London
Europe/London
Ada
Fairley
London
Stage · Screen · Voice
Stage · Screen · Voice —
London
Stage, screen and voice actor. Currently playing Hedda at Northgate Playhouse, and DS Kate Rowan in The Marsh on BBC One.
RP
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Yorkshire (Leeds)
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Irish (Dublin)
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General American
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Scottish (Glasgow)
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French
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Spanish
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Mezzo-soprano, G3–E5
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Folk and musical theatre
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Stage combat (BADC, advanced)
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Horse riding
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Open-water swimming
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Piano (Grade 7)
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Guitar
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Prologue · Selected work
On stage and screen.
Now playing
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Tesman
Northgate Playhouse
Tue–Sat 7.30pm, Thu & Sat matinees 2.30pm
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Act One · About
Ada Fairley is a stage and screen actor who moves between Ibsen in the round, Sunday-night crime drama and the calm voice in your car’s satnav.
Act Two · Selected credits
Ten years, stage first.
Headshots · Pick a look
Keep scrolling. Pick a face.
Natural
Jo Hartley
Dramatic
Jo Hartley
Commercial
Ola Mensah
Period
Ola Mensah
Character
Jo Hartley
Voice session
Echo Lane Voices
Interval · Showreel
Watch the work.
2:14
Showreel 2026
Stage and screen, cut October 2026
1:05
The Marsh — interview room
BBC One, Series 2, episode 4
0:52
Holloway Road — night shift
Channel 4, comedy-drama
Stage productions
Screen credits
Accents, native to fluent
Voice sessions
Notes from the wings
Journal
On stage
Eight shows a week as Hedda
What a long run does to a part, and the small rituals that get me to curtain up.
Craft
My self-tape kit, under £300
The light, the mic, the backdrop and the reader app I use for every audition from home.
On screen
Finding Kate Rowan’s voice
Two series in, how a Leeds accent and a borrowed coat became a detective.
Casting · Voice · Press