Shannon Tarbet
Born (1991-10-27) 27 October 1991 (age 32)[1][2][3]
Brighton, East Sussex, England[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Shannon Tarbet (born 27 October 1991) is a British actress who has transitioned from an extensive career in theatre to feature film with main roles in Love Is Blind (2019) and Love Sarah (2020), and on television with recurring roles in Genius and in Rellik (2017) and as Amber Peel in Killing Eve (2019).

Early life

Tarbet was born and lived her early years in Brighton, East Sussex,[1] and attended Greenfields School in Forest Row.[4] Tarbet studied acting at the K-Bis Theatre School in Brighton.[5] From there, Tarbet was working in telesales attempting to save enough money to apply for drama school, when she successfully auditioned at the Royal Court Theatre, igniting her acting career.[3]

Career

Tarbet made her professional stage debut in 2010 as Delilah Evans in the Anya Reiss play Spur of the Moment at the Royal Court Theatre,[6][7][2] for which, she was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Outstanding Newcomer in 2010.[4][8] In 2011, she made a guest appearance in the BBC's Inspector George Gently.[9] In 2012, she appeared as Jane Clairmont in Helen Edmundson's play, Mary Shelley.[10] The same year, Tarbet played a voice role in Nell Leyshon's radio drama Jess's Story, for Children in need, aired on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012, concerning students with mental health issues.[11]

In 2013, Tarbet appeared in the short film Woodland and won the best actor award at the Underwire Film Festival.[12] In 2015, Tarbet was nominated for an Offie award for best female for her performance the play, The Edge of our Bodies at the Gate Theatre (London).[13] In 2017, Tarbet starred alongside Geoffrey Rush in the Ron Howard directed Genius.[14] The same year Tarbet played sixteen year-old Hannah Markham in the BBC drama TV series Rellik.[15]

In 2019, Tarbet starred alongside Matthew Broderick in the dark comedy-drama film Love is Blind.[6]

In 2020, Tarbet played the leading role of Clarissa in Love Sarah,[16] directed by Eliza Schroeder.

In 2022, Tarbet starred in an interactive film, the first of its kind in Europe, The Gallery [17]

Stage performances

Year Production Character Venue Notes/ Reference
2010 Spur of the Moment Delilah Evans Royal Court Theatre [7]
2011 Mogadishu Becky Royal Exchange, Manchester [18]
2012 Mary Shelley Jane Clairmont Shared Experience Play by Helen Edmundson[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Character Notes/reference
2013 Woodland Short Film [12]
2013 A Promise Anna [5]
2017 The Choke (Short) Alana
2017 Beast Polly
2018 Dead Birds (Short) Elsa
2018 Helena (Short) Alice
2018 Colette Meg
2019 Martha (Short) Martha
2019 Love Is Blind Bess Krafft [6]
2020 Love Sarah Clarissa [16]
2022 The Gallery (interactive film) ? [17]

Television

Year Title Character Notes/reference
2011 Inspector George Gently Mary Claverton Gently Upside Down Series 4 episode 1 [9]
2011 Silk Amy 1 episode (1.5) [5]
2011 Monroe Natasha 1 episode (1.4) [5]
2011 Lewis Samantha Coyle 1 episode - Old, Unhappy, Far Off [5]
2015 River Erin Fielding Series 1, Episodes 1 and 6 [19]
2015 Virtuoso Ina TV film [20]
2017 Genius Marie Winteler 3 episodes [14]
2017 Rellik Hannah Markham 6 episodes [15]
2019 Killing Eve Amber Peel 2 episodes - I Hope You Like Missionary! and Nice and Neat

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer Spur of the Moment Royal Court Theatre Nominated [8][4]
2011 Manchester Theatre Awards Best Actress in a supporting role Mogadishu, Royal Exchange, Manchester Won [18]
2013 Underwire Film Festival Actor Award Woodland (Short film) Won [12]
2015 The Offies Best Female The Edge of our Bodies at the Gate Theatre. Nominated [13]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Shannon Tarbet". filmanic.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Youthful looks a blessing and a curse, says Gate Theatre star Shannon Tarbet". mylondon.news. 2 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Interview: Shannon Tarbet:'Being in a solo show is terrifying but extremely exciting'". whatsonstage.com. 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Former Greenfields Students Find Success In The Arts". greenfieldsschool.com. 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Shannon Tarbet (Former Agent Profile)". unitedagents.co.uk. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Interview: Shannon Tarbet on 'Love is Blind', How She Prepares for a Role and That Time She Did a One-Woman Show". dailyactor.com. 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Theatre Talkback - Answers to your questions about London". nytimes.com. 4 August 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Evening Standard Theatre Award Nominees 2010". westendtheatre.com. 28 November 2010.
  9. ^ a b "Inspector George Gently". bbc.co.uk. 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Mary Shelley". sharedexperience.org.uk. 2012.
  11. ^ "Children in need - Jess's Story Omnibus". bbc.co.uk. 2012.
  12. ^ a b c "Underwire Film Festival - winners 2013". underwirefestival.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021.
  13. ^ a b "2015 Offie Award Finalists". oughttobeclowns.com. 26 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Dreamer, rebel, lover: the hidden sides of Albert Einstein". theguardian.com. 16 April 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Rellik". bbc.co.uk. 7 September 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Review: 'Love Sarah,' Starring Celia Imrie, Shannon Tarbet, Shelley Conn, Rupert Penry-Jones and Bill Paterson". culturemixonline.com. 22 February 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Manchester Theatre Awards 2011". manchestertheatreawards.com. 14 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014.
  18. ^ "River". bbc.co.uk. 2015.
  19. ^ "Shannon Tarbet Cast In HBO Pilot 'Virtuoso'". deadline.com. 15 April 2015.

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