Siobhan Hewlett

Siobhan Hewlett is a British-born Irish film, television, radio and theatre actress, writer, producer, poet and artist. She hails from a theatrical dynasty stretching back to the 19th-century. Her acting credits include Monsieur N (2003), The Canterbury Tales (2003), The Philanthropist (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005), Irina Palm (2007), Torchwood (2008), Hotel Babylon (2009), Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant (2009), Sherlock (2010), Bonded by Blood (2011), Hummingbird (2013), Brakes (2016), The Show (2021), and McDonald & Dodds (2021). Background and early life Siobhan comes from a long family history of entertainers, including her father, Donald Hewlett, an actor best known for It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and her mother, Thérèse McMurray, a child star and lead in the hospital-based drama Emergency Ward 10,and star of Dad's Army, and Are You Being Served. Educated in England, Hewlett attended Wellesley House School, Downe House School, and The King's School, Canterbury on art scholarships. She won a scholarship to study acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, for a 3-year classical acting diploma course. Hewlett studied playwriting at the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers program under playwright Simon Stephens. She also spent some time in Los Angeles, attending The Groundlings improv school as well as performing with L.A. Theatre Works.