Tamaryn Payne (born 25 September 1988) is an English actress best known for playing Annalise Appleton in the series Hollyoaks.

Tamaryn Payne
Tamaryn Payne in 2010
Born (1988-09-25) 25 September 1988 (age 35)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Website[1]

Early life edit

Payne was raised in Bournemouth, attending the grammar school Bournemouth School for Girls. She then studied for a BTEC at Bournemouth and Poole College before studying for a BA degree in acting at the Arts Educational Schools, London, graduating in 2010.[1]

Career edit

In 2010, Payne appeared in the short film I Luv Matt Johnson playing Zoe.

In 2011, she played Emmie in the short film Atmospheric and, on 28 September, she joined the main cast of the British soap Hollyoaks as Annalise Appleton until February 2013 when her character decided to move to London after taking a job there.

In 2012, she appeared in the thriller Stalled where she played a character who gave birth to Evie.

In 2017, she played Widow Ordlaf in series 4, episode 20, of Vikings who was consoled for the loss of her husband by Bishop Heahmund.[2]

Filmography edit

Films
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Small Town Folk Shaz With Chris R. Wright, Warwick Davis, Hannah Flint and Sophie Rundle
2010 I Luv Matt Johnson Zoe Short - with Mitchell Hunt, Charlotte Harrison and John Fricker
2011 Atmospheric Emmie Short - with Henry Maynard and Rob Hoey
2013 Stalled Evie With Mark Holden, Giles Alderson and Chris R. Wright
2013 Vendetta Jenny Clarke With Danny Dyer, Steven Berkoff and Josef Altin
2014 Do You Know This Girl? Liz Short
2019 Binge Watching Eva TV short
2019 One More Lie Charlotte
2020 Sacrilege Kayla With Emily Wyatt
TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2011–2013 Hollyoaks Annalise Appleton 83 episodes
2014 Casualty Nina Gambol Episode: "Brothers at Arms"
2017 Vikings Widow Ordlaf Episode: "The Reckoning"
2017 Murder Maps Barbara Songhurst Episode: "The Tow Path Murders"
2020 Dupris and Durrell Cynthia Stacy TV mini-series – episode 13: "An Unexpected Caller"
Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Game of Thrones Pit Fighter Voice
2015 Kholat Additional voices English version
2017 Nine Parchments Carabel
2017 Divinity: Original Sin II Lohse Main character
2018 Q.U.B.E 2 Amelia Cross Main character
2019 A Year of Rain Voice
2023 Baldur's Gate III Mizora Voice and motion capture
Appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Rise To Remain/Nothing Left Joven Appeared in the music video
2011 Sex with 17 People in 60 Seconds Hayley Appeared in the commercial
Theatre
Year Title Role Director Theatre
2010 Dick Whittington Alice Eva Long
2010 The Mole Who Knew it was None of his Business Various characters Bernie Byrnes Kipper Tie Theatre
2010 My Dearest Byron Belle Bernie Byrnes Kipper Tie Theatre
2013 Ghosts Regina Anna Fox Selladoor
2013 Blood Wedding Moon Bronagh Lagan Aria Entertainment
2014 21 - Project Rumpus - Miller's Crossing Frances Gunderson Simon Evans Secret Cinema
2015 Love in the Past Participle Billie Patrick Maubert Friend of a Friend
2015 Welcome Home Lady Perfumery Laura Reeves Infinite Experience
2015 The Heresy of Love Nun John Dove Shakespeare's Globe
2015 Dark Tourism Gemma Stone Adam Lenson Essee Productions
2016 Twelfth Night Olivia Siobhan Daly Grassroots Shakespeare
2017 The Chainsaw Manicure Frances Dan Dawes Idle Discourse

References edit

  1. ^ "Tamaryn Payne Biography, Picture Gallery and Video". Heatworld. Retrieved 10 May 2014.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Tamaryn Payne as Widow Ordlaf in S4E20 of Vikings". YouTube.

External links edit