Alexandra Gilbreath

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Alexandra Gilbreath
Born (1969-03-28) 28 March 1969 (age 55)
Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England
Alma materLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
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Alexandra Gilbreath (born 28 March 1969) is an English actress, born in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[1]

Widely known for her role as depressed author Lucy Moss in Not Going Out. Work both on stage and onscreen (in film and on television), Gilbreath is an Associate Artist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, gaining notice for her work in productions of Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew (for which she received a Helen Hayed Award nomination for Best Actress), The Tamer Tamed, The Winter's Tale and Merry Wives: the Musical. She was nominated for an Olivier award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Olivia in the RSC's Twelfth Night, directed by Greg Doran, which played at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2010. She was also awarded the 1996 Ian Charleson Award for her performance as the title character in Hedda Gabler for the English Touring Theatre.[1]

Gilbreath's work on the BBC television series Monarch of the Glen as Stella Moon brought her worldwide attention. She was then seen in Life Begins, with Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong. Other television credits include episodes of Absolute Power, Midsomer Murders, The Commander, Casualty and Trial & Retribution. She is probably best known to ITV audiences for playing the original Sun Hill Serial Killer Pat Kitson on The Bill. In 2006, she appeared in episode one of the sitcom Not Going Out as depressed author Lucy Moss.

Gilbreath appeared as Alice Ford in the Royal Shakespeare Company Christmas production of The Merry Wives Of Windsor, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon. The production, directed by Philip Breen, ran from 29 October 2012 to 12 January 2013.[2] Her work at the Royal Shakespeare Company includes "Shakespeare Live! From The RSC", broadcast by the BBC to celebrate William Shakespeare’s birthday and the 400th anniversary of his death. She also worked with the RSC at the Swan Theatre on their production of Aphra Behn's The Rover. At the Bush Theatre in London, she premiered Oscar winner Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play, The Invisible, directed by Michael Oakley.

In 2015 Gilbreath filmed the Justin Chadwick-directed Tulip Fever, with Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz, and appeared as Georgina Francis in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode "The Time Machine". She has worked with Trevor Nunn twice - on The Wars Of The Roses in Kingston and Dessert at the Southwark Playhouse. She also performed in the World Premiere of Florian Zeller's The Lie, directed by Lindsay Posner, and appeared at the Hampstead Theatre in the black comedy Mother Christmas.

In 2019, she returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company to play Lady Brute in the Restoration comedy The Provoked Wife.[3]

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Dead Babies Cecilia
2007 The All Together Prue Swain
2012 The History of Chance Laura Candle (Short)
2015 Scarlet Says Anna Herbert (Short)
2017 Tulip Fever Lysbeth
2020 The Art of Love Eva Parker

TV[edit]

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Doctor at the Top Student (TV series), 1 episode: "It's Alright, I am a Doctor"
1994 The Brittas Empire Reporter (TV series), 1 episode: "Brussels Calling"
1996-1997 Next of Kin Vanda or Vanda Hooey (TV series), 3 episodes: "Pollution", "The Sports Day" and "Embarrassment"
1996-2003 The Bill Emma Simpson (1996) / Pat Kitson (2002-2003) (TV series), 12 episodes
1997 Wing and a Prayer Karen Simpson (TV series), 1 episode: "The Ties That Bind"
The Heart Surgeon Rachel Ryan (TV movie)
A Touch of Frost Jackie Sheridan (TV series), 1 episode: "True Confessions"
1998 Out of Hours Mrs. Russell (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.4"
1999 The Winter's Tale Hermione, Queen to Leontes A straight-to-video filming of the 1999 RSC's Barbican production
Children's Ward Geena (TV series), 2 episodes: "Episode #11.3", "Episode #11.4"
2001 Monarch of the Glen Stella Moon (TV series), 9 episodes
2002 The Project Deborah (Two-part television film)
2003 Happiness Amanda (TV series), 2 episodes: "People Move On" and "Old Bloke at the Door"
Midsomer Murders Naomi Sinclair (TV series), 1 episode: "Birds of Prey"
2004-2006 Life Begins Mia (TV series), 3 episodes: "Maggie & Phil (2004)", "Episode #3.1" and "Episode #3.3"
2005 Taggart Private Lombard (TV series), 1 episode: "Do or Die"
Strauss: The Waltz King Anna Strauss (TV movie)
Absolute Power Ashley Pink (TV series), 1 episode: "Blood Bank"
The Commander: Virus Vera Judd (TV movie)
2006 Not Going Out Lucy Moss (TV series), 1 episode: "Serious"
2008-2015 Casualty Julie Borras (2008) / Eileen Brightwell (2015) (TV series), 2 episodes: "Saturday Night Fever" and "The Department of Secrets"
2009 Ladies of Letters Newsreader (TV series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.5"
Trial & Retribution Alex Phelps (TV series), 1 episode: "Ghost Train: Part 1"
2011 Inspector George Gently Pat Shepherd (TV series), 1 episode: "Goodbye China"
2013 Doctors Dr. Germaine Everson (TV series), 1 episode: "Stressed Out"
2013-2019 EastEnders Dr. Liz Farley (2013) / Nicola Kelly (2018 - 2019) (TV series), 8 episodes
2014 WPC 56 Lydia Bloom (TV series), 1 episode: "That Old Devil Called Love"
2015 Father Brown Georgina Francis (TV series), 1 episode: "The Time Machine"
2022 Becoming Elizabeth Kat Ashley TV series

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric, eds. (2009). Romeo and Juliet. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 172–173. ISBN 9781137004550.
  2. ^ "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Phillipbreen.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "The Provoked Wife at the RSC". Rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links[edit]

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