Heida Reed


Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir known by her stage name Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo, Silent Witness and the BBC drama Poldark.

Early and personal life

Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental hygienist mother. She grew up in Breiðholt, Reykjavik, and attended Ölduselsskóli. Aged 18, she was recruited by an Icelandic modeling agency, and moved to Mumbai to work as a model in India for two years. When she was 19/20, she settled in London, where she studied drama at Drama Centre London, graduating in 2010.
As of July 2017, Reed announced through social media that she is engaged to her boyfriend, American based producer Sam Ritzenberg.

Acting career

Reed's first performance was in 2009 in an Edinburgh Fringe production of Camus's Cross Purpose. A reviewer for the Edinburgh Guide considered it "expertly acted and finely paced." In April 2015, Reed co-starred in the world premiere of a new play, Scarlet, by Sam H Freeman at Southwark Playhouse exploring slut-shaming and cyberbullying and their emotional repercussions.
The same year, Reed was part of the first season of the British historical TV drama Poldark, playing the part of Elizabeth, which was based on the novels of the same title. She subsequently appeared in Seasons Two to Four of the series.
In 2018, she appeared on the West End in Foxfinder with Iwan Rheon.

Filmography

Films

TV Series

Web series

Theatre