Faye Marsay Biography, Age, Family, Game Of Thrones, Height, Movies

Faye Marsay Biography

Faye Marsay is an English actress from Middlesbrough, England. She came into prominence after her role as Anne Neville in The White Queen.

She is also notable for roles Amy in Need for Speed, the recurring character Candice in Fresh Meat, Steph in the film Pride, Blue Colson in the Black Mirror episode “Hated in the Nation”, and also the Waif in the fifth and sixth seasons of Game of Thrones.

Marsay has played the roles of Sissy Jupe in Hard Times, First Wyrd Sister and Fleance in Macbeth, Runt in Disco Pigs, and Shen Te in The Good Soul of Szechuan. Marsay starred as Izzie in the radio drama The Price of Oil on BBC Radio 4. She appears in the episode “No Two Days”. She also appeared as Amy in the video game Need for Speed, donning an American accent.

Faye Marsay Age

Faye Elaine Marsay is 32 years old as of 2019. She was born on 30 December 1986 in Middlesbrough, England.

Faye Marsay Family

Marsay grew up in Teesside. However, she has not yet disclosed any information regarding her parents and siblings.


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Faye Marsay College

Marsay attended Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough, Cleveland. She then went on to Prior Pursglove College, before joining the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In her time in school, Marsay won the Spotlight Prize 2012.

Faye Marsay Career

Marsay has played a new “fresher” Candice Pelling in the TV series Fresh Meat. She played the role of Lizzie Lancaster in series two of The Bletchley Circle in 2014. Marsay also had two projects debut in September, the first being BAFTA-nominated film Pride, she played the character of Steph.

She also appeared in the TV miniseries murder mystery Glue and played the character, Janine Riley. Faye was cast as a new character Katie Springer in the TV series My Mad Fat Diary for the final season. She was named one of Screen International’s 2015 Stars of Tomorrow which highlighted up-and-coming creative professionals at the beginning of October.

Marsay played the leading role of Nina Stibbe in the BBC’s Love, Nina in May and June 2016. She then appeared in a revival of Jim Cartwright’s play Road at the Royal Court Theatre. She starred in ITV drama Bancroft alongside Sarah Parish in December 2017. The same year, she appeared on Channel 4 drama Shamed.

Faye appeared in the BBC/AMC’s McMafia, with James Norton in 2018. Marsay appeared in A Private War alongside Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan in November the same year.

Faye Marsay The White Queen

After her graduation, Marsay landed the main role in The White Queen playing Anne Neville. The historical period drama television miniseries developed for BBC One. Lady Anne Neville is the “the Kingmaker’s Daughter” and queen consort to Richard III. Marsay stars alongside Juliet Aubrey, Veerle Baetens, Aneurin Barnard, Emily Berrington, Leo Bill, Arthur Darvill, Shaun Dooley, and Rebecca Ferguson

Faye Marsay Black Mirror

In 2016, Marsay appeared in “Hated in the Nation”, an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror. She played as Blue Colson alongside Kelly Macdonald. Marsay is created by Charlie Brooker, with Brooker and Annabel Jones serving as the programme showrunners.

Faye Marsay Darkest Hour

Marsay has made an appearance on the drama film Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman. Oldman plays as Winston Churchill and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister during World War II and the May 1940 War Cabinet Crisis. Darkest Hour was released on 22 November 2017 in the United States and 12 January 2018 in the United Kingdom.

Faye Marsay Game of Thrones

In early 2015, Marsay appeared in the fifth season of the popular HBO series Game of Thrones as the Waif.

Faye Marsay Net Worth

Marsay has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She is said to averagely earn $120 (£91.29) per day and makes around $39,700 (£30 thousand) per year.

Faye Marsay Plays

2019  – Europe as Adele
2017  – Road  as Louise/Clare
2012  – Macbeth as First Wyrd Sister/Fleance
Disco Pigs  as Runt
The Good Soul of Szechuan  as Shen Te
2011  – The Cherry Orchard  as Dunyasha
Canopy of Stars  as Cheryl
All’s Well That Ends Well as  Diana
Hard Times  as Sissy Jupe
2010  – The Journey (UK Regional Tour)
2009  – Peter Pan Tinker  as Bell/Tiger Lily
Five Kinds of Silence as  Susan
2008  – Hansel and Gretel  as Woodfolk

Faye Marsay Movies | Faye Marsay Films

  • 2019 – Seconds Out  as Stella
  • 2018 – A Private War as Kate Richardson
  • 2017 – Darkest Hour as Sybil
    You, Me and Him as Alex
  • 2015 – NippleJesus as Siobhán
  • 2014 – Pride as Steph Chambers

Faye Marsay TV Shows

  • 2018  – McMafia as Katya Godman
  • 2017  – Bancroft as Katherine Stevens
    Shamed as Sarah Ivy
  • 2016  – Vera as Christine
    Love, Nina as Nina
    Black Mirror as Blue Colson
  • 2015 – My Mad Fat Diary as Katie Springer
  • 2015–2016  – Game of Thrones as The Waif
  • 2014  – The Bletchley Circle as Lizzie Lancaster
    Glue as Janine Riley
    Doctor Who as Shona McCullough
  • 2013 – The White Queen as Anne Neville
    Fresh Meat as Candice Pelling
  • 2008 – Is That It? as Sue

Faye Marsay Height

Marsay stands at a height of 1.57m.

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