Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir[1] known by her stage name Heida Reed (HAY-da;[1] born 22 May 1988), is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark.[2]
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Born | Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir (1988-05-22) 22 May 1988 (age 34) Reykjavík, Iceland |
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Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 2008–present |
Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother.[1][3] She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavík,[3][4] and attended Ölduselsskóli.[4] Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency,[3] and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years.[1][3][4][5] When she was 19/20, she settled in London,[6] where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.[4][7][5]
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, America-based producer Sam Ritzenberg.[4][8]
Reed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's Cross Purpose.[4] A reviewer for the Edinburgh Guide considered it "expertly acted and finely paced."[9] In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, Scarlet, by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.[6]
The same year, Reed was cast in a major role in the British historical TV drama Poldark, which was based on the novels of the same title, playing the part of Elizabeth.[1] She appeared in all five seasons of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in Foxfinder with Iwan Rheon.[10]
In 2021, Reed is currently portraying FBI Special Agent Jamie Kellett in CBS crime drama series FBI: International.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Dance Like Someone's Watching | Gabriella | Short film |
2011 | One Day | Ingrid | [4][5] |
2012 | Vampyre Nation | Celeste | [11] |
2013 | Eternal Return | Isabelle | |
2022 | Against the Ice | Naja | |
2022 | Blank | Rita | |
2022 | Summerlight... and Then Comes the Night | Elísabet |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012 | DCI Banks | Carmen | 2 episodes[12] |
2013 | Jo | Adèle Gauthier | Main role |
2014 | Silent Witness | Monica Dreyfus | Episode: "Commodity" (2 parts) |
2014 | The Lava Field: Hraunið | Gréta | TV miniseries |
2015–2019 | Poldark | Elizabeth Poldark (nee Chynoweth) | Main cast (Seasons 1-4) 35 episodes[4] Season 5 (in flashbacks & hallucinations) |
2015 | Toast of London | Pooky Hook | Episode: "Hamm on Toast" |
2016 | Death in Paradise | Eloise Ronson | Episode: "Posing in Murder"[13] |
2017-2021 | Stella Blómkvist | Stella Blómkvist | Main role (TV miniseries)[7][4][3][5] |
2021–present | FBI: International | Jamie Kellet | Main cast |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2018 | Nutritiously Nicola! | Olivia Reedy | Episode: "Food instability" |
Year | Title | Playwright | Role | Venue | Notes |
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2009 | Cross Purpose | Albert Camus | Maria | Edinburgh Festival Fringe C Venues[4][9] | Find a Penny Theatre Company[14] |
2009 | Macbeth | Shakespeare | The Doctor | Unknown | Shakespeare in Styria |
2011 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Marlene understudy | Trafalgar Studios | [7] |
2015 | Scarlet | Sam H. Freeman | Scarlet | Southwark Playhouse | Role shared with Lucy Kilpatrick, Jade Ogugua and Asha Reid in unison[15] |
2018 | Foxfinder | Dawn King | Judith Covey | Ambassadors Theatre | [7] |
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