Pearl Mackie
Biography
Pearl Mackie is a British actress who graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2010, the year she was nominated for a BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for her work in the school play Noughts & Crosses. Born in Brixton, she took her first major television role in 2014 as Anne-Marie Frasier in the soap opera Doctors, after a part in the music comedy Svengali (2013). On stage she appeared in Crystal Springs at the Park Theatre, Obama-ology at the Finborough and Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party. Her best known role is Bill Potts, the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who, which brought her a 2018 Screen Nation Film and TV Award and nominations at the TV Times and Heat awards. She also narrated The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021), earning a Critics' Choice Documentary Award nomination.
39years old
Turns 40 on May 29in 209 days
- Born Brixton
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years2013 to 2022
Every film, newest first
- 2022The DealIMDb rating 4.7
- 2021The Real Charlie ChaplinIMDb rating 7.3
- 2017Doctor Who: Twice Upon a TimeIMDb rating 8.3
- 2013SvengaliIMDb rating 5.6
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Early training
Mackie finished her training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 2010. That year she was also put forward for the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award, which recognized her duologues in the school play Noughts & Crosses.
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Worked with
Pearl Mackie made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Geraldine Chaplin's page
Martin Freeman's page
Charles Chaplin's page
Michael Smiley's page
Mark Gatiss's page
Peter Capaldi's page
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James SpinneyDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by James Spinney
Peter MiddletonDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Peter Middleton
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