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Elizabeth Berrington
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| Born |
Elizabeth Evans
3 August 1970 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Elizabeth Berrington (born 3 August 1970) is a talented English actress. She went to the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art to study acting. Many people know her for her roles in popular TV shows. These include Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road, Paula Kosh in Stella, and Dawn Stevenson in The Syndicate. She has also appeared in many other British TV series like Doctor Who, The Office, and Casualty.
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Elizabeth Berrington's Acting Journey
Elizabeth Berrington started her acting career in 1993. She has worked in many different types of shows and films.
Early TV Roles and Comedy
From 1996 to 1999, Elizabeth starred in the ITV comedy-drama My Wonderful Life. She acted alongside Emma Wray and Tony Robinson. In 1999, she played the famous French queen Marie Antoinette in Let Them Eat Cake. This show also featured popular comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
Big Screen Adventures: Films Elizabeth Has Been In
Elizabeth has appeared in many films. She was in The Little Vampire. Later, she acted in Nanny McPhee with Emma Thompson. She also appeared in the film In Bruges alongside actors like Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes. In 1996, she was in the drama film Secrets & Lies.
Popular TV Shows and Memorable Characters
In 2008 and 2009, Elizabeth played Mel in the TV series Moving Wallpaper. She also appeared in an episode of Poirot called "Cat Among the Pigeons." In 2009, she starred with Shirley Henderson in the ITV drama May Contain Nuts. Elizabeth played Ffion, a snobby suburban mother. She also played Nicola, a nurse, in the BBC Two comedy Psychoville.
From 2009 to 2011, she was a food technology teacher named Ruby Fry in the BBC TV series Waterloo Road. She left the show after two series. In 2011, she played "Auntie" in "The Doctor's Wife", an episode of series 6 of Doctor Who. From 2012 to 2013, she played Paula Kosh in the Sky One comedy series Stella. She came back for two more episodes in 2015.
In 2011, Elizabeth was in the BBC Christmas show Lapland as Paula. She played this role again in the six-part series Being Eileen, which started in February 2013. In 2014, she appeared in Cuckoo as Sandra. In 2016, Elizabeth was in "Hated in the Nation", an episode of the Netflix show Black Mirror.
Elizabeth Berrington's Filmography
Films She Has Acted In
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Jane | |
| The Moonstone | Limping Lucy | TV film | |
| 1998 | Urban Ghost Story | Mrs Ash | |
| 1999 | 8½ Women | Celeste, Emmenthal Maid | |
| Onegin | Mile Volkonsky | ||
| Mad Cows | Pru | ||
| 2000 | The Little Vampire | Elizabeth McAshton | |
| Quills | Charlotte | ||
| 2001 | Large | Dog Therapist | |
| 2003 | The Deal | Cherie Blair | TV film |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Cynical Lady | |
| Spivs | Nigel's Secretary | ||
| 2005 | A Cock and Bull Story | Debbie | |
| Nanny McPhee | Letitia | ||
| 2006 | Missing | Nurse Peters | TV film |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Joanna Syms | TV film | |
| Scoop | Antique Shop Woman (Lucy) | ||
| Are You Ready for Love? | Debbie | ||
| 2007 | The Dinner Party | The Shrew | TV film |
| Fred Claus | Linda Elf | ||
| 2008 | In Bruges | Natalie | |
| 2009 | May Contain Nuts | Ffion Russell | TV film |
| 2011 | Lapland | Paula Cooper | TV film |
| 2012 | Hard Boiled Sweets | Jackie | |
| Eggbox | Nurse | TV film | |
| 2013 | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Bernie | |
| 2014 | Mr Turner | Lady Critic | |
| 2016 | Swallows and Amazons | Mrs Blackett | |
| 2018 | Teen Spirit | Lorene | |
| 2019 | Yesterday | Hazel | |
| 2021 | Spencer | Anne, Princess Royal | |
| Last Night in Soho | Ms Tobin | ||
| 2022 | Why Wouldn't I Be? | Alice | Short |
| 2023 | Grey Matter | Eileen |
Television Shows She Has Appeared In
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Between the Lines | Pamela Hewitt | Episode: "Shoot to Kill" |
| 1996 | Staying Alive | Leah Howes | 1 episode |
| The Bill | Avril Stone | Episode: "Hard Enough" | |
| 1997–1999 | The Lakes | Ruth | Series regular |
| My Wonderful Life | Marina | Series regular | |
| 1998 | Casualty | June White | Episode: "Degrees of Separation" |
| Silent Witness | Jane Nelson | Episode: "Brothers in Arms" | |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | Marie Antoinette | 3 episodes |
| 2000 | The Vice | Julie Evans | Episode: "Betrayed" |
| Nature Boy | Miss Owthwaite | 1 episode | |
| Rhona | Roxanne | Episode: "The Haircut" | |
| 2001 | The Grimleys | Mrs Robins | Episode: "An Inspector Calls" |
| The Bill | Lynn Roberts | Episode: "A Week of Nights" | |
| Sam's Game | Irene | Episode: "Slogan" | |
| Chambers | Tina Stent | Episode: "Survival Trek" | |
| 2002 | Rescue Me | Mary Hope | 1 episode |
| Bodily Harm | Belinda Chalk | 2 episodes | |
| 2003 | The Office | Anne | Episode: "Christmas Special" |
| 2004 | Family Business | Jessica Brooker | Series regular |
| Shane | Myrtle | Series regular | |
| Where the Heart Is | Jemma Harper | Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye" | |
| 2005 | The Rotters' Club | Irene Anderton | Mini-series |
| Rose and Maloney | Maggie | Episode: "Annie Johnson" | |
| 2006–2007 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Val Duggan | Series regular |
| 2007 | Annually Retentive | Make Up Artist | 1 episode |
| 2008–2009 | Moving Wallpaper | Mel Debrou | Series regular |
| 2008 | A Touch of Frost | Babs Sellwood | Episode: "Mind Games" |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Grace Springer | Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons" | |
| Apparitions | Kim Portman | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | The Street | Jane Miller | Episode: "Smoke" |
| Psychoville | Nicola | 5 episodes | |
| 2009–2011 | Waterloo Road | Ruby Fry | Series regular |
| 2010 | Little Crackers | Terry | Episode: "Goodbye Fluff" |
| 2010 | Ordinary People | Stacey | Series regular |
| 2011 | The Crimson Petal and the White | Lady Constance Bridgelow | Miniseries |
| Doctor Who | Auntie | Episode: "The Doctor's Wife" | |
| 2012–2017 | Stella | Paula Kosh | Series regular |
| 2012 | New Tricks | Grace Cusack | Episode: "Blue Flower" |
| 2013 | Being Eileen | Paula Cooper | Series regular |
| Playhouse Presents | Jill | Episode: "Stage-Door Johnnies" | |
| Midsomer Murders | Libs Pearce | Episode: "The Christmas Haunting" | |
| 2014 | Pramface | Hester | Episode: "A Proper Little Family" |
| The Smoke | Pauline Pynchon | Mini-series | |
| W1A | Elaine Pearson | 1 episode | |
| Trying Again | Gail | Series regular | |
| Cuckoo | Sandra | Episode: "Funeral" | |
| Babylon | Vanessa Peters | 1 episode | |
| 2015 | The Syndicate | Dawn Stevenson | Series 3 (regular) |
| 2016–2017 | Tracey Ullman's Show | Various Roles | Series regular |
| 2016 | Camping | Kerry | Series regular |
| Doctors | Nic Katchevski | 5 episodes | |
| The Living and the Dead | Maud Hare | Series regular | |
| Wasted | Denise | Episode: "Come Down Day" | |
| Black Mirror | Jo Powers | Episode: "Hated in the Nation" | |
| Marley's Ghosts | Jill | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | Father Brown | Margaret Cartwright | Episode: "The Lepidopterist's Companion" |
| Little Boy Blue | Debra Taylor | Mini-series | |
| Loaded | Carly | Episode: "The Boat" | |
| Borderline | Mary Parfitt | Episode: "Inspection" | |
| 2018 | Death in Paradise | Diane Smith | Episode: "Murder from Above" |
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | Brenda Quintus | Episode: "This Promised End" | |
| Patrick Melrose | Fleur | Episode: "At Last" | |
| Vanity Fair | Lady Bareacres | 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Vera | Paula | Episode: "Cold River" |
| Good Omens | Dagon, Lord of Files | 2 episodes | |
| Sanditon | Mrs Griffiths | Series regular | |
| 2021–2023 | The Nevers | Lucy Best | Series regular |
| 2022 | The Responder | Lynne Renfrew | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | The Pact | Kate | 5 episodes |
| 2023 | Fifteen-Love | Carol Pearce | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Henpocalypse! | Bernadette | 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Sex Education | Celebrant Samantha | 1 episode |
| 2024 | Lost Boys and Fairies | Jackie | Series regular |
| TBA | Virdee | DS Clare Conway | Upcoming six-part thriller |
