# Zoë Tapper
**Zoë Tapper** is a British actress known for television roles including Jenny in *Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky* (2005), Dr Anya Raczynski in *Survivors* (2008), Ellen Love in *Mr Selfridge* (2013), and Cleo Morey in the ITV crime drama *[Grace](https://www.edgepedia.org/grace-tv-series)*, a part she has played since 2022.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) • [2](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/grace_production_notes_2022_itv.pdf) She was born in 1981 in Bromley, Kent, England.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981, Bromley, Kent, England[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) |
| Training | Graduated from The Central School of Speech and Drama in Spring 2003[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/) |
| Breakthrough television role | Jenny in the BBC's *Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky* (2005)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) |
| Signature television roles | Dr Anya Raczynski in *Survivors* (2008), Ellen Love in *Mr Selfridge* (2013), Katy Sutcliffe in *Liar*, DI Kate Saunders in *The One*[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) |
| Current role | Cleo Morey, fiancée of DS Roy Grace, in ITV's *Grace* (2022– )[2](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/grace_production_notes_2022_itv.pdf) • [5](https://anthearepresents.com/artist/zoe-tapper) |
| Family | Married to actor Oliver Dimsdale since 2008; they have one child[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) |
## Training and early career
Tapper graduated from The Central School of Speech and Drama in Spring 2003.[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/) Her early screen work came quickly and across several broadcasters: she played Gemma in the BBC series *Hex* (2004), Kay in *Marple: Towards Zero* for ITV, Mary in *A Harlot's Progress* for Channel 4, and Hermia in a BBC adaptation of *A Midsummer Night's Dream*.[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/)
Her first leading television role was Jenny in the BBC's three-part adaptation *Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky* (2005), directed by Simon Curtis.[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) The same year she appeared as Karen Gower in *Jericho*.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper)
## Television career
**Genre and drama roles.** In 2008 Tapper played Dr Anya Raczynski, a virologist, in the post-apocalyptic BBC drama *Survivors*, appearing across 12 episodes into 2010.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) She then played [Mina Harker](https://www.edgepedia.org/mina-harker) in *Demons* (2009) and Effie Ruskin in *Desperate Romantics* (2009), both BBC series.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper)
**Period and thriller work.** Tapper played Ellen Love in the ITV period drama *Mr Selfridge* (2013), a starring role across nine episodes of the first series.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) Later credits include guest roles as Alice Clerbeaux in *The Musketeers* (2014) and Betsey Granger in *Grantchester* (2020), a starring role as Sam Stenham in *Safe House* series 2 (2017), and Katy Sutcliffe in the thriller *Liar*, which she played across both series in 2017 and 2020.[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) In 2021 she appeared as DI Kate Saunders in the Netflix series *The One* and as Vanessa Jenkins in *Rules of the Game* (2022).[4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper)
**Grace and I, Jack Wright.** Since 2022 Tapper has played mortuary technician Cleo Morey, the fiancée of [John Simm](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-simm)'s DS Roy Grace, in the ITV crime drama *Grace*, based on Peter James's novels; she has appeared in every series from the second onward, and the sixth series returned in 2026.[2](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/grace_production_notes_2022_itv.pdf) • [5](https://anthearepresents.com/artist/zoe-tapper) • [4](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper) In 2025 she played Georgia Wright, described by her voiceover agency as the domineering daughter-in-law of the title character, in *I, Jack Wright*, a six-part thriller from the writer of *Unforgotten*, alongside John Simm and [Daniel Rigby](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniel-rigby).[5](https://anthearepresents.com/artist/zoe-tapper) The series was later acquired by the BBC and BritBox, with a second season in production.[6](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730/news/)
## Film and theater
Tapper's film credits include *Stage Beauty*, *Cheerful Weather for the Wedding* (Evelyn), *Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont* (Gwendolyn), *Blood* (Jemma), *Zoo* (Karen), *The Good Traitor* (Zilla), and *A Violent Man* (Claire).[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/) • [7](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-92318/filmographie/)
On stage she has played [Desdemona](https://www.edgepedia.org/desdemona) in *Othello* at [Shakespeare's Globe](https://www.edgepedia.org/shakespeares-globe), Josie in *Epitaph for George Dillon* in the West End, and Salyer in *We Are the Boys* at the Southwark Playhouse.[3](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/)
## Personal life
Tapper has been married to the actor Oliver Dimsdale since 2008, and they have one child.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730) • [8](https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmDgXtbxGjjB67W7cyjmd.html)
## References
1. [Zoë Tapper, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730)
2. [ZOË TAPPER IS CLEO MOREY](https://www.itv.com/presscentre/sites/default/files/grace_production_notes_2022_itv.pdf)
3. [Zoë Tapper, Independent Talent](https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/zoe-tapper/)
4. [Zoe Tapper, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/38485/zoe-tapper)
5. [Zoë Tapper, Anthea Represents](https://anthearepresents.com/artist/zoe-tapper)
6. [Zoë Tapper News, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483730/news/)
7. [Zoe Tapper : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-92318/filmographie/)
8. [Zoe Tapper, WorldCat Entities](https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJmDgXtbxGjjB67W7cyjmd.html)
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