1. Hermione Norris attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s, before taking small roles in theatre and on television.
23 Facts About Hermione Norris
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Hermione Norris appeared in every episode of the series from 1998 to 2003 and was nominated for a British Comedy Award.
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From 2002 to 2005, Norris co-starred in the crime drama series Wire in the Blood as Carol Jordan, and from 2005 to 2009 co-starred in the BBC One spy drama Spooks as Ros Myers.
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Hermione Norris was born in Paddington, London, the second of four children.
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Hermione Norris has two sisters, a brother and two half-sisters.
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Hermione Norris moved with her mother and siblings to live with her grandmother in Derbyshire, but moved back to London a few years later.
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Hermione Norris made her professional stage debut in a 1989 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which earned her her Equity card.
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Hermione Norris made her television debut in the 1991 BBC serial The Men's Room, playing the daughter of Bill Nighy's character.
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Hermione Norris continued to make guest appearances in series such as Between the Lines and Casualty.
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Hermione Norris appeared in every episode and was nominated for a British Comedy Award for Best Actress in 2001.
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Hermione Norris stayed with the series until 2005 when she was replaced by Simone Lahbib.
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Hermione Norris appeared throughout the 2006 series, then in eight of the 10 episodes in the 2007 series before taking time off filming for maternity leave.
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Hermione Norris returned to the show for the 2008 series.
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Hermione Norris was nominated in the same category the next year.
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Hermione Norris left the series in 2009 after four years.
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Hermione Norris took the role as a change of pace from the "ice maiden" characters she often portrays.
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From November 2010, Hermione Norris played Ruth Condomine in a national tour of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
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Hermione Norris starred opposite her Cold Feet co-star Robert Bathurst, and Alison Steadman.
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Hermione Norris starred in The Crimson Field, a British Production about a field hospital in France in WW1.
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On 4 October 2014, Hermione Norris guest-starred in episode 7 of the eighth series of the BBC's Doctor Who, 'Kill The Moon'.
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Hermione Norris starred in series five of Luther on BBC One in January 2019.
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In 2002, Hermione Norris began a relationship with Simon Wheeler, a writer on Wire in the Blood.
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Hermione Norris's father-in-law is General Sir Roger Wheeler, the Chief of the General Staff from 1997 to 2000.