Lucie Shorthouse
{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Infobox person
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| birth_name = Lucy Richenda Shorthouse
| birth_place = Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England
| alma_mater = Selwyn College, Cambridge
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2015–present
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Lucy Richenda Shorthouse is an English actress. She won a WhatsOnStage Award for her performance in Everybody's Talking About Jamie. On television, she is known for her roles in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts (2021–) and the BBC series Henpocalypse! (2023) and Rebus (2024).
Early life and education
Lucy Richenda Shorthouse{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} was born in the Nuneaton and Bedworth area of Warwickshire and grew up in Tamworth, Staffordshire. Her family had moved to England from Kenya.{{Cite journal |url=https://birmingham.livingmag.co.uk/lucie-shorthouse/|title=Lucie Shorthouse|journal=Birmingham Living|date=23 April 2018|accessdate=13 October 2023}}
Shorthouse attended the Polesworth School.{{Cite journal |url=https://issuu.com/sel-alum/docs/selcal-1|title=New members in residence: Undergraduates|journal=Selwyn College Calendar, 2009-2010|date=1 November 2010|accessdate=13 October 2023|page=23}} Growing up, she took classes at the Wendy Morton Academy of Dance in Atherstone.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wmadance.com/alumni|title=Ex-Students|website=Wendy Morton Academy of Dance|accessdate=13 October 2023}}
She went on to graduate from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Drama. At university, she was a member of Footlights. She then trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts until 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/BWW-Interview-Lucie-Shorthouse-On-EVERYBODYS-TALKING-ABOUT-JAMIE-20171203|title=Interview: Lucie Shorthouse On Everybody's Talking About Jamie |website=BroadwayWorld|first=Marianka|last=Swain|date=3 December 2017|accessdate=13 October 2023}}{{Cite journal |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/actor-lucie-shorthouse-playing-a-muslim-character-in-a-musical-is-a-big-responsibility|title=Actor Lucie Shorthouse: 'Playing a Muslim character in a musical is a big responsibility'|journal=The Stage|first=Giverny|last=Masso|date=30 January 2018|accessdate=13 October 2023}}{{subscription required}}
Career
After appearing on stage in productions such as The House of In Between at the Theatre Royal Stratford East and Roller Diner at the Soho Theatre,{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/my-top-five-showtunes-lucie-shorthouse_46930.html/|title=My Top 5 Showtunes: Lucie Shorthouse|website=WhatsOnStage|first=Ben|last=Hewis|date=30 June 2018|accessdate=13 October 2023}} Shorthouse originated the role of Pritti Pasha in the coming-of-age musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Sheffield Crucible in 2017, a role she would reprise for its West End run at the Apollo Theatre.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/04/06/everybodys-talking-about-jamie-lucie-shorthouse-hijab-political-theatre-west-end/|title=Everybody's Talking About Jamie's Lucie Shorthouse: 'I get to rock a hijab!'|journal=Pink News|first=Adam|last=Bloodworth|date=6 April 2018|accessdate=13 October 2023}} For her performance, Shorthouse won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
Shorthouse had her first prominent television role in 2020 when she joined the main cast of the Sky One police procedural Bulletproof for its second series as Paige Pennington.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.news24.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/tv/bulletproofs-lucie-shorthouse-on-s2-every-time-you-think-this-is-it-theres-another-loophole-20200804-2|title=Bulletproof's Lucie Shorthouse on S2: Every time you think this is it, there's another loophole|journal=News24|first=Leandra|last=Engelbrecht|date=4 August 2020|accessdate=13 October 2023}} The following year, she began playing band manager Momtaz in the Channel 4 sitcom We Are Lady Parts.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.popsugar.co.uk/entertainment/photo-gallery/48326238/image/48326306/Lucie-Shorthouse-as-Momtaz|title=Lucie Shorthouse as Momtaz|journal=PopSugar|first=Lucy|last=Wigley|date=17 May 2021|accessdate=13 October 2023}}
Shorthouse returned to the Sheffield Crucible in 2021 and 2022 for Talent{{Cite web |url=https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/news/we-chat-to-the-leads-of-talent-lucie-shorthouse-and-jamie-rose-monk|title=We chat to the leads of Talent: Lucie Shorthouse|website=Sheffield Theatres|date=22 June 2021|accessdate=13 October 2023}} and Rock / Paper / Scissors respectively. She also appeared in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore at the Charing Cross Theatre.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
In 2023, Shorthouse led the BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse! as Zara opposite Callie Cooke.{{Cite journal |url=https://belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/five-minutes-with-henpocalypse-stars-callie-cooke-and-lucie-shorthouse/a471693466.html|title=Five minutes with… Henpocalypse! stars Callie Cooke and Lucie Shorthouse|journal=Belfast Telegraph|date=12 August 2023|accessdate=18 August 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/features/lucie-shorthouse-reveals-hilarious-moments-filming-comedy-henpocalypse|title=Lucie Shorthouse reveals hilarious moments filming comedy Henpocalypse|website=What to Watch|first=Victoria|last=Wilson|date=15 August 2023|accessdate=13 October 2023}} She also made a guest appearance in the ITVX true crime series The Long Shadow.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}
She has a leading role as DC Siobhan Clarke in the 2024 BBC Scotland series Rebus opposite Richard Rankin.{{cite web | last=Russell | first=Stephen A. | title=Richard Rankin and the twisting road to ‘Rebus’ | website=SBS Television | date=1 August 2024 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/richard-rankin-and-the-twisting-road-to-rebus/t23vrhwdl | access-date=15 August 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015, 2018
| Doctors | Helen Cloverfield / Brittany Chambers | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| Melanie | Episode: "In the Trap" |
| 2019
| Jade | 1 episode |
| 2020–2021
| Paige Pennington | Main role (series 2–3) |
| 2021–present
| Momtaz | Main role |
| 2021
| Echoes (short film) |Jen | Main role |
| 2022
| Alissa Sawalha | 1 episode |
| 2023
| Zara | Main role |
| 2023
| Cindy Thornbury | 1 episode |
| 2024
| Rebus |Main Role |
Stage
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| The House of In Between | Dev |
| 2017
| Roller Diner | Chantal | Soho Theatre, London |
| 2017
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Pritti Pasha | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield / Apollo Theatre, London |
| 2021
| Talent | Julie | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2022
| Rock / Paper / Scissors | Zara | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2022
| The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore | Frances Black | Charing Cross Theatre, London |
Awards and nominations
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! {{Ref heading}} |
|---|
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | {{won}} |
| H100 Awards
| colspan="2" | Rising Star | {{won}} |
| The Stage Debut Awards
| Best West End Debut | Everybody's Talking About Jamie | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|7764898}}
- [https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/1/F189748.html Lucie Shorthouse] at Spotlight
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Category:Actresses from Staffordshire
Category:Actresses from Warwickshire
Category:Alumni of the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Category:Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:English people of Kenyan descent
Category:English people of South Asian descent
Category:Actors from Nuneaton and Bedworth