Dido Miles
{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dido Miles
| birth_name = Eleanor Amy Dido Deloins
| birth_place = London, England
| occupation = Actress
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
- Bernard Miles (grandfather)
- Josephine Wilson (grandmother)
}}
| television = Oscar Charlie
Doctors
| yearsactive = 1990–present
}}
Eleanor Amy Dido Deloince, known professionally as Dido Miles, is an English actress. She is known for her role as Emma Reid on the BBC soap opera Doctors, for which she won two awards for at the RTS Midlands Awards. From 2001 to 2002, she starred in the CBBC children's series Oscar Charlie.
Life and career
Miles was born Eleanor Amy Dido Deloince. She wanted to use the stage name Dido Deloince, but her mother, a fellow actress, believed that it sounded like the name of a sex worker. She instead opted to use her mother's maiden name, Miles, following her mother's death when she was a teenager. Her father, a former actor, was a teacher. Whilst growing up, her actor grandfather, Bernard Miles, founded the Mermaid Theatre. Her grandmother, Josephine Wilson, was also an actress. She spent a lot of time at the Mermaid Theatre as a child. Miles attended comprehensive school in North London, where she dropped out aged 15. Her first job was as an usherette.{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Hltd2MaWmK0eG5sskYcsK?si=jwzsUCyfTYObeMUulROwtg|title=With Guest Dido Miles (Emma Reid)|publisher=Spotify|website=Chicken Soap for the Soul|access-date=14 February 2025}}
Aged 19, Miles auditioned for actress Pat Heywood at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was nervous as she performed a monologue from Romeo and Juliet which Heywood had performed in a film. She was successful and was offered a scholarship. Miles made her acting debut in an episode of the BBC anthology series Screenplay. Following this, she appeared in the 1994 film Black Beauty, and she later appeared in the 1995 film First Knight. Miles also starred in the 1996 film Emma as Isabella Knight.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/daytime/doctors-star-dido-miles-faces-your-questions/|title=Doctors star Dido Miles faces YOUR questions!|work=Inside Soap|access-date=13 January 2020|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925033955/https://www.insidesoap.co.uk/daytime/doctors-star-dido-miles-faces-your-questions/|url-status=live}} Following this, she went on to appear in series such as The Bill, Making Waves, and Dani's House. In May 2009, Miles portrayed the role of Viv Bates in three episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She reprised her role as Viv for one episode in October 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/22/who-is-terry-bates-in-eastenders-and-why-does-jay-hate-him-10964132/|title=Who is Terry Bates in EastEnders and why does Jay hate him?|last=Milan|first=Aidan|website=Metro|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022195046/https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/22/who-is-terry-bates-in-eastenders-and-why-does-jay-hate-him-10964132/|url-status=live}}
In 2012, Miles made her first appearance as Emma Reid in the BBC soap opera Doctors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4tP4KGcSTmpNFv4FrrX90wL/emma-reid|title=Doctors - Emma Reid - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=2018-01-09|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006130758/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4tP4KGcSTmpNFv4FrrX90wL/emma-reid|url-status=live}} Whilst on the series, her character's storylines have included dealing with her husband's assisted suicide, having a miscarriage, suffering from depression, grieving the death of a partner, having an affair with a married woman, coming out as pansexual and being the victim of a homophobic assault.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1990
| Catalina Sises | Episode: "Shoot the Revolution" |
| 1994, 1996–1999, 2001, 2003 | The Bill | Various | 9 episodes |
| 1994
| Dinah | Film |
| 1995
| Grateful Woman | Film |
| 1995
| Wycliffe | Professor Tynk | Episode: "Wild Oats" |
| 1995
| Backup | Joyce | Episode: "Toleration Zone" |
| 1995
| Casualty | Linda Fenner | Episode: "Bringing It All Back Home" |
| 1996
| Elsa Cooper | Main role |
| 1996
| Emma | Isabella Knightley | Television film |
| 1997
| Liz | 1 episode |
| 1997–1998
| Cath / Childbirth Instructor | 2 episodes |
| 1998
| Deb Illsley | Episode: "Kith and Kin" |
| 1999
| Michelle | Television film |
| 1999
| Clare Logan | Episode: "Fiery Death: Part 2" |
| 2000
| Di Baker | 1 episode |
| 2000
| Mrs. Merrypip | 1 episode |
| 2000
| Natalie Hawkins | Episode: "Taking It on the Chin" |
| 2000
| Mrs. Wilson | Television film |
| 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 | Doctors | Various | 6 episodes |
| 2001
| The Residents | Tina Conan | 1 episode |
| 2001
| Dumping Elaine | Waitress | Short film |
| 2001–2002
| Carol Spinner | Main role |
| 2002
| Murder | Theresa | Recurring role |
| 2003
| Byron | Six Mile Bottom Cook | Television film |
| 2004
| Holby City | Jill Spencer | Episode: "Holding On" |
| 2004
| Dr. Walker | 1 episode |
| 2004
| Janice Alexander | Episode: "The Italian Rapscallion" |
| 2004
| Denial | Abigail | Short film |
| 2006
| Lydia Carpenter | Episodes: "Schism: Part 1" and "Schism: Part 2" |
| 2006
| Karen Berman | Episode: "Wounded Surgeon" |
| 2007
| Hustle | Lab Technician | Episode: "Getting Even" |
| 2008
| | 1 episode |
| 2008
| Mum | Film |
| 2008
| 2nd Airport Journalist | Film |
| 2009, 2019
| EastEnders | Recurring role |
| 2009
| Helen Cranny | Episode: "Use Your Noodle" |
| 2010
| The Guards | Teacher | Episode: "Brothers" |
| 2011
| The Red Bike | Mum | Short film |
| 2012–2024
| Doctors | Regular role |
| 2018
| The Last Witness | Foreign Office Telephone Operator (voice) | Film |
| 2023
| Doctors | Episode: "Darker Dimensions"{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: Emma Reid meets a LOOKIE-LIKIE! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-emma-reid-meets-a-lookie-likie |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc)}} |
| 2024
| Herself | Contestant{{cite news |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=David |title=Bargain Hunt today: location, presenters, experts and everything we know |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/bargain-hunt-today-location-presenters-experts-and-everything-we-know |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=What to Watch}} |
| 2025
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Volumnia | Guest role |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0587106}}
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Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:English film actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses