Emily Berrington


Emily Berrington is an English actress who played Simone Al-Harazi in and Niska in the Channel 4 and AMC TV series Humans.

Early life

Berrington's parents were social workers. She has three siblings: Amy, a professor in the United States; Tom, who works for IMG in Abu Dhabi; and Katie, who writes for Vogue. Berrington attended Cheney School and later studied development geography at King's College London.

Career

Berrington was involved in youth drama but pursued a career in politics, working at the House of Commons for Labour Party MP Siobhain McDonagh of the London constituency of Mitcham and Morden. In 2009 she won a place studying in acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2012.
While studying there she had a part in the Almeida Theatre's production of Children's Children and Michael Winterbottom's The Look of Love.
In 2013 she starred as Jane Shore in the period drama The White Queen and in 2014 she starred as Stacey in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered and as Simone Al-Harazi in the thriller series . Her character on 24 had been planned to appear in two episodes, but that was expanded to seven. Her first major supporting film role came in the 2014 comedy film The Inbetweeners 2.
She portrayed Niska, in 24 episodes over three seasons, in Channel 4's TV series Humans.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013The White QueenJane ShoreRecurring role
2014OutnumberedStaceyGuest role
2014Simone Al-HaraziGuest role
2015Sons of LibertyMargaret Kemble GageTV miniseries
2015–2018HumansNiskaMain role
2017The MiniaturistThe MiniaturistMinor role