Camilla Power

Born: 1976-11-13

Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born November 13, 1976) is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for her appearances in the television series Emmerdale and Waterloo Road. Power was born in Cork, Ireland, and is a distant cousin of the actor Tyrone Power. Her great-grandfather was Sir John Power, Member of Parliament for Wimbledon before the Second World War. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, and started acting from an early age; her first TV appearance was on a chicken nuggets commercial, and an early screen role was as Sabina Halliday in A Summer Story (1988). Power appeared in Channel 4’s The Manageress in 1990 and played Jill Pole in BBC Television’s The Silver Chair (1990), an adaptation of the book by C. S. Lewis. She also had parts in Bonjour la Classe (1993) and Moonacre (BBC, 1993), the last calling for skill at horse-riding. From 1993 to 1995 she was a regular cast member on the Yorkshire Television soap Emmerdale, playing Jessica McAllister. Power made her stage debut in a theatrical adaptation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the National Theatre in 1998. She had roles in the television drama series Murder in Mind and The Brief. In 2006, she appeared in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as English teacher Lorna Dickey and returned for the second series in 2007, until her character committed suicide after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In early 2008 she starred in the Torchwood episode "From Out of the Rain" as Pearl, a circus star who escapes from an old cinema film and seeks revenge on those who put her out of business. Power was seen in the British action movie The Tournament as the ruthless assistant to Liam Cunningham's Tournament Master. In 2012, she appeared in two episodes of ITV drama Whitechapel. In 2016, she appeared in "Shut Up and Dance", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror.


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Final Score

as Mrs. Steed
Released: 2018-09-07

When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an...

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The Tournament

as Sarah Hunter
Released: 2009-05-01

Every ten years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30...

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Byron

as Lady Caroline Lamb
Released: 2003-09-27

Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen...

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

as Jill
Released: 1990-11-18

Eustace is sent to a horrible school and finds a friend in Jill Pole, who's also running from...

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A Summer Story

as Sabina Halliday
Released: 1988-08-11

A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.

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The Treasure Seekers

as Dora
Released: 1996-12-25

Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their...

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Not Only But Always

as Judy Huxtable
Released: 2004-12-30

The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley...

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Stone Cold

as Girl
Released: 1997-01-01

A young boy, tired of his mother's abusive boyfriend, sets out on an adventure to London,...

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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Joanna Sydeham
First aired: 2002-04-08

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders.

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Torchwood

as Pearl
First aired: 2006-10-22

The exploits a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the...

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Father Brown

as Dominique Baxter
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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Black Mirror

as Sandra
First aired: 2011-12-04

Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before...

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Waterloo Road

as Lorna Dickey
First aired: 2006-03-09

Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on...

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Lewis

as Tara Faulkner
First aired: 2007-02-18

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned...

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The Chronicles of Narnia

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-11-13

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World...

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The Chronicles of Narnia

as Jill Pole
First aired: 1988-11-13

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated from London at the beginning of the Second World...

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Hornblower

as Betsy
First aired: 1998-10-07

Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman,...

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Bonjour la Classe

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-02-15

Bonjour la Classe is a British television comedy series broadcast on BBC1 in 1993. Created and...

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The Grand

as Adele Bannerman
First aired: 1997-04-04

The Grand is a British television drama series first broadcast on ITV in 1997–1998. It was...

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Byron

as Caroline Lamb
First aired: 2003-01-01

Byron revolutionized English poetry and died a hero. He became famous overnight when the poetic...

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Underworld

as uncredited
First aired: 1997-11-04

A pair of unexceptional suburban siblings are drawn into a dark web of crime and danger.

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Sparkhouse

as Becky Lawton
First aired: 2002-09-01

The relationship between childhood sweethearts, a farmer's daughter and boy from a rich family,...

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