Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves (born August 16, 1961) is an English actress, known for her roles in films including Close My Eyes (1991) and I.D. (1995), Our Kind of Traitor (2016), in the 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune, and in TV series, including as a series regular in Luther (2010), Shetland (2016), and Slow Horses (2022–present).

Early life and education
Saskia Reeves was born in August 16, 1961 of a Dutch mother and English father, and brought up in Twickenham and Paddington, London. Reeves attended the Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton.

According to Reeves, her father was an actor, writer and singer. As a teenager, while her parents did not encourage her, she and her sister attended weekend acting workshops "for a laugh". Reeves was faring poorly in high school, missing classes and not doing homework, and didn't take her final exams. She discovered "drama school" as an alternative to university that didn't require high school graduation; it sounded like "brilliant fun" and would give her three years to figure out her future. She attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She then worked for a year and a half as a waitress before getting a "decent job in a theater in Wales", followed by other jobs, until she concluded, "I could earn a living at this.”

Career
Early in her career Reeves performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre. Her television credits include Spooks, The Commander, and the Bodies finale.

Her stage work includes productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and at London's Royal National Theatre. In 2008, she starred in English Touring Theatre's revival of Athol Fugard's Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

In 2010, she starred as Anne Darwin, the wife of John Darwin, in BBC4's Canoe Man, a dramatization of the John Darwin disappearance case, and co-starred in the BBC1 series Luther.

In 2011, Reeves played the matriarch, Anna Brangwen, in the first part of William Ivory's two-part adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novels The Rainbow and Women in Love, first shown on BBC4.

She co-stars with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas in the Apple TV series Slow Horses (2022–present).

Reeves has also done voice work, including commercials, narration, and book readings.

Personal life
Reeves has two children,, a 14-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son.