Patsy Ferran
{{Short description|Spanish-British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Patsy Ferran
| image =
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| birthname = Patricia Ferran
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|11|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Valencia, Spain
| occupation = Actor
| known for = Full list
| education = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
| years_active = 2014–present
| awards = Full list
}}
Patricia Ferran (born 25 November 1989) is a Spanish-British actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before becoming known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received a number of accolades including a Laurence Olivier Award.
Ferran started her career acting on the London stage acting in a revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit (2014). She went on to win the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role in the Tennessee Williams revival Summer and Smoke (2018). She was Olivier-nominated for her performance as Blanche DuBois in another Tennessee Williams revival A Streetcar Named Desire (2023).
She made her film debut in Tulip Fever (2017) she has since taken roles in Darkest Hour (2017), Living (2022), Firebrand (2023), and Mickey 17 (2025). On television, she had a recurring role in Jamestown (2017) and took roles in Black Narcissus (2020) and Miss Austen (2025).
Early life and education
Ferran was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1989.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/interviews/2018/summer-smoke-star-patsy-ferran-enjoy-goofy-manly-ugly-stage-liberating/|title=Summer and Smoke star Patsy Ferran: 'I enjoy being goofy, manly, ugly on stage, it's liberating'|date=27 November 2018}} Her father is from Barcelona and her mother is from Valencia. The family moved to England when Ferran was a child.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsc.org.uk/blogs/pathways-to-shakespeare/patsy-ferran|title=PATSY FERRAN PATHWAY #5|accessdate=14 March 2019}} She attended Notre Dame School, an all-girls convent school in Cobham, Surrey.
She read Drama and Theatre Arts at Birmingham University,{{cite news|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/acting/ba-hons-acting/meet-our-graduates-patsy-ferran/|title=Meet our graduates: Patsy Ferran|accessdate=14 March 2019}} and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/patsy-ferran/|title=Patsy Ferran|accessdate=14 March 2019}}
== Career ==
In 2017 Ferran made her film debut acting in three films; the costume drama Tulip Fever, the romance drama God's Own Country, and the historical drama Darkest Hour. That same year she made her television debut acting in three projects; the Netflix miniseries Guerrilla, the British series Jamestown , and the TNT historical fiction series Will.
In 2018 she acted in an Rebecca Frecknall directed revival of the Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke playing Alma Winemiller at the Almeida Theater. Michael Billington of The Guardian praised her performance declaring, that the production was built "around Patsy Ferran, who confirms her status as one of the most exciting actors on the British stage."{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/mar/08/summer-and-smoke-review-tennessee-williams-patsy-ferran-almeida|title= Summer and Smoke review – gripping return for rare Tennessee Williams|website= The Guardian|accessdate= March 11, 2025}} For her performance she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress.{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyHLKBsnU6o|title= Patsy Ferran wins Best Actress Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard|website= Youtube|accessdate= March 11, 2025}} In 2019 she played Björk in the coming of age film How to Build a Girl. The following year she played a nun in the miniseries Black Narcissus (2020).{{cite web|url= https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/black-narcissus-cast-and-characters/|title= Meet the cast of BBC One's Black Narcissus|website= RadioTimes|accessdate= March 11, 2025}}
In 2022, she had a supporting role in the drama Living starring Bill Nighy. That same year, she returned to the theater taking a leading role as Blanche DuBois acting opposite Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowalski in the revival of the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire. For the production she reunited with director Rebecca Frecknall. The play received positive reviews with critics praising her performance. Demetrois Mattheou of The Hollywood Reporter noted, "[Ferran] joined the production just before it was to open...when Lydia Wilson had to withdraw due to injury. The rescue act makes her heartbreaking, very individual performance even more remarkable." adding, "Ferran enthusiastically gobbles up Williams’ lines, capturing the wit of the wobbly flirt perfectly, accompanied by a dry, bitter self-knowledge".{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/a-streetcar-named-desire-theater-paul-mescal-1235298812/|title= ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ Theater Review: Paul Mescal Makes an Explosive Stanley Kowalski in a Brutal Revival|website= The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate= March 11, 2025}} For her performance she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress losing to Jodie Comer in the one-woman show Prima Facie.{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/olivier-awards-2023-winners-paul-mescal-jodie-comer-1235365874/|title= Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer Win Olivier Awards for West End Debuts|website= The Hollywood Reporter|accessdate= March 11, 2025}} She and Mescal reprised their roles at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.newyorkcitytheatre.com/shows/harveylichtensteintheater/a-streetcar-named-desire|title= A Streetcar Named Desire|website= NYTheater|accessdate= March 11, 2025}}
== Acting credits ==
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Tart | |
| God's Own Country
| Robyn | |
| Darkest Hour
| Maid | |
| rowspan="2" |2019
| Björk | |
| The Devil's Harmony
| Kiera | Short Film |
| rowspan="2" |2021
| Joy | |
| Mothering Sunday
|Milly | |
| 2022
| Living | Fiona | |
| 2023
| |
| 2024
| Mille Petitjean | |
| rowspan="3" | 2025
| Dorothy | |
| Hot Milk
| Julieta | |
| Jay Kelly
| | Post-production{{cite web|title=Netflix Sets All-Star Ensemble To Round Out Cast Of Noah Baumbach's Next Film|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=14 March 2024|access-date=14 March 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/noah-baumbachs-next-film-cast-netflix-1235857981/}} |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Gwen | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| Jamestown
| Mercy Myrtle | Recurring role, 24 episodes |
| Will
| Peg | 1 episode |
| 2020
| Sister Blanche | Miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2022
| Pamela | Miniseries, 4 episodes |
| 2025
Lynette |last=Rice|date= December 7, 2023}} |
| 2025
|The guide |Episode: "Eulogy" |
= Theatre =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! class=unsortable| Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="6"|2014
| | Blithe Spirit | Edith |
| rowspan="4"|The Angry Brigade
| rowspan="4"|Anna |
| Oxford Playhouse |
| Warwick Arts Centre |
| Watford Palace Theatre |
| Treasure Island
| Jim |
| 2015
| Portia |
| 2016
| Celia |
| 2017
| Diwata |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| My Mum's a Twat | Girl |
| rowspan="2"|Summer and Smoke
| rowspan="2"|Alma Winemiller |
| Duke of York's Theatre |
| 2019
| Olga Sergeyevna | | Almeida Theatre |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Honey |
| A Christmas Carol
| Various roles |
| 2021
| Her | Old Vic |
| 2022
| rowspan="3" | A Streetcar Named Desire | rowspan="3" | Blanche DuBois | | Almeida Theatre |accessdate=13 January 2023}} |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
=Audio=
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! class=unsortable|Ref. |
|---|
| 2014
|Critics’ Circle Theatre Award | Blithe Spirit and Treasure Island |{{won}} |
| 2015
| Evening Standard Theatre Award | Emerging Talent Award |Treasure Island| Treasure Island |{{nom}} |
| rowspan="3" |2019
| rowspan="3" |Summer and Smoke |{{won}} |
| Critics’ Circle Theatre Award
| {{won}} |
| WhatsOnStage Award
| Best Actress in a Play | {{nom}} |
| 2023
| Best Actress | {{nom}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|7153076}}
{{Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress}}
{{Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress}}
{{Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer}}
{{OlivierAward PlayActress}}
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Category:21st-century Spanish actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:Alumni of the University of Birmingham
Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners
Category:People educated at Notre Dame School, Surrey
Category:Actresses from Valencia