Imogen King
{{Short description|English actress (born 1996)}}
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| birth_name = Imogen Hare Duke King
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1996}}
| birth_place = Manchester, England
| alma_mater = Goldsmiths, University of London
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| years_active = 2013–present
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Imogen Hare Duke King (born 1996) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the second series of Clique (2018) on BBC Three, the ITV crime drama The Bay (2019–2021), the period drama Hotel Portofino (2022), and the Channel 4 crime drama Suspect (2022).
Early life
King is from Manchester. She joined local youth drama companies at The Lowry and the Royal Exchange, participating in the 2013 National Theatre Connections. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. She enrolled in a Shakespearean programme at the Independent Centre for Actor Training in Bolton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mandy.com/us/actor/imogen-king|title=Imogen King|website=Mandy|accessdate=4 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.selectmodel.com/london/model/imogen-king|title=Imogen King - Select London|website=Select Model Management|accessdate=23 August 2023}}
Career
King made her television debut in a 2014 episode of the BBC One medical soap opera Doctors and her feature film debut the following year as a young version of Lily Cole's character in The Messenger. This was followed by guest appearances in the BBC One soap opera Casualty and anthology series Moving On, a role as Kelly in the Channel 4 television film The Watchman with Stephen Graham.
Upon graduating from university, King joined the cast of the BBC Three thriller Clique for its second series as Rayna.{{Cite journal|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/victoria-star-leo-suter-outlanders-stuart-harris-darkest-hours-imogen-king-join-pop-bbc-drama-clique-1202377211/|title='Victoria' Star Leo Suter, 'Outlander's Stuart Harris & 'Darkest Hour's Imogen King Join Pop & BBC Drama 'Clique'|journal=Deadline|first=Peter|last=White|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=10 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/46/clique|title=Clique|website=BBC Media Centre|accessdate=10 November 2018}} She had small roles in the 2017 and 2018 war films Darkest Hour and A Private War. In 2019, King began playing Abbie Armstrong in the ITV crime drama The Bay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/the-bay-itv-cast-morven-christie/|title=Meet the Cast of The Bay|website=Radio Times|date=21 February 2021|accessdate=2 October 2021}}
In 2022, King had a main role as Melissa de Vere in the BritBox period drama Hotel Portofino and played murder victim and Danny Frater's (James Nesbitt) daughter Christina in the Channel 4 crime drama Suspect.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/james-nesbitt-richard-e-grant-forhoret-adaptation-channel-4-1235076824/|title=James Nesbitt, Joely Richardson, Richard E. Grant to Star in Channel 4 'Forhoret' Adaptation 'Suspect'|website=Variety|first=Naman|last=Ramachandran|access-date=29 September 2021|date=20 September 2021}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
| Young Emma | |
| 2017
| Teenage Girl at Tube Map | |
| 2018
| Lily Shaw | Uncredited role |
| 2019
| Absent | Chloe | Short film |
| 2024
| Superbolt | Alice | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Doctors | Davina 'Divsie' Majors | Series 15; episode 207: "Out of the Blue" |
| 2015
| Casualty | Rosie Bess | Series 29; episode 42: "Dark Horses" |
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| Ruby | Series 7; episode 3: "A Picture of Innocence" |
| The Watchman
| Kelly | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Doctors | Finn Gunnarson | Series 19; episode 240: "The Damage Done" |
| Clique
| Rayna | Series 2; episodes 1–6 |
| 2019–2021
| The Bay | Abbie Armstrong | Series 1–2; 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Melissa De Vere | Main role. Series 1; episodes 1–6 |
| Suspect
| Christina Frater | Series 1; episodes 1–8 |
| 2024
| Love Rat | Susie | Mini-series; episodes 1–4 |
| 2025
| Daisy Mccrae | Series 14; episode 3 |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2013
| I'm Spilling My Heart Out Here | Jodie |
| 2018
| The Newspaper Boy | Jane | 53two, Manchester |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|6347587}}
- [https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/imogen-king/ Imogen King] at Independent Talent
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Category:Actresses from Manchester
Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Category:English television actresses
Category:Select Model Management models
Category:Theatre practitioners
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