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Bryony Hannah (born 1984) is a British actress, best known as Cynthia Miller in BBC One's Call the Midwife.

Bryony Shona Hannah
Born	1984 (age 37–38)
Education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)
Occupation	Actress
Television	Call the Midwife Dead Boss

Personal life

The daughter of a teacher and a retired Royal Navy lieutenant-commander, Hannah comes from Portsmouth, and after leaving school worked in a pub in Southampton. She was then accepted to RADA, having won a Laurence Olivier Bursary.[1]

In 2014, Hannah gave birth to her first child.[2]

Career

Hannah received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for her role as Mary Tilford in The Children's Hour.[3] Several reviews of that production mentioned that Hannah was a "virtual unknown" and "stole the show."[1]

Her other stage roles include performances in Earthquakes in London, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, The Pillowman, The Merry Wives of Windsor and War Horse. In 2017, she appeared in the posthumous premiere of Olivier Award winner Kevin Elyot's final play Twilight Song, alongside Adam Garcia and Paul Higgins.

She also appeared in Dead Boss as Christine[4] and provided the voice of Padget, Pando's carer, in the CBeebies TV series, Bing.

She is perhaps best known for her work on Call the Midwife. Her character, Nurse Cynthia Miller, was in the initial cast of characters of season one.[5] During the course of the show, Cynthia decided she was being called to a religious life, and she became a nun. Her character lived as a nun at Nonnatus House, where she also worked as a midwife.[6] Hannah left the series after season six.[7]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Cemetery Junction	Louise the Waitress
2015	Jupiter Ascending	Nurse Schultz
2021	The Last Duel	Alice
TBA	Firebrand	Ellen	Filming
Television
2022	The Chelsea Detective	Erin Murphy	1 Episode
2021	Death in Paradise	Rebecca Morley	1 Episode
2017	Unforgotten	Cath	4 Episodes
2014-2019	Bing (Tv Series)	Padget	104 Episodes
2012	Dead Boss	Christine	6 Episodes
2012–2017	Call the Midwife	Cynthia Miller / Sister Mary Cynthia	40 Episodes
2012	Above Suspicion: Silent Scream	Felicity Turner	TV mini-series
2011	Life's Too Short	Brenda	Episode 5
2003	Reversals	Female Student	Minor role, TV movie
Theatre
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Children's Hour	Mary Tilford[8]	Olivier Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role[3]

References

External links

• Bryony Hannah at IMDb
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art profile

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