Alexandra Moen
| Alexandra Moen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alexandra Moen |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
Alexandra Moen is an English actress, best known for her roles as Emily James in the British TV drama Hotel Babylon, as Tamsin in the TV drama Tripping Over and as Lucy Saxon in three episodes of "Doctor Who".
Moen was born in Pisa, Italy in 1978 to an oceanographer father and teacher mother. She lived briefly in Canada and Bermuda with her two younger brothers until moving to England in 1991.[1] She finished school in the UK and studied English at Leeds University before training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London.
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[edit] List of credits
[edit] Film
- Not Alone (2011) - Chloe
[edit] Television
- Foyle's War (2004) episode "Enemy Fire" - Mary Wrenn
- Midsomer Murders (2005) episode "Second Sight" - Emma Kirby (credited as Alexandra Moon)
- .357 (2005) - Mel
- Falling (2005) - Daphne
- Whatever Love Means - Princess Anne
- Tripping Over (2006) - Tamsin
- Doctor Who (2007,2009) episodes "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The End of Time, Part One" [2]
- Hotel Babylon (2008–09) - Emily James
- Waking the Dead (2008) episodes "Sins: Part 1", "Sins: Part 2" - Cathy Reading
- Casualty (2010)
- Doctors (2010) episode "Five Seconds" as Laura Thomas[3]
- Strike Back: Project Dawn (2011) as Kerry Stonebridge
[edit] Stage
- The Seagull written by Chekhov, adapted by Phyllis Nagy, directed by Steven Pimlott, Chichester, (2003) - Nina
- The Hinge of the World written by Richard Goodwin at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, (2003) - Maria Celeste
- The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Chichester, (2003) - Jessica
- Look Back in Anger written by John Osborne at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh (2005) - Helena
- Phaedra's Love written by Sarah Kane at the Bristol Old Vic (2005) - Strophe
- Shoreditch Madonna written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz at the Soho Theatre, London, (2005) - Christina
- The Lady from the Sea written by Henrik Ibsen at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, (2012) - Hilde
[edit] Collaboration with Doctor Who cast members
Moen had appeared opposite actor David Tennant, (the tenth incarnation of The Doctor), on stage in a 2005 production of Look Back in Anger.[4][5]
In the 2006 television series Tripping Over, Moen starred as Tamsin opposite Paul McGann, the actor who portrayed the Eighth Doctor in the one-off 1996 telemovie. Moen also performed on stage in 2003 with David Troughton who in addition to his own appearances on the programme is the son of actor Patrick Troughton, who played the second incarnation of the The Doctor; Moen played Maria Celeste in The Hinge of the World, the daughter to Troughton's Galileo.[6] In Hotel Babylon, Moen has appeared with John Barrowman who plays Captain Jack Harkness both in Doctor Who and in its spin-off series Torchwood, as well as Michael Obiora, who appeared as Billy Shipton in the episode Blink.
[edit] References
- ^ "Press Office - Hotel Babylon". BBC. 2008-02-08. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/babylon_moen.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/090728_news_03
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t9y35
- ^ "'Look Back in Anger' - Various reviews". David-Tennant.com. April 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-07-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20070731125434/http://www.david-tennant.com/temp/id64.html. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ "'Look Back in Anger' - Review". British Theatre Guide. 2003-04-02. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/lookback-rev.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
- ^ "The Hinge of the World' - Various reviews". aord.co.uk. April 2003. http://www.aord.co.uk/hinge/reviews.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-28.
