Emily Fairn


Emily Fairn is an English actress who has appeared on television, stage and in film.

Early life

From Liverpool, Fairn graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2020.

Career

Fairn made her debut television role as Casey in BBC One police drama The Responder starring Martin Freeman, and broadcast in January 2022. The series was well-received and a second series was commissioned with a start of filming date set for late 2023.
She appeared as Frida in an episode of the BBC One dark comedy series Rain Dogs starring Daisy May Cooper. She has a role in the episode Demon 79 from the sixth series of Black Mirror on Netflix.
On stage, Fairn appeared in 2023 in the West End alongside Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist in a production of Brokeback Mountain at the SoHo Place Theatre, featuring a musical performance by a band led by Eddi Reader. Fairn appears as Hedges' wife Alma and Nick Curtis in the Evening Standard said she showed "startling assurance" for her debut, and Fiona Mountford for The i said she deserved "plaudits".
She has filmed a BFI-backed feature film called Chuck Chuck Baby, described as a musical drama set in a chicken factory in industrial north Wales, written and directed by Janis Pugh. She also has a role in the Sky One political thriller COBRA, She is also in the Oliver Hermanus directed period drama series Mary & George, in which she plays the maid to an aristocrat played by Julianne Moore.
Fairn portrayed comedienne Laraine Newman in the 2024 biopic Saturday Night.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022–2024The ResponderCasey10 episodes
2023Rain DogsFridaEpisode: "Jesus Loves a Hustler"
2023Black MirrorSuzieEpisode: "Demon 79"
2023Chuck Chuck BabyAmyFilm
2023COBRAPolly Wright4 episodes
2024Mary & GeorgeJenny6 episodes
2024JoyLilyFilm
2024Saturday NightLaraine NewmanFilm
2025House of GuinnessAnne GuinnessLead role
2025The ChoralBellaFilm
2026It Gets WorseAbiFilming