Martha Cope

This article is about the actress. For the blues singer, see Martha Copeland.

Martha Cope
Born	Martha Esther J Cope 1970 (age 49–50) St. Pancras, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Parent(s)	Kenneth Cope Renny Lister

Martha Cope is a British television actress born in St. Pancras, London in 1970. She has appeared in many popular British programmes, including Doctors, Men Behaving Badly, Peak Practice and Family Affairs between 2002 and 2003 when she played Anna Gregory.

Career

More recently, she has appeared in the Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf" in 2005 and in the Doctor Who audio dramas The Nowhere Place and 100.

She and her father appeared in the same episode of Out of the Blue in 1995. She also played Beverly Newton in an episode of Holby City that was broadcast on 13 September 2011, DC Morden in Emmerdale between December 2013 and January 2014 and Joanne in Coronation Street between December 2015 and January 2016.

Personal life

She is the daughter of actors Kenneth Cope and Renny Lister.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994 1996 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008	The Bill	Ellie Foster Nicola Stephens Gina Priest Tracey Grove Josie Reardon Deborah Carey Hilary Fuller	7 episodes
1994 2006 2015	Casualty	Sylvia Christine Denton Susan Robinson	3 episodes
1995	Out of the Blue	Marilyn Jowett	1 episode
2000 2007 2015 2018	Doctors	Elaine Pendle Beth Telford Sally Bennett Sam Garwell	4 episodes
2002–2003	Family Affairs	Anna Gregory	Regular role
2005	Doctor Who	Controller	1 episode
2009 2011	Holby City	Misty Fisher Beverly Newton	2 episode
2013–2014	Emmerdale	DC Morden	10 episodes
2014–2015	EastEnders	Melissa Phillips	2 episodes
2015–2016	Coronation Street	Joanne	6 episodes

External links

• Martha Cope at IMDb