‘I’ve never had a plan for my career’

Actor Emilia Fox on the new series of Silent Witness and turning 50

WORDS: VICKI POWER.

Emilia Fox has grown up with Silent Witness. She was still in her late 20s when she landed the role of Dr Nikki Alexander, which means she has been cutting up cadavers and solving tricky murder mysteries for 21 years on the much-loved BBC pathology drama. In Emilia’s time on the show, she has been through relationship ups and downs, become a mum and fallen in love. So it seems apposite that last July, Emilia turned 50 while filming an episode of the show. It was on a night shoot at an airport somewhere outside London, and she celebrated with the cast and crew, who have become her second family. ‘I had a cake at midnight on the runway, which was really lovely,’ recalls Emilia when we meet for a…

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