Alison Peebles (born 1953) is a Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a Scottish theatre company.
Peebles trained as a painter at Edinburgh College of Art.
In 1983, she co-founded Communicado, a Scottish theatre company, with Gerry Mulgrew and Rob Pickavance. [1]
Peebles portrayed Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd's celebrated 1993 production of Macbeth at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. [2]
She directed the film AfterLife , which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003. [3]
Peebles appeared in the documentary Multiple, shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has multiple sclerosis. [4] [5] [6] Her Molly and Mack character, Mrs. Juniper, has been shown to use a crutch to get around.
In 2016, Peebles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Film Awards. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
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1987 | The Hypochondriak | Beline | Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh | John Matthews and Gerry Mulgrew | Hector MacMillan's Scots translation of Molière's Le Malade imaginaire |
1987 | Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off | Elizabeth | Communicado | Gerry Mulgrew | play by Liz Lochhead |
1993 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | Michael Boyd | play by William Shakespeare |
Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
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19 February 2002 | A Hundred Miles [9] | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |
7 January 2008 | The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: The King's Kilt [10] | Miss/Mistress MacEvoy | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 |
16 January 2015 | Take Me to the Necropolis [11] | Gypsy Queen | Kirsty Williams | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
Year | Nominated Work | Awards | Category | Result |
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2016 | Where Do We Go From Here? | British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
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