Kate Fleetwood

Kate Fleetwood (born 24 September 1972) is an English actress. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End and Broadway and an Olivier Award nomination in 2012 for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. Her film and television credits include Vanity Fair (2004), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), Macbeth (2010), Philomena (2013), London Road (2015), Harlots (2017–2019), and The Wheel of Time (2021).

Early life
Fleetwood grew up on a farm in Arden, Warwickshire near Stratford-upon-Avon, and she is a graduate of Exeter University. She attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington Spa. She began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company during her childhood.

Career
In 2008, Fleetwood was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, opposite Patrick Stewart, which first opened at Chichester Festival Theatre and was transferred to the West End and Broadway,

In 2012, she was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her performance as Julie in London Road at the National Theatre. She is patron of En Masse Theatre, and joint patron, with husband Rupert Goold, of Escape Arts' youth arts work.

Personal life
She is married to Rupert Goold, who directed her in Macbeth; they have a son and a daughter.

Stage

 * Love Is the Drug (1995, Oxford Stage Company (OSC)) as Flamina
 * Twelfth Night (1996, OSC) as Viola
 * Swaggers (1996, Old Red Lion Theatre) as Nancy
 * The Comic Mysteries (1997, UK tour) as Death/Gabriel
 * Romeo and Juliet (1998, UK tour) as Juliet
 * Arabian Nights (1998, Young Vic) as Dinarzard/Parizade
 * Ghosts (1999, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Regina
 * Nativity (1999, Young Vic)
 * The Two Noble Kinsmen (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as the gaoler's daughter
 * The Tempest (2000, Shakespeare's Globe) as Iris
 * Tender (2001, Hampstead Theatre/ Birmingham Rep/ Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Tash
 * Medea (2001, (Queen's Theatre) as Chorus
 * Mariana Pineda  (2002, Gate Theatre) as Mariana Pineda
 * Love's Labour's Lost (2003, National Theatre) as Rosaline
 * A Midsummer Night's Dream (2003, Bristol Old Vic) as Helena
 * Othello (2003, Theatre Royal Northampton) as Desdemona
 * Hecuba (2004, Donmar Warehouse) as Polyxena
 * Pericles (2006, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)) as Thaisa
 * The Winter's Tale (2006, RSC) as Hermione
 * King Lear (2014, National Theatre) as Goneril
 * National Theatre Live: King Lear (2014) as Goneril
 * High Society (2015, The Old Vic) as Tracy Lord
 * Medea (2015, Almeida Theatre) as Medea
 * Ugly Lies the Bone (2017 National Theatre) as Jess
 * Absolute Hell (2018 National Theatre) as Christine
 * 101 Dalmatians (2022, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) as Cruella de Vil