Eleanor Matsuura
Eleanor Matsuura is a British actress best known for her roles as Yumiko in The Walking Dead, Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.
Early life
Matsuura was born in Tokyo and grew up in Hertfordshire, England. She is of half-English and half-Japanese descent and does not speak Japanese. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and graduated in 2004. She is trained in modern and period dance.Career
Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle; and in British films. In 2015 she appeared as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.Matsuura is in the fourth series of the BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. Starting in 2010, she has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda, Dreamfall Chapters, and the 2024 release Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
She portrays Yumiko on the TV show The Walking Dead based on the comic book of the same name.
Personal life
Matsuura is an animal rights supporter and works with the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.In 2014, Matsuura married Canadian actor Trevor White, whom she met in 1996 when they performed together in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Coriolanus; as of 2016, the couple were living in the West Hampstead district of London. The couple have a daughter.