Biography
Suzanne Bertish is an English actress born on 7 August 1951 in Hammersmith, London. She was educated at Woldingham School and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in numerous productions including the marathon stage version of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in which she played three roles. She repeated the roles in the 1982 television adaptation and won an Olivier Award for supporting actress for the stage production.
Bertish has appeared in BBC Television Shakespeare productions such as The Comedy of Errors (1983) as Adriana. Her television credits include Shine on Harvey Moon (1984–1985), Red Dwarf (1988), Rome (2005–2007), Sex Education (2021) and Andor (2022). Film roles include The Hunger (1983), The 13th Warrior (1999), The Wife (2017), Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) as Renata, The Nun II (2023) as Madame Laurent and Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024). She received a Tony Award nomination for featured actress in a play for The Molière Comedies (1995).
