Debra Gillett

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Debra Gillett
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Debra J. [1] Gillett is an English actress who has appeared in productions including The Witches, Chimera, Truckers, Casualty, Just William , Dalziel and Pascoe, Spooks , Doctor Who , Soul Music, and Cranford .

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Career

Gillett's stage work includes Limehouse (2017). In 2018 she played The Nurse ("a cartoonish delight" [2] ) in Patrick Marber's adaptation of Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King at the Royal National Theatre, and was a "sympathetic" [3] Queen Charlotte in Adam Penford's adaptation of The Madness of George III at the Nottingham Playhouse.

Personal life

Gillett is the wife of playwright Patrick Marber. They married in 2002 and have three children. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 The Witches Waitress
1991 Riff-Raff Singer
1991 Young Soul Rebels Jill
2000BreathtakingJulie
2006 Notes on a Scandal Lorraine
2014 A Small Family Business Poppy McCracken
2016 Bridget Jones's Baby Daisy
2018National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III Queen Charlotte

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991 Chimera JulieEpisode #1.1
1991 G.B.H. Sylvia3 episodes
1991 Casualty ReporterEpisode: "Judgement Day"
1991 Stay Lucky ReceptionistEpisode: "Poetic Justice"
1992 Truckers Grimma12 episodes
1992 Between the Lines Mary ShibdenEpisode: "Lies and Damned Lies"
1993 Screen Two Pat McVurrichEpisode: "The Long Roads"
1995 The Bill NinaEpisode: "Expert Witness"
1995Eleven Men Against ElevenJennyTelevision film
1995 Just William PeggyEpisode: "William and the Old Man in the Fog"
1995 Coogan's Run MaudEpisode: "The Curator"
1996 Wales Playhouse AlisonEpisode: "A Skip Day in Splott"
1997 Soul Music Susan Sto Helit7 episodes
1997Mr. White Goes to WestminsterKathTelevision film
2001 Cold Feet GeorginaEpisode #4.2
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Sonia Wingate2 episodes
2004–2005 Spooks Debra Langham / Psychologist3 episodes
2005Footprints in the SnowValTelevision film
2006 Doctor Who Rita ConnollyEpisode: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2007–2009 Cranford Mrs Johnson6 episodes
2011The Many Faces of...Mrs JohnsonEpisode: "Dame Judi Dench"
2014 Call the Midwife Mrs HarperEpisode #3.5
2021 Inside No. 9 PennyEpisode: "Last Night of the Proms"

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References

  1. Reunited, Genes. "Debra Gillett - Marriages & Divorces [1] - Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.co.uk.
  2. "'Exit the King' review". Time Out . 26 July 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. "The Madness of George III starring Mark Gatiss review at Nottingham Playhouse – 'Gatiss rises to the challenge'". The Stage . 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. Holden, Anthony (16 November 2003). "Reasons to be cheerful". The Observer. Retrieved 22 December 2018.