Hermione Norris

Hermione Jane Norris is an English actress. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s, before taking small roles in theatre and on television. In 1996, she was cast in her breakout role of Karen Marsden in the comedy drama television series Cold Feet. She appeared in every episode of the series from 1998 to 2003 and was nominated for a British Comedy Award.

Norris was born in Paddington, London, the second of four children. She has two sisters and a brother. Her parents, businessman Michael and health visitor Helen Norris , divorced when she was four years old. She moved with her mother and siblings to live with her grandmother in Derbyshire, but moved back to London a few years later. She failed her eleven plus exam but won a scholarship to the Elmhurst School for Dance. While there, she took up drama at an afterschool club, performing alongside her dance studies until she left aged 17.

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