Kate Dickie
Kate Dickie | |
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.jpg) Kate Dickie (2012) | |
| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) East Kilbride, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994 – present |
Kate Dickie (born 1971) is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lysa Arryn on the HBO series Game of Thrones, and is also known for her portrayal of the security camera operative Jackie in her starring debut Red Road, directed by Andrea Arnold, for which she was given several awards as best actress, among other things at the BAFTA Scotland Awards and the British Independent Film Awards in 2006. Dickie also supports the theatre company Solar Bear, which is known for its collaborations with deaf people, in part through her role as patron.[1]
Early life
Dickie was born in East Kilbride, Scotland, but spent part of her childhood in different parts of Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway, Perthshire and Ayrshire), due to frequent moves by her family. From an early age she discovered her passion for acting, which her parents also supported. Coming from a working-class family (her father was a farmer and gardener) in which no family member had been in the arts before, she was embarrassed to call herself an actress since she was afraid to be called pretentious.[2] Her desire for drama classes supported her to overcome her insecurities that appeared through the frequent school changes and helped her dealing with adjusting to new people and surroundings. After leaving school she went to college in Kirkcaldy to study for a national certificate in drama. In 1990, she won a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and decided to stay in Glasgow.[2] Dickie started to work in theatre and had the opportunity to perform with some of Scotland's best companies. She finally achieved her breakthrough in 2000 when she played a key role in an episode of the BBC Scotland / Raindog series Tinsel Town.[2]
Acting career
Through Dickie's performance in her film debut Red Road (in which she plays a security camera operative who gets involved with people's everyday lives through her camera perspective and who begins to stalk a man for reasons relating to her past) with her former drama school mate and co-star Tony Curran, she gained more recognition as a serious actress.[3][4][5][6]
In the stage play Aalst, based on the true story of a couple who had killed their children and were sentenced in a high-profile trial, Dickie plays one of the parents. Her motivation to perform this role was her feeling of "responsibility to play people like that and to give them a voice. People that are not necessarily good or nice and have good lives."[2]
Dickie reprised the role of Jackie in Donkeys, a follow-up to Red Road which is directed by Morag McKinnon. She portrayed Mary in the United Kingdom supernatural thriller film Outcast.[7]
Dickie was a swimming trainer in the 2010 television film Dive.
She appears in the HBO television series Game of Thrones, where she plays the role of Lysa Arryn.[8]
Personal life
Dickie lives with her daughter Molly (born in 2004) and her boyfriend Kenny in Glasgow.
Filmography
Stage
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Bonjour Tristesse | |
| 1997–98 | Timeless | |
| 1999 | Electra | Electra |
| 1999 | Mainstream | |
| 2000 | AD | |
| 2001 | Blooded | |
| 2002–03 | Lament | |
| 2003 | The Entertainer | |
| 2005 | Boiling a Frog | Fooaltiyeman |
| 2005 | Trojan Woman | Andromache |
| 2007 | Aalst | Cathy Delany |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Young girl | (23 episodes) – "Mother" |
| 2000–01 | Tinsel Town | Lex | |
| 2003 | The Vice | Beverly | (1 episode) – "Gameboys" |
| 2003 | Taggart | (1 episode) – "Penthouse and Pavement" | |
| 2004 | Still Game | Pregnant Girl | (17 episode, Series 3) – "Swottin" |
| 2006 | Film '72 | Herself | |
| 2007 | Taggart | Wendy Nuget | (1 episode) – "Island" (2003) |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | Isabella Clennell | (2 episode) |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Agnes Builder | |
| 2011, 2014 | Game of Thrones | Lady Lysa Arryn | (5 episodes) |
| 2012 | New Tricks | DCI Fiona MacDougall | (1 episode) – "Glasgow UCOS" |
| 2013 | By Any Means | Patricia Brooks | Episode #1,2 |
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Room for the Night | Prostitute | Short film |
| 2005 | Who Do You Love? | Mum | |
| 2006 | Accidents | Mum | |
| 2006 | Red Road | Jackie | |
| 2006 | The Harvest | Emma Bovey | |
| 2008 | Trace | Karen | |
| 2008 | Somers Town | Jane | |
| 2008 | He Kills Coppers | Janis | TV-film |
| 2010 | Outcast | Mary | |
| 2010 | Native Son | Policewoman | Cinema Extreme Short Film |
| 2010 | Donkeys | Jackie | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | Ford | |
| 2012 | Shell | Claire | |
| 2013 | Filth | Chrissie | |
| 2013 | Not Another Happy Ending | Anna le Fevre | |
| 2013 | For Those in Peril | Cathy | |
| 2014 | Soror | Amanda | Short Film |
| 2015 | The Witch | Katherine |
Awards and nominations
BAFTA Awards, Scotland
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Won | BAFTA Scotland Award Best Actress in a Scottish Film | for: Couple In A Hole |
| 2006 | Won | BAFTA Scotland Award Best Actress in a Scottish Film | for: Red Road (2006) |
| 2000 | Nominated | BAFTA Scotland Award Best Television Performance | for: "Tinsel Town" (2000) |
British Independent Film Awards
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Won | BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film | for: Red Road (2006) |
London Critics Circle Film Awards
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Nominated | ALFS Award British Actress of the Year | for: Red Road (2006) |
Montréal Festival of New Cinema
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Won | Actin Award Best Actress | Best Actress for:Red Road (2006) |
References
- ^ Celebrated at Cannes, but work still not easy for Kate THEATRE: | Sunday Herald, The | Find Articles at BNET
- ^ a b c d Waiting in the wings Kate Dickie wasn't prepared for the fame that | Sunday Herald, The | Find Articles at BNET
- ^ Red Road – Movie Review
- ^ Movie Review: Red Road
- ^ BBC – Movies – review – Red Road
- ^ The Brit pack of UK cinema – Features, Film & TV – The Independent
- ^ AFM '09: First Image, Details on Thriller 'Outcast'
- ^ The Sir Cafe Mom
External links
- Kate Dickie at IMDb
- Red Road Interview
- Sundance Film Festival Interview
- Film Review "Red Road"
- BBC News Article
- BBC Film Network
- Soho Theatre "Aalst"
- Film Review "Aalst"
- Kate Dickie and Pol Heyvaert
- Somers Town
- The Herald Article
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