Lizzie Hopley

Lizzie Hopley

Capulet

This is Lizzie’s first appearance at the New Vic.

Theatre credits include: Eclipse (Chichester Minerva); Far Away (Lost Text / Found Space); Princess Essex, The Taming of the Shrew (Globe Theatre); The Audience (Nuffield Theatre); Arden of Faversham, The Roaring Girl, The White Devil (RSC);’ Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Cheek by Jowl world tour); Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing (Creation Theatre); Six Characters in Search of an Author (Young Vic); Abigail’s Party (UK tour); Northanger Abbey (Northcott Theatre); Our Country’s Good, She Stoops to Conquer (Mercury Colchester); Twelfth Night (National Theatre tour).

Television and film credits include: Fackham Hall (Mews Films); The Acres (Reel Issue Films); Iron Ladies (Shut Out the Light); Blitz (Working Title); Jane Eyre (Ruby Films); Nowhere Boy (Ecosse Films); Pierrepoint (Granada / UK Film Council); Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Working Title); Saviour (Drama Republic); Testament (Angel Studios / Roarlight); Black Doves (Sister); The Crown (Left Bank / Sony); The Devil’s Hour (Hartswood); The Reckoning (BBC / ITV); Time (BBC); Vera (ITV); Brassic (Calamity / Sky); Soul Mates (AMC); The Long Song (Heyday / NBC / BBC); Little Boy Blue (ITV); Holby City (BBC); Luther (BBC); Call the Midwife (Neal Street / BBC); The Thirteenth Tale (Heyday / BBC); The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (Hat Trick); Any Human Heart (Carnival / Channel 4); The Day of the Triffids (BBC).

Writing credits include: Green (Pozzitive TV’s Funny Dot Comp in 2021); Salome (Drama on 3); The Elizabethan Beauty Law (Radio 4); The Cenci Family (Radio 4, nominated for a Sony Academy Award & Richard Imerson 1st play award); over 90 audio plays for Big Finish (Scribe Award in 2021 for The Curse of Lady Macbeth.

She took a year out in 2017 to work full-time as a comedian to create popular blog: Diary of a Stand Up Virgin.

Lizzie trained at Manchester University and RADA.