# Freya Parks
**Freya Parks** (full name Freya Theodora Parks) is a British actress known for playing Amy Jessop in the BBC sitcom *Here We Go*, Fiona in [Steven Knight](https://www.edgepedia.org/steven-knight)'s BBC drama *This Town*, and film roles including Helen Burns in *Jane Eyre* (2011) and Hester in *The School for Good and Evil* (2022).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [2](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/) • [3](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Freya%2BParks-1509619) Her career began as a child with the role of Etty Darwin in Jon Amiel's *Creation* (2009).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full name | Freya Theodora Parks[3](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Freya%2BParks-1509619) |
| Born | London, England, UK[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/freya_parks) |
| First professional role | Etty Darwin, Charles Darwin's daughter, in *Creation* (2009)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [5](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks) |
| Breakout television role | Amy Jessop in *Here We Go* (BBC, 2020–2025)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [10](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/119940/freya-parks) |
| Notable films | *Jane Eyre* (2011, Helen Burns), *Les Misérables* (2012), *Bliss!* (2016, lead), *The School for Good and Evil* (2022, Hester)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) |
| Recent television | Fiona in *This Town* (2024, 5 episodes), Logan Somerville in *Grace* (2024), Stella Marsh in *Vera* series 14 (2025)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [7](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/2024-12/ITV%20VERA%20S14%20Press%20Pack%20.pdf) |
| Other work | Stage roles including Megan Hipwell in *The Girl on the Train* (UK tour) and Jo March in *Little Women*; bass guitarist in punk rock bands[2](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/) |
## Background
Parks was born in London.[4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/freya_parks) Her parents are the actors Sam Parks and Hilary Tones; she has said that with both parents in the business there was little doubt she would enter the "family business."[5](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks) She described herself as a quiet child who would sit silently in rehearsal rooms observing.[5](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks)
Her date of birth is given as 1999 by Filmweb[3](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Freya%2BParks-1509619), while IMDb lists October 23 without a year.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) Her listed height is 5′ 9″ (1.75 m).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/)
## Early film roles
Parks's first professional role, at about age 10, was Etty Darwin, Charles Darwin's daughter, in Jon Amiel's film *Creation* (2009), starring [Paul Bettany](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-bettany) and [Jennifer Connelly](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-connelly).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [5](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks) She followed it with Helen Burns in Cary Fukunaga's *Jane Eyre* (2011), the film that remains her highest-rated title on Rotten Tomatoes at an 85 percent audience score.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/freya_parks) In 2012 she appeared in [Tom Hooper](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-hooper)'s *Les Misérables* as a café barmaid and played Mariah Crummles in the BBC television series *The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/)
**Lead role.** After a four-year break she returned to lead the cast of *Bliss!* (2016) as Tasha Robson.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [6](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/vera-series-14-who-plays-who-final-series-brenda-blethyn-detective-drama-david-leon/) Later film work included Claire Baker in *School's Out Forever* (2021), Niusia in Rodrigo Cortés's *Love Gets a Room* (2021), and Hester in [Paul Feig](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-feig)'s *The School for Good and Evil* (2022), opposite [Charlize Theron](https://www.edgepedia.org/charlize-theron) and [Kerry Washington](https://www.edgepedia.org/kerry-washington).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [2](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/) On Metacritic, *Jane Eyre* (Metascore 76) is her highest-scored film and *The School for Good and Evil* (Metascore 30) her lowest.[8](https://www.metacritic.com/person/freya-parks/)
## Television
**Here We Go.** Parks plays Amy Jessop, the eldest daughter of the Jessop family, in [Tom Basden](https://www.edgepedia.org/tom-basden)'s BBC sitcom *Here We Go*, a role she has held since 2020 opposite [Katherine Parkinson](https://www.edgepedia.org/katherine-parkinson), Jim Howick, and [Alison Steadman](https://www.edgepedia.org/alison-steadman).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [6](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/vera-series-14-who-plays-who-final-series-brenda-blethyn-detective-drama-david-leon/) The show was formerly known as *Pandemonium*, the title under which Rotten Tomatoes also lists her in the same role.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [4](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/freya_parks) IMDb records her in the role from 2020 to 2025 across 28 episodes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/)
**This Town and guest roles.** In 2024 she starred as Fiona in Steven Knight's BBC drama *This Town*, a character who attends college with Dante Williams and works in a record shop, appearing in five episodes.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) • [9](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/this-town-bbc-cast-characters//) The same year she played Logan Somerville in an episode of the ITV detective drama *[Grace](https://www.edgepedia.org/grace-tv-series)*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/) In 2025 she guest-starred as Stella Marsh in episode two, "The Dark Wives," of the fourteenth and final series of ITV's *Vera*, which aired on January 2, 2025.[7](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/2024-12/ITV%20VERA%20S14%20Press%20Pack%20.pdf) • [10](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/119940/freya-parks)
## Stage work and music
Parks has an active stage career. She played Jo March, the lead, in a 2024 York Theatre Royal production of *Little Women*, a role she called "a complete gift" for a woman, and toured the UK in 2025 as Megan Hipwell in *The Girl on the Train*.[5](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks) • [2](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/) Her stage résumé reaches back to a 2014 Globe Young Players production of *The Malcontent* and includes a 2018 musical, *Teddy*, in which she played Jenny O'Malley.[11](https://profile.tagmin.com/mw7y3v9i5727p82q3uxtp7v219ctr91ab5j0m)
Outside acting, she is a musician who has performed as a bass guitarist in several punk rock bands.[2](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/)
## References
1. [Freya Parks – IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3532148/)
2. [Freya Parks – B-Side Management & Production](https://theb-side.co.uk/management/freya-parks/)
3. [Freya Parks – Filmweb](https://www.filmweb.pl/person/Freya%2BParks-1509619)
4. [Freya Parks – Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/freya_parks)
5. [Sisterly Feelings 2 – In Conversation With Freya Parks – Chimeo (September 2024)](https://www.chimeo.com/article/Sisterly-Feelings-2---In-Conversation-With-Freya-Parks)
6. [Vera series 14: Finale guest cast – TV Guide UK](https://www.tvguide.co.uk/articles/vera-series-14-who-plays-who-final-series-brenda-blethyn-detective-drama-david-leon/)
7. [Vera Series 14 Press Pack – ITV Press Centre](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/2024-12/ITV%20VERA%20S14%20Press%20Pack%20.pdf)
8. [Freya Parks – Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/person/freya-parks/)
9. [This Town cast – Radio Times](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/this-town-bbc-cast-characters//)
10. [Freya Parks – TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/119940/freya-parks)
11. [B-Side Management Ltd – Tagmin profile](https://profile.tagmin.com/mw7y3v9i5727p82q3uxtp7v219ctr91ab5j0m)
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