Alexandra Moen

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Alexandra Moen
Born
Alexandra Phoebe Moen [1]

1978 (age 4546)
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Alexandra Moen (born 1978) is an Italian-born English actress, known for her roles as Emily James in the drama series Hotel Babylon , Tamsin in the drama series Tripping Over , and Lucy Saxon in the science fiction series Doctor Who . [2] [3]

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Early life

Moen was born in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, the daughter of an oceanographer father and teacher mother. Along with her two younger brothers, the family lived briefly in Canada and Bermuda, until moving to the United Kingdom in 1991. [4] She studied English at Leeds University, later going on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
2005.357MelShort film
2012 Bert and Dickie Rosalind Burnell
2015The Haunting of Ellie RoseChloe
2018 A Private War Zoe
2024Wider Than the SkyAnnShort film

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
2004 Foyle's War Mary WrennEpisode: "Enemy Fire"
2005 Falling DaphneTV film
Whatever Love Means Princess Anne TV film
Midsomer Murders Emma KirbyEpisode: "Second Sight"
2006 Tripping Over Tamsin Dalgliesh6 episodes
2007, 2009 Doctor Who Lucy SaxonEpisodes: "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The End of Time"
2008 Waking the Dead Cathy ReadingEpisodes: "Sins: Part 1", "Sins: Part 2"
2008–2009 Hotel Babylon Emily James16 episodes
2010 Doctors Laura ThomasEpisode: "Five Seconds"
Casualty Alison FirthEpisode: "Truth Will Out"
2010–2012 Strike Back Kerry Stonebridge9 episodes
2013 Luther EveEpisode #3.2
Death Comes to Pemberley Jane BingleyEpisode #1.2
2015–2016 Dickensian Frances Barbary20 episodes
2015–2018 Fortitude Petra Bergen24 episodes
2017Charlotte Link – Die Letzte SpurJacqueline ReeveTV film
2018 Into the Badlands AllistoEpisode: "Chapter XX: Blind Cannibal Assassins"
2019 The Spanish Princess Queen Elizabeth of York3 episodes
Dublin Murders Simone Cameron5 episodes
2020–2022 Industry Candice Allbright2 episodes
2022 The Ipcress File Mrs. Dalby6 episodes
2023 Domina Turia2 episodes
2024 Too Good to Be True OliviaEpisode #1.3
A Gentleman in Moscow GloriaEpisode: "Adieu"

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
2002 Macbeth Witch Albery Theatre, London
2003The Hinge of the WorldMarie Celeste Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
The Merchant of Venice Jessica Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Seagull Nina
2005 Look Back in Anger Helena Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
The Shoreditch MadonnaChristina Soho Theatre, London
Phaedra's Love Strophe Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
2012 The Lady from the Sea Hilde Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston upon Thames

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References

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  2. sfx (10 December 2009). "Fannish Inquisition: Alexandra Moen, aka The Master's Wife". SFX Magazine. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Doctor Who star Alexandra Moen says we'll all miss David Tennant". Daily Mirror. 26 December 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Press Office – Hotel Babylon". BBC. 8 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.