Deborah Moore

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Deborah Moore
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Born
Deborah Maria Luisa Moore

(1963-10-27) 27 October 1963 (age 61)
Marylebone, London, England
Other namesDeborah Barrymore
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • voice actress
Years active1971–present
Spouse
Jeremy Green
(m. 1989;div. 1994)
Parent(s) Roger Moore (father)
Luisa Mattioli (mother)

Deborah Maria Luisa Moore (born 27 October 1963) is an English actress. She is the daughter of actor Roger Moore and Italian actress Luisa Mattioli. [1]

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Career

She made her debut on TV as a child in The Persuaders! episode "The Long Goodbye" in which her father co-starred alongside Tony Curtis, and early on in her career, she was often billed as "Deborah Barrymore". [1] She appeared in such films as Lionheart (1987), Alien Terminator (1988), the 1990 comedy, Bullseye! (opposite her father), Chaplin (1992), Into the Sun (1992), and South Kensington (2001). [2] She is best known in the UK as the face of the Scottish Widows advertising campaign from 1986 to 1995 when she was replaced by Amanda Lamb. [3] She later took on the name Deborah Moore.

She has twice made appearances in James Bond–related productions. She played a secretary in the 1989 biopic Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming and later made a cameo appearance as a flight attendant in the 2002 Bond film, Die Another Day , [4] which was Pierce Brosnan's fourth and final Bond film. She also appeared in the 1998 TV movie Merlin: The Quest Begins , opposite Jason Connery, son of former Bond Sean Connery. [5] Her godfather was actor Robert Brown, her father's co-star in the television series Ivanhoe and three Bond films. In 2006, Moore made the film Provoked . Jagmohan Mundhra's film is based on the landmark UK domestic violence case in which Kiranjit Singh Ahluwalia was jailed in London for killing her abusive husband. Based on her story, the film stars Aishwarya Rai as Ahluwalia. Moore plays Jackie, another prison inmate.

She was also a model for the Scottish Widows insurance company. [3]

Moore appeared as Alfidia, the mother of a fictionalised Livia, in two 2007 episodes of the HBO/BBC series Rome .

Moore appeared in the series 1 finale of Sherlock , "The Great Game" in August 2010, where she played the first victim of Jim Moriarty. [6]

In 2022, Moore provided narration on a series of Italian cookery videos for friend Laura Giunta Tobin. [7]

In 2024, Deborah narrated the audio book The Magic Snowman and the Rusty Ice Skates, featuring the voice of her father as the character of the magic snowman, Lumi Ukko. In honoring her father’s legacy to help children’s causes universally, she has supported the producer’s pledge to allocate 20 percent of the proceeds to UNICEF, her father’s favorite charity.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Deborah married Jeremy Green in 1989 but later the couple divorced each other in 1994.

Filmography

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 The Persuaders! DeborahEpisode: The Long Goodbye
1977AspenDebraTV Mini series
1990 Zorro Amanda HerreraEpisode: The Tease
1992 Days of Our Lives Danielle Stevens42 episodes
Mann & Machine Victoria Van Der ZalmEpisode: Cold, Cold Heart
Shelley JulieEpisode: Come Fly with Me
1993 Quantum Leap ClaudiaEpisode: Blood Moon
1994 The Wanderer ClareEpisode: Waste Not, Want Not
2000 Doctors Season 2 Clare MoodyEpisode: A Model Patient
2007 Rome AlfidiaEpisode: A Necessary Fiction
2009 Midsomer Murders MelEpisode: The Great and the Good
2010 Sherlock Crying WomanEpisode: The Great Game
2013 Casualty Vicky HeatonEpisode: Rabbits in Headlights
2014 Doctors Season 16 Celestia HeyworthEpisode: Heaven Can Wait
2021 The Nevers Fancy Lady / High Society WomanEpisode: Exposure & Episode: Alright, Okay, You, Win

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Warriors of the Apocalypse Princess Sheela(credited as Debrah Moore)
1987 Lionheart Mathilda(credited as Deborah Barrymore)
1988 Alien Terminator June(credited as Deborah Barrymore)
1989 Goldeneye: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming Secretary(credited as Deborah Barrymore)
1990 Bullseye! Flo Fleming(credited as Deborah Barrymore)
1991 Into the Sun Maj. Goode(credited as Deborah Maria Moore)
TraumaSusannah Hopkins(credited as Deborah Barrymore)
1992 Chaplin Lita Grey (credited as Deborah Maria Moore)
1996On Dangerous GroundHannah Bernstein
London SuiteMeg Dolby
1997Midnight ManHannah Bernstein
1998MerlinNimue
2001 South Kensington Direttrice Bulgari
2002 Die Another Day Air Hostess
2006 Provoked Jackie
2009Tales of the Fourth DimensionProfessor
2015 Crown for Christmas Mrs. Hinden
Assassin Laura Boyd
2016We Still Steal the Old WayAnne-Marie

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Dragon Age: Origins Teyrna Eleanor Cousland / Jetta / Widow / Hooded CourierXbox 360
2011 Dragon Age II Leandra Hawke / Madam Lusine / Sister Colinda / Annoyed Viscount's Keep Noblewoman / Gallows Courtyard Templar LieutenantXbox 360
Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin Chateau Haine CookXbox 360
2013 Killzone: Mercenary Valeria HarkinPlayStation Vita [8]
2015 Star Wars: Battlefront Pilot / Computer voice / FighterXbox One
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda The Benefactor / Knight / Nexus CrewPlayStation 4

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