Sian Brooke
Biography
Sian Brooke is a British actress known for her television roles including Laura in All About George, Lori in Cape Wrath, and Eurus Holmes in Sherlock. Born Sian Elizabeth Phillips in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, she is the youngest of three siblings born to Welsh parents who worked as a police officer and a teacher. She attended The Friary School for her early education and began her acting journey by joining the Lichfield Youth Theatre at age eleven, later becoming a member of the National Youth Theatre and training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She adopted the stage name Brooke to avoid confusion with another actress named Siân Phillips, selecting it after an English Civil War general who served at Lichfield.
Career overview
Sian Brooke is a British actress born as Sian Elizabeth Phillips in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. She is the youngest of three siblings born to a police officer and a teacher, and her parents are Welsh. She attended The Friary School for her early education and joined the Lichfield Youth Theatre at the age of eleven. She later became a member of the National Youth Theatre and received training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
To avoid confusion with fellow actress Sian Phillips, she adopted the stage name Brooke, choosing it after an English Civil War general who served at Lichfield. In her professional acting career, she has been recognized for portraying several notable television roles. These include playing Laura in All About George, Lori in Cape Wrath, and Eurus Holmes in Sherlock.
Throughout her career, she has accumulated 29 known acting credits on the Movie Database platform. Her television work spans multiple projects, establishing her presence in British television productions. Her background in youth theatre and formal training contributed to her development as a television actress known to audiences through prominent character portrayals.
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- Supacell (2024) as Victoria Kesh
- Blue Lights (2023) as Grace Ellis
- House of the Dragon (2022) as Queen Aemma Arryn
- No Return (2022) as Megan McGee
- Stephen (2021) as Cressida Dick
- Trying (2020) as Karen
- Radioactive (2020) as Bronia Sklodowska
- Body of Water (2020) as Stephanie
- Good Omens (2019) as Deirdre Young
- Guilt (2019) as Claire McCall
- Pond Life (2019) as Rachel Strickland
- The Cure (2019) as Julie Bailey
- National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running (2019) as Pauline Gibson
- The Terror (2018) as Sophia Cracroft
- The Terror (2018) as Sophie Cracroft
- The Moorside (2017) as Natalie Brown
- Not Safe for Work (2015) as Martine
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2015) as Ophelia
- The Scampi Trail (2013) as Nuss Liquor
- Silk (2011) as Annie Laidlaw
- Sherlock (2010) as Elizabeth
- Sherlock (2010) as Eurus Holmes
- Vexed (2010) as Suzie Miller
- Garrow's Law (2009) as Ann Hadfield
- Lewis (2007) as Jennie Brightway
- Meadowlands (2007) as Lori
- All About George (2005) as Laura
- New Tricks (2004) as Eileen Harrison
- Foyle's War (2002) as Phyllis Law
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Christine Turner
- A Touch of Frost (1992) as Carol Haymarsh