Hermione Corfield

Hermione Corfield
Corfield in 2022
Born	Hermione Isla Conyngham Corfield (1993-12-19) 19 December 1993 (age 31)[1] London, England[2]
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	2014–present

Hermione Isla Conyngham Corfield^[3] (born 19 December 1993)^[1] is an English actress. She has appeared in films including Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mr. Holmes (2015), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Rust Creek (2018) and The Misfits (2021).

On television, she is known for her roles in the ITV period drama The Halcyon (2017) and the Alibi series We Hunt Together (2020–).

Early life

Corfield was born in London, the daughter of Richard Conyngham Corfield, of the Corfield family of Chatwall Hall, Shropshire,^[4] and Jermyn Street shirt designer Emma Willis.^[5][6] Corfield attended Downe House School^[7] in Cold Ash, a village near Newbury, Berkshire. Corfield studied English literature at University College London before taking a method acting course at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.^[8][9]

Career

Corfield made her film debut in 2014 with Colton's Big Night, a segment in the movie 50 Kisses, directed by Sebastian Solberg, where she plays a character named Anna.^[10] In 2015, she starred alongside Ian McKellen and Laura Linney in Mr. Holmes, and appeared in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opposite Tom Cruise. She also worked with Penélope Cruz in an advertisement campaign for Schweppes.^[11] In 2014, she was cast in Fallen as Gabrielle Givens.^[12] In 2016, she appeared in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Cassandra. In 2017, she appeared in the film XXX: Return of Xander Cage alongside Vin Diesel, the Guy Ritchie-directed King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and in Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Tallie Lintra, a Resistance A-Wing pilot and squadron leader.^[13] She also starred in the ITV drama The Halcyon as Emma Garland.^[14]

She starred in the 2017 film Bees Make Honey and in the 2018 British comedy film Slaughterhouse Rulez, along with Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, and Simon Pegg.

Corfield received acclaim from critics for her performance in Rust Creek, which was released in cinemas on 4 January 2019. She played one of the central characters in the 2020 TV series We Hunt Together.

In February 2024, it was announced that Corfield had been cast as Julia Morriston in the Outlander prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood.^[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Note
2014	50 Kisses	Anna	Segment: "Colton's Big Night"
2015	Mr. Holmes	Matinee 'Ann Kelmot'
	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Record Shop Keeper / IMF agent
2016	Pride and Prejudice and Zombies	Cassandra Featherstone
	Fallen	Gabrielle "Gabbe" Givens
2017	XXX: Return of Xander Cage	Ainsley
	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	Syren 3
	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Tallissan "Tallie" Lintra
2018	Bees Make Honey	Tatiana
	Slaughterhouse Rulez	Clemsie Lawrence
2019	Rust Creek	Sawyer Scott
	Born a King	Princess Mary
	Sea Fever	Siobhán
2021	The Misfits	Hope Pace
	The Road Dance	Kirsty Macleod
2023	A Million Days	Charlie	Post-production
TBA	Fear Below	Clara Bennett

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Endeavour	Cassie Watkins	Episode: "Prey"
2017	The Halcyon	Emma Garland	8 episodes[16]
2020–2022	We Hunt Together	Freddy Lane	Lead role
TBA	Outlander: Blood of My Blood	Julia Morriston	Main role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Tallissan "Tallie" Lintra (voice)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	National Film Awards UK	Best Newcomer	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Nominated	[17][18]
2018	Breckenridge Festival of Film	Best Actress	Rust Creek	Won	[17]
2018	Jefferson State Flixx Fest	Best Actress	Rust Creek	Won	[17]

References

1. "Hermione Corfield". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
2. "Hermione Corfield - Births & Baptisms [1] - Genes Reunited".
3. "Hermione Isla Conyngham CORFIELD". Company House UK.
4. Burke's Landed Gentry 1952, ed. L. G. Pine, 'Corfield of Chatwall Hall' pedigree
5. "Prince Charles' shirtmaker, Emma Willis MBE, on tailoring during the pandemic". luxurylondon.co.uk. 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021.
6. Knowles, James (12 February 2016). "The Drapers Interview: British shirtmaker Emma Willis". Drapers.
7. https://www.tatler.com/gallery/downe-house-charity-fashion-show
8. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/hermione-corfield-on-trading-guns-and-bikinis-for-a-sedate-wartime-drama-you-learn-to-put-on-a-persona-a3461496.html
9. https://therake.com/default/stories/rake-progress-hermione-corfield
10. "Colton's Big Night – Behind the Scenes". YouTube. 31 August 2016.
11. "Hermione Corfield – Schweppes Advertisement". YouTube. 24 August 2014.
12. "Hermione Corfield at the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival 2015". YouTube. 18 February 2015.
13. "The Last Jedi: Rian Johnson Confirms A-Wing Leader Tallie Lintra is Played by Actress Hermione Corfield". starwarsnewsnet. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
14. "Meet the cast of The Halcyon". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
15. Otterson, Joe (5 February 2024). "'Outlander' Prequel Series at Starz Sets Lead Cast, Begins Productions". Variety.
16. Graham, Alison. "The Halcyon Series 1 – Episode 1 Review". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
17. "Hermione Corfield Awards". IMDB (Index source only). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
18. "2016 National Film Awards UK winners announced". thenationalpost.co.uk. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2019.

External links

• Hermione Corfield at IMDb
• Hermione Corfield at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hermione Corfield on Twitter