2023 | ''Stonehouse'' | Jane Stonehouse | Miniseries, 3 episodes |- | 2024 | ''A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' | Ruby Foxcroft | 3 episodes |- | 2025 | ''Outrageous'' | Deborah Mitford | |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|5331939}} * [https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/orla-hill/cv Orla Hill] at Curtis Brown
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