Tea With Rosie

Rosie Fellner
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Hosted by actress and producer Rosie Fellner, Tea With Rosie explores life's curveballs over afternoon tea. Join Rosie and her guests as they topple down the rabbit hole, discussing everything from career to parenthood, success, failures, second chances and everything in between. CONNECT Website: teawithrosieconversations.com Substack: teawithrosieconversations.substack.com Instagram: @teawithrosieconversations TikTok: @teawithrosieconversation

Episodes

  1. Oct 27

    Griffin Dunne: Grief, Family Scandals, Joan Didion, & Learning to Get Away With It

    Griffin Dunne has had a rather extraordinary front row seat to cultural history, while also making quite a lot of it himself. He is an actor, director, producer, and writer - a consummate storyteller. As an actor, he gave us two of the most memorable cult films of the 1980s, An American Werewolf in London and Martin Scorsese’s After Hours, which he also produced and which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. Further credits include Quiz Show, Dallas Buyers Club, This Is Us, Succession, Only Murders in the Building. Directing credits include Addicted to Love, Practical Magic and the deeply personal documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, about his aunt, one of the most important writers of the 20th century. His memoir, The Friday Afternoon Club, is a New York Times bestseller - a beautiful, funny and heart shattering account of growing up within a remarkable generation of people who helped define Hollywood and literary New York as we know them. In this conversation, Griffin shares incredible stories about his life and work, including delving into his family's wild history, grief, an audition gone wrong in the best way, ayahuasca, and how learning to lie “like a serial killer” prepared him for the world of showbusiness. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 3:17 First memories of tea and his experience of corporal punishment at school 6:10 What getting away with things taught him about showbiz  7:13 His memoir and the family he held together 9:09 Why recording the audiobook was surprisingly emotional 11:34 His great-uncle's scandalous death 14:03 Directing The Center Will Not Hold for his aunt Joan Didion 16:28 Musings on grief etiquette 18:54 His worst advice from someone in power 20:19 Doors he walked through, and relationships cut short 21:57 What stays the same even with all the ugliness in the world: humanity 23:24 An acting dry spell and the terrible audition that changed everything 27:35 Carrie Fisher and career envy 28:33 Down the rabbit hole: ayahuasca 31:02 The challenge of writing fiction 33:53 Dancing when nobody's watching 35:46 Goodbyes LINKS & MENTIONS Griffin on IMDB Instagram: @griffindunne CONNECT Website Substack Instagram: @teawithrosieconversations | @rosiefellner TikTok CREDITS Host & Producer: Rosie Fellner Guest: Griffin Dunne Director: Gillian MacGregor Writer: Neil K Lory Music: James Edward Barker Stills Photographer: Bob Foster CONVERSATION Director of Photography: Conor Boru Camera Operator: Dom Lenoir Producer’s Assistant: Cassia Wijay TITLE SEQUENCE & SPONSOR CREDITS Director of Photography: Willow Bidwell Camera Assistant: Alex Hageman Hair & Make Up: Jolanda Coetzer Producer's Assistant: Robin Stewart Location: The Portobello Hotel Episode Sponsor: Mackenzie-Childs With thanks to Fortnum & Mason

    Griffin Dunne: Grief, Family Scandals, Joan Didion, & Learning to Get Away With It

  2. Oct 20

    Megan Smart: Reinvention, discipline, & saying yes to the unknown

    Megan Smart is a brilliant Australian actress and filmmaker who knew she wanted to act from the grand old age of five. She landed her first film - Simon Baker’s Breath - from her very first audition before she’d even graduated drama school, and since then, she’s starred in Wakefield, Amazon Prime’s wonderfully unhinged Class of ’07 and Black Snow opposite Travis Fimmel. She currently stars alongside Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield in the hilarious comedy-horror Gnomes on Disney+ We chat about the extreme highs and lows of the film industry, how discipline is the only thing you have control over, and why impatience can be an asset. We also delve into her journey of self-discovery when she moved from Australia to London, and the exhilarating moment she found she’d been chosen for an acting job - but had just four hours to get to the airport! CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Rosie’ choice of tea for Megan: Queen Anne 02:27 - Megan’s tea memories: her father and British family roots 03:44 - Meeting her fiancé Sam in a London bar - “so old fashioned” 04:51 - Drama school as Megan’s “wonderland” 05:42 - Her new TV show Gnomes - “Hot fuzz meets Gremlins” 07:31 - The worst advice Megan has received: be patient and wait 08:49 - Learning not to make herself smaller for other people 11:20 - The one thing actors can control: how hard they work 15:08 - Her setbacks getting into drama school 17:40 - Voiceover work on The Blood of Dawnwalker and the unexpected accent pivot 19:20 - Saying no can matter as much as saying yes 20:48 - The “dark person” she once thought she was 21:53 - A fresh start in London and choosing her own story 23:21 - Knowing she was born to tell stories 24:10 - Exploring directing and building projects of her own 24:53 - The uncertainty and exhilaration of acting work 26:20 - What she does when nobody is watching 27:04 - Quickfire tea etiquette LINKS & MENTIONS Megan's IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6024352/ Megan's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thesmartmegan/ CONNECT Website: https://www.teawithrosieconversations.com/ Substack: https://teawithrosieconversations.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithrosieconversations/ | https://www.instagram.com/rosiefellner/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teawithrosieconversation CREDITS Host & Producer: Rosie Fellner Guest: Megan Smart Director: Gillian MacGregor Writer: Neil K Lory Music: James Edward Barker Stills Photographer: Bob Foster CONVERSATION Director of Photography: Conor Boru Camera Operator: Dom Lenoir TITLE SEQUENCE & SPONSOR CREDITS Director of Photography: Willow Bidwell Camera Assistant: Alex Hageman Hair & Make Up: Jolanda Coetzer Producer's Assistant: Robin Stewart Location: The Portobello Hotel Episode Sponsor: Mackenzie-Childs With thanks to Fortnum & Mason https://www.fortnumandmason.com/

    Megan Smart: Reinvention, discipline, & saying yes to the unknown

  3. Oct 13

    Shelley Conn: The tragedy that made her look inwards, & how motherhood changes everything

    Shelley Conn is rather marvellous. An exceptionally talented and prolific actress, Shelley’s career spans film, TV and theatre. Recently, she was Lady Mary Sharma in Bridgerton - a mother navigating a world that wasn’t built for her daughters, Dean Shetty in Gen V, Isabella in Love Sarah and is soon to be seen in ITV’s upcoming series Adultery alongside Dominic Cooper and Romla Garai. I met Shelley… let’s just say a few years ago… on a TV show called Down to Earth and it felt like meeting a long-lost sister. Shelley has real magic. She’s ethereal, deeply present, and completely without artifice. In this new episode of Tea With Rosie, Shelley reveals what she’s learning from the new generation of young women, the heartache that made her look inwards, and how motherhood changes everything. This episode of Tea With Rosie is sponsored by Mackenzie-Childs, https://www.mackenzie-childs.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Welcome to Tea With Rosie 02:53 - Rosie chooses Lapsang Souchong for Shelley 03:55 - Shelley’s first tea memories - “picnic coffee” 05:58 - Getting lost at a phone-free night club 07:21 - How motherhood changes your world 08:48 - The pressure to make yourself smaller - and why Shelley won’t do that anymore 11:24 - “Get your kit off” - why intimacy coordinators matter 14:20 - Finding a sense of self after tragedy 16:06 - Turning pain into soul searching 16:57 - Shelley’s support after Rosie’s bereavement 18:21 - The wonderland of having a family 20:31 - Taking risks and trusting there will always be another chance 23:05 - The academic life Shelley once imagined 25:12 - Shelley as Elphaba in Wicked? 26:25 - Rosie’s horrible Dirty Dancing audition 30:02 - Singing and dancing when nobody’s watching - but they can probably still hear you! 31:07 - Quick-fire tea etiquette LINKS & MENTIONS Find Shelley on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174909/ Follow Shelley on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theshelleyconn/ CONNECT Website: https://www.teawithrosieconversations.com/ Substack: https://teawithrosieconversations.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithrosieconversations/ | https://www.instagram.com/rosiefellner/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teawithrosieconversation CREDITS Host & Producer: Rosie Fellner Guest: Shelley Conn Director: Gillian MacGregor Writer: Neil K Lory Director of Photography: Willow Bidwell Camera Assistant: Alex Hageman Sound Recordist: Dom Lenoir Hair & Make Up: Jolanda Coetzer Music: James Edward Barker Producer's Assistant: Robin Stewart Filming Location: The Portobello Hotel Stills Photographer: Bob Foster Episode Sponsor: Mackenzie-Childs With thanks to Fortnum & Mason https://www.fortnumandmason.com/

    Shelley Conn: The tragedy that made her look inwards, & how motherhood changes everything

  4. Oct 6

    James D’Arcy: Acting, ageing, fatherhood, & finding light after dark times

    James D'Arcy is a rather fantastic actor. I first met him years ago on a movie called Age of Heroes and was struck by his generosity, talent and sense of fun. You’ll know him from Master and Commander, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer, and his longstanding portrayal of Edwin Jarvis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including in the upcoming Vision Quest. He even found time in his busy schedule to turn his hand to writing and directing Made in Italy, a beautiful film starring Liam Neeson. In this episode of Tea With Rosie, James discusses the well-meaning career advice that backfired into motivation, how loss and discomfort can become sources of growth, and how marriage and fatherhood changed his life. This episode of Tea With Rosie is sponsored by Mackenzie-Childs, https://www.mackenzie-childs.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 — Intro 01:42 — Olivia Colman’s genius 03:43 — James has a shocking confession 04:43 — Introducing James to tea with Darjeeling - the champagne of teas 06:17 — His first memory of tea at a rather brutal French lesson 09:46 — The realities of ageing 11:42 — Making yourself smaller to fit other’s people’s idea of you 13:48 — The well-meaning career advice that spurred him on 16:55 — James was almost known by another name 19:15 — Losing his father at six and how that shaped his life 19:55 — “Another f***ing growth opportunity" 21:10 — Dark periods and getting to the lightness on the other side 22:20 — How meeting his wife changed his mind about relationships 24:29 — The challenges of being an actor and also a parent 26:11 — The version of James that never made it 28:13 — Tea etiquette quickfire questions LINKS & MENTIONS Find James on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195439/ Follow James on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mrjamesdarcy/ Made in Italy: https://www.madeinitaly.movie/ CONNECT Website: https://www.teawithrosieconversations.com/ Substack: https://teawithrosieconversations.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithrosieconversations/ | https://www.instagram.com/rosiefellner/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teawithrosieconversation CREDITS Host & Producer: Rosie Fellner Guest: James D’Arcy Director: Gillian MacGregor Writer: Neil K Lory Director of Photography: Willow Bidwell Camera Assistant: Alex Hageman Hair & Make Up: Jolanda Coetzer Music: James Edward Barker Producer's Assistant: Robin Stewart Filming Location: The Portobello Hotel Stills Photographer: Bob Foster Episode Sponsor: Mackenzie-Childs With thanks to Fortnum & Mason https://www.fortnumandmason.com/

    James D’Arcy: Acting, ageing, fatherhood, & finding light after dark times

  5. Sep 29

    Millie Brady: Female friendship, destiny, & the career pivot that led to acting

    Millie Brady has that rare quality of magnetism - you are instantly captivated from the first time you see her, whether that’s in The Queens Gambit, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, or as Æthelflæd in The Last Kingdom. Like a cup of Fortnum & Mason’s Classic Earl Grey, Millie is refined and unmistakably classic, but with a simmering depth and holds one’s attention completely. In this episode Millie discusses the career pivot that led her into acting, what grew out of heartbreak, and the friendships that have shaped her life. This episode of Tea With Rosie is sponsored by Mackenzie-Childs, https://www.mackenzie-childs.com/

    Millie Brady: Female friendship, destiny, & the career pivot that led to acting

  6. Sep 22

    Brian Cox: The legendary actor on career, family and his challenging new role

    The word “icon” is thrown around a lot these days, but my guest this week is one of the very few actually worthy of the title. Brian Cox is without doubt one of the most acclaimed and respected actors in the world. With a career spanning over six decades across theatre, film and television. In a world where authenticity often takes a backseat, Brian is a pillar of truth in his life and art. In an incredibly candid conversation, he shares his early memories of family gatherings and the (very!) early performances that laid the foundation for his illustrious career. We touch on Succession, his challenging new role in Dexter: Resurrection and a particularly exhausting theatre performance many years ago. I’m so honoured to have had such a candid conversation with Brian and found myself laughing one moment, then so incredibly moved the next. I hope you enjoy the insight into this revered and loved British actor and incredible human being. This episode of Tea With Rosie is sponsored by Mackenzie-Childs, https://www.mackenzie-childs.com/ LINKS & MENTIONS Brian Cox on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004051/ Follow Brian on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coxusa/ CONNECT Website: https://www.teawithrosieconversations.com/ Substack: https://teawithrosieconversations.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithrosieconversations/ | https://www.instagram.com/rosiefellner/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teawithrosieconversation

    Brian Cox: The legendary actor on career, family and his challenging new role

  7. Sep 15

    Eve: Resilience, fame, motherhood, and building a life on her own terms

    Eve is, was, and always will be That Girl.  A multi-platinum, two-time Grammy award winning artist, Emmy nominated talk-show host, author, actress, and producer, Eve is a force to be reckoned with. In this first episode Eve chats with Rosie about rejection, resilience, fame, motherhood, and building a life on her own terms. This episode is sponsored by Mackenzie-Childs. CHAPTERS 00:00 - Introduction to Eve's inspiring journey 01:56 - Early memories of family and tea 04:19 - Travel, and why England feels like home 05:10 - Turning hardship into drive 07:55 - What stayed the same through every change: resilience 09:39 - Rap battles, fearlessness, and “this has to happen” 11:46 - Making herself smaller for friends and relationships 14:43 - Noticing the behaviour of powerful people and why she’d never copy it 15:35 - Her reaction to receiving the retrospective Grammy Award 16:33 - What grew from something that almost broke her 17:40 - “Do it for the plot” 18:37 - Meeting Dr.Dre 19:14 - Why financial independence has always mattered 20:27 - Trying on personas and leaving past versions behind 21:02 - Is she a witch? Why she believes in magic 22:06 - Breathe and Believe: her new wellness business built around pause 23:32 - What she’d do if nobody was watching 25:13 - Touring, motherhood, and work/life balance 26:59 - The “no” from an A&R guy that bothered her for years 28:10 - Fame’s downside 29:15 - Acting and impostor syndrome 30:24 - Closing thanks and sign-off LINKS & MENTIONS Eve’s memoir, Who’s That Girl is published by Harper Collins in the UK and is available now. Breathe & Believe Global: Website Follow Eve on Instagram: @therealeve Find tickets for Eve’s tour here. CONNECT Website: teawithrosieconversations.com Substack: teawithrosieconversations.substack.com Instagram: @teawithrosieconversations | @rosiefellner TikTok: @teawithrosieconversation CREDITS Host & Producer: Rosie Fellner Guest: Eve Cooper Director: Gillian MacGregor Writer: Neil K Lory Director of Photography: Willow Bidwell Camera Assistant: Alex Hageman Hair & Make Up: Jolanda Coetzer Music: James Edward Barker Producer's Assistant: Robin Stewart Filming Location: The Portobello Hotel Stills Photographer: Bob Foster Episode Sponsor: Mackenzie-Childs With thanks to Fortnum & Mason https://www.fortnumandmason.com/

    Eve: Resilience, fame, motherhood, and building a life on her own terms

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    Tea With Rosie is a new podcast hosted by actress & producer Rosie Fellner. Coming soon! Social links: Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teawithrosieconversations/ Rosie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosiefellner Website: https://www.rosiefellner.com

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Hosted by actress and producer Rosie Fellner, Tea With Rosie explores life's curveballs over afternoon tea. Join Rosie and her guests as they topple down the rabbit hole, discussing everything from career to parenthood, success, failures, second chances and everything in between. CONNECT Website: teawithrosieconversations.com Substack: teawithrosieconversations.substack.com Instagram: @teawithrosieconversations TikTok: @teawithrosieconversation

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  • Creator
    Rosie Fellner
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Rosie Fellner
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    Tea With Rosie

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