Fidelis Morgan (born 8 August 1952) is a British actress and writer.
She was born in a red gypsy caravan, Kiomi Romani, which stood in a corner of the grounds of the ancient Abbey of Amesbury, halfway between Stonehenge and Woodhenge. Her parents were displaced Liverpudlians.[1]
Her London stage plays include adaptations of famous novels, Samuel Richardson's Pamela and Patrick Hamilton's Hangover Square. She collaborated with Lynda La Plante on Channel 4's Killer Net. Her non-fiction work includes The Female Wits, the first study of female playwrights of the Restoration stage and biographies of charismatic female figures from the 17th and 18th centuries including Charlotte Charke).
Her novels include the Countess Ashby dela Zouche series of historical crime mysteries: Unnatural Fire, The Rival Queens, The Ambitious Stepmother and Fortune's Slave.
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The Rival Queens (2002) was nominated for The Lefty Prize for "the most humorous mystery novel published in 2002" at Left Coast Crime in 2003.[2]
For her work on Pamela for Shared Experience, Fidelis Morgan was nominated Most Promising Playwright in Plays and Players.
As an actress, Morgan appeared on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, repertory in Liverpool - her family's hometown,[3] Birmingham, Nottingham and Leeds as well as spending many years as a regular company member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre including the West End transfer of Noel Coward's The Vortex.
On television, she has been seen in As Time Goes By, Jeeves and Wooster, Dead Gorgeous, and Mr Majeika. She has also directed a number of theatre productions including at some of the UK's most prestigious drama schools.
She was nominated Best Actress of the Year 1984 in the 30 December 1984 edition of The Observer for her work at Glasgow's Citizens' Theatre.