Alison Peebles
Alison Peebles (born 1953) is an award-winning Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a multiple award-winning Scottish theater company.[1][2] Peebles is noted for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd’s celebrated 1993 production of Macbeth at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]
Peebles directed the film AfterLife, which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003.[4] Peebles is also noted for the documentary Multiple, shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has multiple sclerosis.[5][6]
Alison Peebles originally trained as a Painter at Edinburgh College of Art.
In 2016, Peebles was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Film Awards.[7]
Filmography
Actress
- 2015 Where Do We Go From Here?
- 2011 Fast Romance (film)
- 2010 Lip Service (TV series)
- 2010 Labour (film short)
- 2009 Floating Is Easy (short)
- 2009 Wasted (film)
- 2009 Eadar-Chluich (TV series)
- 2004-2008 High Times (TV series)
- 2008 Trouble Sleeping
- 2007 Silver Tongues (short)
- 1988–2005 Taggart (TV series)
- 2004 Sex Traffic (TV movie)
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
- 2003 Skagerrak (film)
- 1999 Psychos (TV mini-series)
- 1998 The Acid House (film)
- 1997 Bumping the Odds (TV movie)
- 1996 Rab C. Nesbitt (TV series)
- 1995 The Final Cut (TV mini-series)
- 1992–1993 Strathblair (TV series)
- 1992 Bunch of Five (TV series)
- 1991–1992 The Advocates (TV series)
- 1990 Casualty (TV series)
Director
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
- 2002-2003 Stacey Stone (TV series)
- 2001 Tangerine (film short)
- 2001 Nan (film short)
Awards
| Year | Nominated Work | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here? | British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
References
- ^ Official website of Communicado Theatre Company
- ^ "Alison Peebles biography". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Ian Glen, Review of Macbeth. Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2004.
- ^ Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre: Alison Peebles
- ^ MS in the Public Eye: Alison Peebles
- ^ British Academy Scotland Awards Full List of Nominations
External links
- Scottish women film directors
- Scottish stage actresses
- Scottish television actresses
- Scottish radio actresses
- People with multiple sclerosis
- Living people
- 1953 births
- Scottish screenwriters
- British women screenwriters
- 20th-century Scottish actresses
- 21st-century Scottish actresses
- Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art