Alice Coulthard

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Alice Coulthard
Born (1983-11-18) 18 November 1983 (age 40)
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Partner Owen Dyke (m. 2010)
Children2

Alice Coulthard (born 18 November 1983) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Maisie Wylde in ITV soap opera Emmerdale .

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Education

Alice Coulthard attended Fortismere School, Muswell Hill, N10 and later graduated in English Literature from University of Liverpool.

Career

Coulthard has played a number of roles on British television, including The Bill , Holby City , Sex, the City and Me, and the lead role in drama short Goodbye, Hello. Coulthard also starred in the 1993 film The Cement Garden , and the stageplay Keeler in the title role of Christine Keeler. More recently she has played Kelly Tophet in the US TV series The Last Ship and the title role in independent film Josephine.

She played Maisie Wylde, introduced to the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale by series producer Anita Turner, [1] from February 2009 to January 2011. [2]

She was a voice and motion capture actress for the virtual reality game Lone Echo 's main character Cpt. Olivia Rhodes. [3] In a March 2019 article in Upload VR, Jamie Feltham [4] referred to Cpt. Olivia Rhodes as the best non-player character in a virtual reality game to date. [5]

Personal life

Coulthard married Owen Dyke, bassplayer of White Rose Movement on 1 August 2010. [6] [7]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2010 The British Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleNominated [8]
2010 TV Choice Awards Best Soap NewcomerNominated [9]
2010 Inside Soap Awards Sexiest FemaleNominated [10]

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