Background
Fielding was born in Poole, England, and grew up in Portsmouth before spending two years boarding at Christ"s Hospital school in Sussex, where she fell in love with acting.
Fielding was born in Poole, England, and grew up in Portsmouth before spending two years boarding at Christ"s Hospital school in Sussex, where she fell in love with acting.
She graduated from Guildhall in 2006.
She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her performances there included Trinculo in The Tempest (directed by Patsy Rodenburg) and Myrrah in Tales From Ovid (directed by Christian Burgess). Theatre Fielding was previously in a relationship with actor Tom Hiddleston, who appeared with her in an episode of Wallander in 2008.
Their relationship ended in November 2011.
She won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre. She received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation for her role as Pietra in Ibsen"s An Enemy of the People at the Sheffield Crucible in 2010 alongside Antony Sher. Fielding won the 2014 Ian Charleson Award for her reprised portrayal of Portia in The Merchant of Venice at the Almeida Theatre.
