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Raquel Cassidy

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Raquel Cassidy
Born
Fleet, Hampshire,England
EducationFarnborough Hill
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

Raquel Cassidyis an English actress. She played the role ofPhyllis Baxterin the television seriesDownton Abbey(2013–2015), winning a Screen Actors Guild Award forOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.She has reprised the role for both the 2019feature film of the same nameand its2022 sequel.

She has played leading roles in other television series includingTeachers,Party Animals,Moving Wallpaper,Lead Balloon,The Worst WitchandThe Good Karma Hospital.

Early life and education[edit]

Born to a Spanish mother and an English father, she was the third child and only daughter born to the couple.[1]Born and brought up inFleet, Hampshire,[2]she was educated atFarnborough Hill Convent,[3][4]and thenGirton College, Cambridge,where she studied modern languages. She later pursued a PhD in biological anthropology, but abandoned it to pursue a career in acting.[5]

Career[edit]

In an early role, Cassidy played Lola Chaves in an episode ofThe Bill,speaking predominantly in Spanish.[6]In 2001 she took the role of Susan Gately inTeachers,returning for the second series in 2002.[7]She has also played theHome OfficeJuniorMinisterJo Porter inParty Animals,Cassie Turner inThe Worst Week of My Life,Nancy Weeks inMoving Wallpaperand Mel inLead Balloon.[7][8]

In 2013 Cassidy joined the cast ofDownton Abbey,playing the role of rehabilitated thief and lady's maid Phyllis Baxter for the show's final three series.[7]In 2015 the cast won aScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.[9]She reprised the role for the show's 2019 feature film, also calledDownton Abbeyand its2022 sequel.[7][10]

She has subsequently played the role ofMiss Hardbroomin four series of the 2017 television revival ofThe Worst Witch.[11]In 2022, she appeared in series 4 ofThe Good Karma Hospitalas Frankie Martin.[12]In 2023, she played Maria Swanson in an episode of British crime drama seriesThe Chelsea Detective.[13]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1999 Perdie Miss Jennings Short
2002 Shooters Tess
Do I Love You Romy
Before You Go Felicia
2004 Out of Time Alice Short
2005 Blake's Junction 7 Jenna Short
Festival Petra Loewenberg
2007 The Boat People Alice
Tick Tock Lullaby Maya
2008 Nightwalking Martha Short
2010 An Act of Love Catherine Short
Bleach Rebecca Short
2012 Routine Vaccination Nurse Short
2013 Wisdom Emily Eximo Short
To Leech Mary Short
2014 The Ballad of Langley Lane Mother Short
2016 The Twisted Death of a Lonely Madman Mystic-57 Voice role
Two Is a Family Maitresse Gloria
2019 Cliffs of Freedom Christina Vakrinos
Downton Abbey Phyllis Baxter
Official Secrets Anne Emmerson
2022 Downton Abbey: A New Era Phyllis Baxter
2023 Ferryman Mother
2025 UntitledDownton Abbey: A New Erasequel Phyllis Baxter Filming

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Killer Net P.C. Pam Boxer 2 episodes
1999 The Bill Lola Chaves Episode: "Lola"
Peak Practice Cheryl Parker Episode: "Hearts and Minds"
2000 Nature Boy Ros 1 episode
Hearts and Bones Mary Jones Episode: "Once There Was a Way to Get Back Home"
Thin Ice DS Beckett TV film
2001 Table 12 Yolanda Episode: "Aphrodisiac"
2001–2002 Teachers Susan Gately Series regular
2003 Trust Elizabeth Blackwood 1 episode
Red Cap Staff Sergeant Neve Kirland Recurring role
Holby City Julie Redding Episode: "Desperate Measures"
Trevor's World of Sport Caroline Bradley Recurring role
2004 The Worst Week of My Life Cassie Turner Series regular
2005 According to Bex Chris Series regular
Last Rights Nadine Mini-series
Twisted Tales Lynne 1 episode
2006 Comedy Lab Jane Episode: "FM"
2006–2011 Lead Balloon Mel Series regular
2007 Party Animals Jo Porter Series regular
Sold Yvette Daniels 1 episode
Britz Joy TV film
2008 Casualty Monica Batchelor Episode: "Before a Fall"
No Heroics Kim the Agent Episode: "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Maureen Summerhayes Episode: "Mrs McGinty's Dead"
2008–2009 Moving Wallpaper Nancy Weeks Series regular
2009 New Tricks Susannah Morton Episode: "The Truth Is Out There"
2010 On Expenses House of Commons Counsel TV film
2011 Land Girls Diana Granville Recurring role
Doctor Who Cleaves 2 episodes
DCI Banks Dr. Elizabeth Waring Episode: "Friend of the Devil"
2012 Midsomer Murders Diana DeQuetteville Episode: "The Dark Rider"
Hustle Dr. Dana Deville Episode: "Eat Yourself Slender"
A Touch of Cloth Clare Hawkchurch Episode: "The First Case"
2013 The Other Child[de] DI Valerie Almond TV series
Jo Pauline Langlois Episode: "Notre Dame"
Heading Out Sabine 1 episode
Law & Order: UK Lydia Smythson Episode: "Dependent"
2013–2015 Downton Abbey Phyllis Baxter Series regular
2014 Jonathan Creek Sharon Episode: "The Letters of Septimus Noone"
2015 Vera Gloria Edwards Episode: "Shadows in the Sky"
2015–2017 Uncle Teresa Series regular
2016 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Hayley Episode: "Grundy + Snow"
2017 Silent Witness Dr. Eva Vasquez Episode: "Awakening"
W1A Tasmin Howard 1 episode
2017–2020 The Worst Witch Miss Hardbroom Series regular
2018 Strangers Rachel Hargreaves Series regular
2022 The Good Karma Hospital Frankie Martin Series 4
Safe Space Lucy Leer Episode: "Episode 1.0"
2023 The Chelsea Detective Maria Swanson Episode: "Golden Years"

Selected radio[edit]

Year Programme Role
2008 Spending My Inheritance Jo
2015 Ed Reardon's Week Suzan

Theatre[edit]

Year Play Role Theatre
1997 Twelfth Night Viola Royal Court Theatre
1998 Othello Desdemona National tour
Threesome Ruth Old Red Lion Theatre
2002 Possible Worlds Joyce Tron Theatre
2004 Macbeth Lady Macbeth[4] International tour
2005 Anna Karenina Anna Arkadyevna Karenina Royal Lyceum Theatre
2006 Mirandolina Mirandolina[4] Royal Exchange Theatre
2019 Shipwreck Jools/Donald J. Trump's Secretary[14][15] Almeida Theatre

References[edit]

  1. ^"School's out forever Raquel Cassidy has graduated from Teachers to Glasgow's Tron, reports Neil Cooper".HeraldScotland.17 September 2002.Retrieved26 April2019.
  2. ^Raquel Cassidy reopens Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice shop in Fleet | Fleet PeopleArchived2 January 2014 at theWayback Machine
  3. ^[1]Archived14 March 2010 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^abc"Raquel stars in record-breaking comedy show – News – gethampshire".Archived fromthe originalon 20 April 2013.Retrieved26 April2019.
  5. ^Morganstern, Adam."Attending 'Downton Abbey' Film Premieres (And Drinking Hot Chocolate) With Star Raquel Cassidy".Forbes.Retrieved22 December2020.
  6. ^"Lola (1999)".BFI.Archived fromthe originalon 20 November 2018.
  7. ^abcd"Raquel Cassidy".BFI.Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2016.
  8. ^"Raquel Cassidy".TVGuide.com.
  9. ^Strause, Jackie (30 January 2016)."SAG Awards: 'Downton Abbey' Wins Best Cast in a Drama Series".The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ^Brazier, Tori (24 April 2022)."Downton Abbey: A New Era's Raquel Cassidy teases 'most amazing, sumptuous ride'".
  11. ^"The Worst Witch".www.bbc.com.
  12. ^Morris, Lauren (21 January 2022)."Meet the cast of The Good Karma Hospital".Radio Times.Retrieved3 February2022.
  13. ^"The Chelsea Detective Season 2: Cast & Characters Explained, Plot, Release Date, Time, Where to Watch & Other Details".28 August 2023.
  14. ^"Raquel Cassidy | Hamilton Hodell".www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk.Retrieved22 December2020.
  15. ^"Shipwreck".Almeida Theatre.Retrieved22 December2020.

External links[edit]

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