Theatre Fernandez began her regular theatre work in 1997, and has since performed in several plays including
Shopping and Fucking and
Woody Allen's Murder Mysteries. Her
Shakespearean work includes
Hamlet (as
Ophelia),
Romeo and Juliet (as
Juliet) and
Macbeth (as
Lady Macduff).
Television She has appeared regularly on British television, including appearances in
Twenty Twelve,
My Family,
The Forsyte Saga,
Married Single Other and Killing Eve.
Film Her first major film was the multiple award-winning
Happy-Go-Lucky, directed by
Mike Leigh, where she played a
flamenco teacher from
Seville with emotional problems. She gained praise as one of the
Top 10 Best Performances of 2008 That You May Not Have Heard About. She followed this up with a larger role in
Another Year, also directed by Leigh. She has talked about her experiences working with Leigh in a
Guardian video. In 2014, she appeared in historical comedy-drama film
Pride as Stella. She also appeared in 2014 as Miss Coggins in the biographical drama
Mr. Turner and plays Dido's Lament by
Henry Purcell to Turner's (
Timothy Spall) singing.
Voice Fernandez has narrated or co-narrated a number of audio books, including
The Happy Home for Broken Hearts by Rowan Coleman,
Want to Know a Secret? by Sue Moorcroft and
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory. ==References==