Heida Reed
{{short description|Icelandic actress and model}}
{{Icelandic name|Heiða}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Heida Reed
| image = Heyda-reed.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Reed in 2021
| birth_name = Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|5|22}}
| birth_place = Reykjavík, Iceland
| nationality =
| alma_mater = Drama Centre London
| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|model}}
| years_active = 2008–present
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| spouse = Sam Ritzenberg (m.2018)
}}
Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/969322/poldark-cast-elizabeth-warleggan-actress-heida-reed|title=Poldark’s Heida Reed may play an English rose, but she has global versatility|last=Francis|first=Pam|date=2018-06-04|work=Express.co.uk|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en}} ({{respell|HAY|da}}; born 22 May 1988), known professionally as Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day (2011), Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014), the BBC drama Poldark (2015–2019) and the CBS drama FBI: International (2021–2024).{{cite news|title=Heida Reed on Poldark and eating puffins|last=Jamieson|first=Teddie|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/tv-radio/heida-reed-on-poldark-and-eating-puffins.120236477|newspaper=Herald Scotland|date=14 March 2014|accessdate=18 March 2015}}
Early and personal life
Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother. She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík, and attended Ölduselsskóli.{{cite news |last1=Arnar |first1=Elín |title=Ævintýralegt líf Heiðu |url=https://stundin.is/frett/aevintyralegt-lif-heidu/#_=_ |accessdate=10 August 2019 |work=Stundin |date=31 October 2015 |location=Iceland |language=Icelandic}} Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency, and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years. When she was 19/20, she settled in London,{{Cite news|url=http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/heida-reed|title=Heida Reed|work=1883 Magazine|access-date=2018-11-02|language=En|archive-date=2018-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027092236/http://www.1883magazine.com/film/film/heida-reed|url-status=dead}} where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2018/poldark-star-heida-reed-id-like-to-play-miss-julie-shes-feisty-complex-and-scandinavian/|title=Poldark star Heida Reed: 'I’d like to play Miss Julie – she’s feisty, complex... and Scandinavian' {{!}} Interviews {{!}} The Stage|date=2018-09-13|work=The Stage|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}}
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, America-based producer Sam Ritzenberg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/2017071340623/Poldark-Heida-Reed-engaged-boyfriend-Sam-Ritzenberg/|title=Poldark's Heida Reed engaged to boyfriend Sam Ritzenberg|date=2017-07-13|website=HELLO!|language=en|access-date=2019-05-13}}
Acting career
Reed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's Cross Purpose. A reviewer for the Edinburgh Guide considered it "expertly acted and finely paced." In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, Scarlet, by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.
The same year, Reed was cast in a major role in the British historical TV drama Poldark, which was based on the novels of the same title, playing the part of Elizabeth. She appeared in all five seasons of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in Foxfinder with Iwan Rheon.{{Cite news|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/poldark-star-heida-reed-joins-cast-of-foxfinder/|title=Poldark star Heida Reed joins cast of Foxfinder - Evening Express|date=2018-08-02|work=Evening Express|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en-US}}
In 2021, Reed began portraying FBI Special Agent Jamie Kellett in CBS crime drama series FBI: International. In December 2023, it was announced that she would be leaving the series with her character being written off in the first episode of the third season that aired in February 2024.{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/heida-reed-leaving-fbi-international-during-season-3-8413257|work=EW.com|title=Heida Reed leaving FBI: International during season 3|first=Lauren|last=Huff|date=December 7, 2023|accessdate=August 25, 2024}}{{cite web|work=USMagazine.com|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/fbi-internationals-heida-reed-thanks-fans-after-season-3-exit/|title=FBI: International’s Heida Reed Shares Message for Fans After Surprising Season 3 Goodbye|first=Johnni|last=Macke|date=February 15, 2024|accessdate=August 25, 2024}}
She played the part of Professor Jocelyn Peabody in the B7 Audio adaptations of some of the Dan Dare stories, which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra a number of times, most recently in 2022.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - Dan Dare, Series 2, Reign of the Robots 1/2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cll5 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.dandareaudio.com/ |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Dan Dare Audio |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2010
| Dance Like Someone's Watching | Gabriella | Short film |
| 2011
| One Day | Ingrid |
| 2012
| Vampyre Nation | Celeste |
| 2013
| Eternal Return | Isabelle | |
| 2022
| Naja |
| 2022
|Rita | |
| 2022
|Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night |Elísabet |
=TV Series=
=Web series=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2018
| Olivia Reedy | Episode: "Food instability" |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Playwright ! Role ! Venue ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2009
| Cross Purpose | Maria |Edinburgh Festival Fringe C Venues{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghguide.com/venue/ccubed |publisher=EdinburghGuide.com.com|title=C Cubed Venue, Edinburgh Fringe Festival|accessdate=19 March 2015}} |
| 2009
| Shakespeare | The Doctor | {{Unknown}} |
| 2011
| Marlene understudy |
| 2015
|Scarlet | Sam H. Freeman | Scarlet | Role shared with Lucy Kilpatrick, Jade Ogugua and Asha Reid in unison{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1488251254/scarlet-at-southwark-playhouse-theatre-renegade|title=Scarlet at the Southwalk Playhouse|publisher=Kickstarter|accessdate=21 March 2015}} |
| 2018
|Foxfinder | Dawn King |Judith Covey |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|4008100}}
- {{Instagram|heida.reed}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.visir.is/lidur-vel-a-islandi/article/2013709249991|publisher=Dagblaðið Vísir|title=Líður vel á Íslandi|last=OTTESEN|first=ÁSA|date=24 September 2013}}
- [http://www.poldarked.com/2015/02/heida-reed-elizabeth-talks-poldark.html Interview], poldarked.com
- [http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/heida-reed-scarlet-southwark-playhouse_37349.html Profile], WhatsOnStage.com
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