Amanda Lawrence is a British actress.
Amanda Lawrence | |
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
Years active | 2004–present |
Partner | Carl Grose |
Children | 1 |
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Lawrence studied theatre at Bretton Hall College and worked early in her career in the Edinburgh Fringe. [2] She then moved to London and appeared in theatrical productions such as Brief Encounter, Playing the Victim, and The Firework-Maker's Daughter. [2] She led the stage production of Jiggery Pokery in London in 2009. [3] [4] [5]
In the 2010s she appeared in several television shows, including Above Suspicion , Dead Boss , Midsomer Murders “A Rare Bird” 2012 as Olivia Carter and Mr Selfridge . She also took roles in films, including Womb (2010) and Suffragette (2015). She appeared in a National Theatre production of Angels in America in 2017, [6] and later that year took the role of Resistance commander Larma D'Acy in Star Wars: The Last Jedi , and reprised the role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker . In 2019, she appeared in a London production of Top Girls . [1]
In 2020, she played Barbara Farrell in “The Fall of the House of St Gardner”, S8:E9 of Father Brown and in September 2020, she played DC Sarah Raymond in ITV's two-part television drama, Honour. [7] She also appeared in White House Farm (2020) as Barbara Wilson.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Carpark Civilian | |
An Jowl yn Agas Kegin | Valerie Roades | Short film | |
2008 | Elephants | Fay Gray | Short film |
2009 | Me, Me, Me | Emma | Short film |
2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Medium | |
Tamara Drewe | Mary | ||
Alice | Ice Cream Girl | Short film | |
Womb | Teacher | ||
2011 | The Lady | Nurse | |
2012 | Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger | Supply Teacher 3 | |
2014 | Mr. Turner | Hannah's Friend | |
2015 | Suffragette | Miss Withers | |
Pan | Sister Joseph | ||
2016 | Denial | Court Usher | |
2017 | Unseen | Manager | Short film |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Commander D'Acy | ||
2018 | Christopher Robin | Joan MacMillan | |
Love on the A48 | Doctor | Short film | |
2019 | Lessons of the Hour | Susan B Anthony | Short film |
Real | Monique | ||
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Commander D'Acy | ||
2020 | Misbehaviour | Miss Gilboy | |
Summerland | Muriel | ||
2021 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Meakin | Television film |
2022 | Matilda the Musical | Cook | |
2023 | Club Zero | Ms Benedict | |
Wander to Wonder | Mary | Short film | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Casualty | Geraldine Branchfield | Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
2006 | Afterlife | Alison's Mother / Woman | 2 episodes |
2007 | Hotel Babylon | Maureen | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2" |
Doctor Who | Doomfinger | Episode: "The Shakespeare Code" | |
Doctors | Judy Hine | Episode: "Quid Pro Quo" | |
2008 | Little Miss Jocelyn | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 2" | |
Little Dorrit | Poyner | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" | |
2009 | The Well | The Hag | Episode: "Return to the Well" |
10 Minute Tales | Ministry of Weather Woman | Episode: "Deep & Crisp & Even" | |
2009-12 | Above Suspicion | D.C. Joan Faulkland | Series regular; 11 episodes |
2011 | Once Upon a Time: The Princess and the Pea | Princess | Miniseries |
Little Crackers | Mrs. Oliver | Episode: "Shappi Khorsandi's Little Cracker" | |
2012 | Midsomer Murders | Olivia Carter | Episode: "A Rare Bird" |
The Charles Dickens Show | Florence Nightingale | Episode: "Health" | |
Dead Boss | Mary | Miniseries | |
2014 | Mr Selfridge | Pimble | Series regular; 7 episodes |
2015 | Foyle's War | Hilary Knowles | Episode: "High Castle" |
The Enfield Haunting | Lindy Crane | Miniseries | |
2016 | Houdini & Doyle | Sister Mathilda | Episode: "The Maggie's Redress" |
2017 | Will | Mary Shakespeare | Episode: "The Play's the Thing" |
2020 | Father Brown | Barbara Farrell | Episode: "The Fall of the House of St Gardner" |
White House Farm | Barbara Wilson | Miniseries | |
Honour | DC Sarah Raymond | Miniseries | |
2022 | Chloe | Angela | Miniseries |
Ridley | Lorna Spalden | Episode: "The Peaceful Garden" | |
Avenue 5 | Paula | Episode: "Is It a Good Dot?" | |
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