Morfydd Clark has firmly established herself as one of the industry’s most promising actors, and her triumphant performances across three features at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival led her to be identified by the Guardian as the “breakout” star of the 2019 festival. At the beginning of 2020 Morfydd starred as ‘Mina’ in the BBC and Netflix co-production of Dracula. She also recently portrayed ‘Sister Clara’ in Jack Thorne’s eight-part adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s best-selling novels His Dark Materials,
Morfydd Clark has firmly established herself as one of the industry’s most promising actors, and her triumphant performances across three features at the 63rd BFI London Film Festival led her to be identified by the Guardian as the “breakout” star of the 2019 festival. At the beginning of 2020 Morfydd starred as ‘Mina’ in the BBC and Netflix co-production of Dracula. She also recently portrayed ‘Sister Clara’ in Jack Thorne’s eight-part adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s best-selling novels His Dark Materials, alongside James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, Anne-Marie Duff, Andrew Scott and Dafne Keen. Morfydd will next be seen in cinema in Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield, playing the role of ‘Dora’ whilst also briefly appearing in a second role as David Copperfield’s widowed mother. The film received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before opening the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. Later this year audiences will see Morfydd take on the title role in Saint Maud - the feature debut from BAFTA Breakthrough Brit director Rose Glass.
2020 will also see her as ‘Young Jane’ in Craig Robert’s BIFA-nominated feature film, Eternal Beauty, which had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival. In 2018, Morfydd starred as ‘Debbie Hickman’ in Patrick Melrose (a Showtime/Sky Atlantic production) alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Allison Williams. Also that year, she was seen in The Alienist (playing ‘Caroline Bell’). Around the same time, she completed filming her role in BBC Two’s adaptation of China Miéville’s The City And The City. Morfydd’s other notable screen credits include: ‘Kate Dickens’ in the 2017 feature The Man Who Invented Christmas; ‘Zuzanna Luptak’ in 2016’s Interlude in Prague; ‘Frederica’ in Whit Stillman’s feature comedy Love & Friendship; and her “stand out” performance as ‘Miss Charron’ in 2014’s The Falling, opposite Maisie Williams and Florence Pugh. Theatre credits include: ‘Cordelia’ in the 2016 production of King Lear at the Old Vic; her critically acclaimed 2016 performance as ‘Cecile’ in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse opposite Dominic West; and ‘Jen’ in the Olivier nominated four hander Violence And Son, which opened at The Royal Court in June 2015.
