Tamsin Egerton
Born
Tamsin Olivia Egerton-Dick

(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988 (age 35)
Surrey, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
Children3

Tamsin Olivia Egerton-Dick[1][2] (born 26 November 1988) is a British actress known for her roles as Chelsea Parker in the 2007 film St Trinian's, Holly Goodfellow in the 2005 film Keeping Mum and Guinevere in the 2011 television series Camelot, one of three different roles in TV series connected with Arthurian legends she played.

Early life

Egerton-Dick was born on 26 November 1988 in Surrey, England, to Michael Dick and wife Nicola Egerton.[3] Her father is a businessman.[4] She began her acting career at age 6, following her older sister, Sophia, to a local youth theatre.[1] Egerton-Dick attended the independent Ditcham Park School in Hampshire, where she reports experiencing bullying due to being a child actor.[1]

Career

In 2001, Egerton began acting professionally when she played Mary Lennox in a Royal Shakespeare Company musical production of The Secret Garden,[5] and appeared as young Morgaine in the television miniseries The Mists of Avalon.[6] She soon chose to shorten her surname to Egerton to improve her career prospects.[1] The following year she played Princess Elenora in the children's television series Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land.[3]

Egerton's film debut was as Holly Goodfellow, a precocious vicar's daughter in the black comedy Keeping Mum (2005).[7] , where she performed a nude scene. Her breakthrough role was as Chelsea, a member of a posh clique in St. Trinian's (2007).[1] She reprised the role in its sequel St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold in 2009.[3] Two years later, she starred in Chalet Girl with Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, and Bill Nighy.[8] In the same year she portrayed Guinevere in the historical fantasy drama series Camelot.[9] In 2013, Egerton appeared in Michael Winterbottom's biopic The Look of Love which was based on the life of strip-club owner Paul Raymond.[10]

Personal life

Egerton has been in a long-term relationship with American actor Josh Hartnett, first announced in 2012.[11] They have a daughter (born 2015), a second child (born 2017), and a third child (born 2019).[12] In March 2022, Hartnett revealed he and Egerton had married in November 2021.[13] They reside in Dorset, England.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Keeping Mum Holly Goodfellow
2006 Driving Lessons Sarah
2007 Earthquake Zoë Short film
2007 St Trinian's Chelsea Parker
2009 Knife Edge Flora
2009 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Chelsea Parker
2010 4.3.2.1. Cassandra
2010 Huge Clarisse
2010 The Story of F*** Daisy
2011 Chalet Girl Georgie
2013 The Look of Love Amber St. George / Fiona Richmond
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour Lara (voice)
2013 Grand Piano Ashley
2013 The Lovers Laura Fennel
2014 Queen and Country Ophelia
2014 Love, Rosie Sally
2016 Grimsby Carla
2019 Balance, Not Symmetry Fiona Miller

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 The Mists of Avalon Young Morgaine TV miniseries
2002 Napoléon Betsy Balcombe TV miniseries
2002 Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land Princess Elenora/Sir Knight TV series
2003 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale Kate Dickens TV film
2004 Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Miranda Helhoughton TV film
2006 Mayo Patti Feathers "1.3"
2006 Silent Witness Hannah Duncan "Supernova: Parts 1 & 2"
2007 The Abbey Tiffany Unsold TV pilot
2009 Octavia Octavia Brennan TV film
2009 Trial & Retribution Imogen "Siren: Part 1"
2010 Money Butch Beausoleil TV miniseries
2011 Camelot Guinevere Main role
2013 The List Delilah TV film
2013 Psychobitches Nancy Spungen "1.4"
2015 Killing Jesus Claudia TV film

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Tamsin Egerton: Too cool for school". The Independent. UK. 9 August 2008. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Tamsin Olivia Egerton Dick". Companies House. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Tamsin Egerton Dick". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ^ Rogers, Isobel (30 July 2011). "My Secret Life: Tamsin Egerton, actress, 22". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. ^ Spencer, Charles (1 March 2001). "Irresistible – but it could have been better". The Telegraph.
  6. ^ Eyre, Hermione. "The saints and sinners of St Trinian's". Evening Standard.
  7. ^ Holden, Stephen (15 September 2006). "Mary Poppins's Dotty Doppelgänger". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Multitasking on the Slopes". The New York Times. 14 October 2011.
  9. ^ "Like, O.K., To Pull the Sword From the Stone , Young Arthur Needs a Life Coach". The New York Times. 31 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Smut's Softer Side: Rakish Pornographer as Loving Parent". The New York Times. 5 July 2013.
  11. ^ Bacardi, Francesca (2 December 2015). "Josh Hartnett and Tamsin Egerton Welcome First Child". E!.
  12. ^ Cardoza, Riley (21 January 2021). "Josh Hartnett Confirms He and Tamsin Egerton Secretly Welcome 3rd Baby in 2019". Us Weekly. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  13. ^ Juneau, Jen (7 March 2022). "Josh Hartnett Secretly Married Longtime Partner Tamsin Egerton in November". People. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  14. ^ Bilmes, Alex (21 January 2021). "Why Mr Josh Hartnett Chose "Having A Life" Over The Hollywood Dream". Mr Porter. YOOX Net-a-Porter Group. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

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