Daisy Waterstone
Daisy Waterstone | |
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| Born | 13 June 1994 Hammersmith, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Known for | The Durrells |
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Daisy Waterstone (born 13 June 1994) is a British actress, best known for playing Margo Durrell in the ITV family drama The Durrells.
Early life
Waterstone was born on 13 June 1994[1] in Hammersmith, London, one of eight children of Sir Tim Waterstone, founder of the Waterstones bookshop chain, and film director/ producer and novelist Rosie Alison.[2] She attended Francis Holland School, Sloane Square.[3]
Waterstone became a member of the National Youth Theatre when she was thirteen, and later took a one-year foundation course at the Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts before moving on to her acting career.[4]
Career
Waterstone started her professional career on stage at The Pleasance Theatre, Islington, as Lucy/Tootles in the original production of Peter Pan Goes Wrong,[5] followed by playing Susanna Walcott at The Old Vic in Yaël Farber's production of The Crucible,[4] and has also played Emma in Rules for Living at the Royal National Theatre.[5]
In 2014 she appeared as Katie Bowman in two episodes of the TV series Silent Witness,[5] as Beatrice in the TV miniseries And Then There Were None,[5] and as Clare Leighton in Testament of Youth.[6] In 2015 she had parts in Cyberbully,[5] and Dark Was the Night.[7]
From 2015 to 2019, Waterstone played the role of Margo Durrell, a main character in the family comedy drama series The Durrells,[5] which ran for four series and twenty six episodes, finishing in May 2019. Following The Durrells her work includes Abigail in two episodes of The Capture in 2019,[5] in a cast which included Holliday Grainger, Ron Perlman, Ben Miles, Nigel Lindsay, and Indira Varma. In 2022, she starred as Octavia Aldridge in four episodes of series 2, of Dalgliesh (2022),[5] as Jacqueline Hill in The Long Shadow (2023),[5] and as Fiona Carey in Prime Target (2025).[5]
Also in 2025 she returned to the stage, co-starring as Loll in Dear Loll at Wilton's Music Hall, followed by tour. [8] In March 2026 she once more plays Abigail in three episodes of Series 3 of BBCTV's The Capture.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes or ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Testament of Youth | Clare Leighton | [4] |
| 2015 | Cyberbully | Tamara Mathis | [5] |
| 2015 | Dark Was the Night | Vik | Short film [5] |
| 2018 | La La Means I Love You | Lois | Short film [5] |
| 2018 | The Time Tree | Kate | Short film [5] |
| 2018 | The Eternal Moment | Elsa | Short film [5] |
| 2020 | Indefinately | Tilly | Short film [5] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Silent Witness | Katie Bowman | Episode: "Fraternity" (2 parts) | [4] |
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | Beatrice | 1 episode | [5] |
| 2015–2019 | The Durrells | Margo Durrell | 26 episodes | [3] |
| 2019–2022 | The Capture | Abigail | 4 episodes | [9] |
| 2022 | T.S. Eliot: Into 'The Waste Land' | The Hyacinth Girl | TV documentary | [5] |
| 2023 | Dalgliesh | Octavia Aldridge | 2 episodes | [5] |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Jacqueline Hill | 2 episodes | [5] |
| 2025 | Prime Target | Fiona Carey | 3 episodes | [5] |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Lucy/Tootles | The Pleasance Theatre | [5] |
| 2014 | The Crucible | Susanna Walcott | The Old Vic | [10] |
| 2015 | Rules for Living | Emma | The Royal National Theatre | [5] |
| 2016 | Alligators | Genevieve | Hampstead Theatre | [5] |
References
- ↑ "Who's in the cast of The Durrells? Here's who stars alongside Bodyguard's Keeley Hawes in the ITV drama". Heart Radio. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ↑ Forster, Katherine (28 April 2019). "Relative Values: Tim Waterstone, the bookshop founder, and his daughter, the Durrells actress Daisy Waterstone". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- 1 2 "Durrells TV drama revives the dying ritual of family viewing". theguardian.com. 25 February 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 "Daisy Waterstone Drama Foundation". CSVPA. 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Daisy Waterstone - Acting CV". unitedagents.co.uk. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ↑ "In the closet with Daisy Waterstone". S Magazine on twitter. 23 April 2017.
- ↑ "'The Durrells' season 3: Margo star opens up about on-set chaos 'There's always screaming'". Express. 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ↑ "The Durrells season 4 finale: Daisy Waterstone on a Margo spin-off". inews.co.uk. 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Meet the cast of BBC conspiracy thriller The Capture". Radio Times. 2019.
- ↑ "Digital Theatre - The Crucible - Full Cast". digitaltheatre.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.