
Susannah Wise
Susannah Walker Wise is an English television and stage actress. She trained as an actress at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1995. Wise is best known for her work in the soap opera EastEnders and the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. On stage, she has had roles in Christopher Shinn's Where Do We Live and in Nina Raine's Rabbit. She also played Rebecca Shaw in the Channel 4 series Derek. She appeared in the final episode of Kavanagh QC, starring John Thaw, in 2001. In 2015 she portrayed Sylvie in the Mystery miniseries The Enfield Haunting. In 2020 she appeared as Emily Helmsley in Father Brown episode 8.10 "The Tower of Lost Souls". Her debut novel This Fragile Earth was released in 2021, her second novel Okay Then That’s Great in 2022. Both books have been longlisted for the Mslexia prize
10
Films
17
TV Shows
Known For
27 Credits
Midsomer Murders
as Liz Francis
1997

Call the Midwife
as Hilary
2012

Father Brown
as Emily Helmsley
2013

The IT Crowd
as Samantha
2006

Peep Show
as Heather
2003

Trying
as Denise
2020

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Shop Assistant
1987

Toast of London
2013

Derek
as Rebecca
2013

Chewing Gum
as Louise
2015

Art Detectives
as Marie Claes
2025

Manilla Envelopes
as Susan Jenkins
2006