Fiona Button
{{Short description|British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Fiona Button
| image =
| birth_date = 1984-5Aged 33 at 17/7/18, https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/fiona-button-on-the-importance-of-being-earnest-its-a-lot-to-do-with-sex-oscar-wilde-would-have-loved-it-a3889031.html
| birth_place = Lausanne, Switzerland
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2007–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Henry Fleet|2014}}
| children = 1
| alma_mater = Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
University of Birmingham
}}
Fiona Button is an English actress. She is best known for playing Rose Defoe in The Split.
Early life and education
Button was born in Lausanne, Switzerland,{{cite web |author=Editorial Staff |date=16 December 2013 |title=20 Questions with... Fiona Button, star of RSC's Wendy and Peter Pan |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/stratford-upon-avon-theatre/news/12-2013/20-questions-with-fiona-button-star-of-rscs-wendy-_32764.html |work=WhatsOnStage.com}} and grew up in Newbury, Berkshire.
She made her professional stage debut at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury aged 10 in the Wizard of Oz. She attended Park House School and the sixth form of St. Bartholomew's School. She studied drama at the University of Birmingham before enrolling at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007. {{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
Career
=Television=
After graduating, Button played parts in Midsomer Murders and The Bill.
In 2008, she played Lucy Bedford in The Palace. From 2010 to 2012 she played Tess Roberts in two series of Lip Service. From 2014 to 2016 she played Jennifer Chambers in series 1 and 2 of Grantchester. In 2018, she was cast as Rose Defoe in the BBC series The Split.
Button has made guest appearances in How Not to Live Your Life, Outcasts, Foyle's War, Cardinal Burns, Pramface, You, Me and the Apocalypse and as Vera in My Mother and Other Strangers.
=Theatre=
Button made her West End debut in 2007 in Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard playing young Esme and Alice. In 2009 she appeared in Madame de Sade for the Donmar Warehouse opposite Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike, then as Sonya in Vanya at the Gate Theatre. In 2010 she played Rachel in the original cast of Posh at the Royal Court Theatre,{{cite web |author=Terri Paddock |date=16 April 2010 |title=Review Round-up: Were Critics Outclassed at Posh? |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/04-2010/review-round-up-were-critics-outclassed-at-posh_18506.html |work=WhatsOnStage.com}} then Mabel Chiltern in An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville Theatre.{{cite web |author=Michael Coveney |date=11 November 2010 |title=An Ideal Husband |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/reviews/11-2010/an-ideal-husband_10891.html |work=WhatsOnStage.com}}
In 2013 Button originated the role of Wendy in Wendy and Peter Pan for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Written by Ella Hickson, it is a feminist reimagining of Barrie's original novel, putting Wendy 'the girl who would grow up' in the spotlight.{{cite web|author=Holly Williams |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/and-what-about-wendy-introducing-a-feminist-return-to-peter-pans-roots-9003250.html |title=And what about Wendy? Introducing a feminist return to Peter Pan's roots |work=The Independent|date=2013-12-15 |access-date=2020-01-15}} The show became a sell out hit and the production was revived in 2015.
In 2014 Button went on to play Annabella in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at the Globe Theatre. Dominic Maxwell from The Times said of her performance, "Button has the ability to transmit the knottiest thoughts from behind an easy, poised demeanour. She is an exceptional performer."{{cite web|author=Dominic Maxwell |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/tis-pity-shes-a-whore-sam-wanamaker-playhouse-se1-pdc5lw6fdxd |title='Tis Pity She's a Whore, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, SE1 |work=The Times |date=2014-10-30 |access-date=2020-01-15}}
In 2016 she played Stef in They Drink It in the Congo at the Almeida Theatre. In 2018 she played Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest in the West End.{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/fiona-button-on-the-importance-of-being-earnest-its-a-lot-to-do-with-sex-oscar-wilde-would-have-a3889031.html|title=Fiona Button on The Importance of Being Earnest: 'It's a lot to do with sex. Oscar Wilde would have loved it' |author=Fiona Mountford |date=27 July 2018 |website=Go London }}
Personal life
Button married screenwriter Henry Fleet in 2014 and they have a daughter..{{cite web|author=Fiona Mountford |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/theatre/fiona-button-on-the-importance-of-being-earnest-its-a-lot-to-do-with-sex-oscar-wilde-would-have-a3889031.html |title=Fiona Button on The Importance of Being Earnest: 'It's a lot to do with sex. Oscar Wilde would have loved it'|location=London|work=Evening Standard|date=2018-07-17 |access-date=2020-01-15}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2012
| Lavinia | TV film |
| 2015
| Bugsplat! | Gina McCutcheon | TV film |
| 2018
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cardew | |
| 2021
| No One Is Talking About This | Storyteller | Short film |
| 2022
| Fisherman's Friends: One and All | Petra | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| rowspan="2"|2007
| The Bill | Susie Matthews | Episode: "Behind Closed Doors" |
| Midsomer Murders
| Willow McKinley | Episode: "The Axeman Cometh" |
| 2008
| Lucy Bedford | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2010
| Jenny | Episode: "Don's Angry Girlfriend" |
| 2010–2012
| Tess Roberts | Series regular; 12 episodes |
| 2011
| Outcasts | Trix | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" |
| 2012
| Various roles | Series regular; 5 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Pramface | Gaby | Episode: "The Edge of Hell" |
| Foyle's War
| Mary Nelson | Episode: "Sunflower" |
| 2014–2016
| Jennifer Chambers | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2015
| Skye | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2016
| My Mother and Other Strangers | Vera Curtis | Episode: "Vera" |
| 2018–2022
| Rose | Series regular; 17 episodes |
| 2019
| Flack | Annie | Episode: "Anthony" |
| 2020
| Lucy | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| 2021
| Trying | Sky | Episode: "Big Heads" |
| 2023
| Hannah Roberts | Episode: "Murder on the High Seas" |
| 2024
| Truelove | Kate | Series regular; 6 episodes{{cite web |last1=Simone |first1=Carlo |title=Channel 4 Truelove: Full cast and when it is on TV |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24022946.channel-4-truelove-full-cast-tv/ |website=Telegraph & Argus |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=2 January 2024}} |
| 2025
|Sophie Asquith-Gore |Series regular; 6 episodes |
Theatre credits
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Ref |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|2007
| Claire |
| World's End
| Kat |
| Rock 'n' Roll
| Alice/Young Esme |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Isabelle |
| Hay Fever
| Sorel Bliss |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Anne |
| Vanya
| Sonya |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Posh | Rachel |
| An Ideal Husband
| Miss Mabel Chiltern |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| The Girl with the Yellow Dress | Celia | Theatre503, London |
| Heartbreak House
| Ellie Dunn |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Cordelia |
| Wendy & Peter Pan |
| 2014
| Annabella |
| 2016
| Stef |
| 2018
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cardew |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2484725}}
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Category:Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:English television actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:People from Newbury, Berkshire