Debra Gillett

Debra Gillett
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Patrick Marber ​ (m. 2002)​
Children	3

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 .

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.

She played Nurse Fay in a 1997 Radio 3 production of Loot by Orton, repeated in 2017. ^[4]

Personal life

Gillett is the wife of playwright Patrick Marber. They married in 2002 and have three children. ^[5]

Filmography

Film

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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Chimera	Julie	Episode #1.1
1991	G.B.H.	Sylvia	3 episodes
1991	Casualty	Reporter	Episode: "Judgement Day"
1991	Stay Lucky	Receptionist	Episode: "Poetic Justice"
1992	Truckers	Grimma	12 episodes
1992	Between the Lines	Mary Shibden	Episode: "Lies and Damned Lies"
1993	Screen Two	Pat McVurrich	Episode: "The Long Roads"
1995	The Bill	Nina	Episode: "Expert Witness"
1995	Eleven Men Against Eleven	Jenny	Television film
1995	Just William	Peggy	Episode: "William and the Old Man in the Fog"
1995	Coogan's Run	Maud	Episode: "The Curator"
1996	Wales Playhouse	Alison	Episode: "A Skip Day in Splott"
1997	Soul Music	Susan Sto Helit	7 episodes
1997	Mr. White Goes to Westminster	Kath	Television film
2001	Cold Feet	Georgina	Episode #4.2
2002	Dalziel and Pascoe	Sonia Wingate	2 episodes
2004–2005	Spooks	Debra Langham / Psychologist	3 episodes
2005	Footprints in the Snow	Val	Television film
2006	Doctor Who	Rita Connolly	Episode: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2007–2009	Cranford	Mrs Johnson	6 episodes
2011	The Many Faces of...	Mrs Johnson	Episode: "Dame Judi Dench"
2014	Call the Midwife	Mrs Harper	Episode #3.5
2021	Inside No. 9	Penny	Episode: "Last Night of the Proms"

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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
4. Loot, BBC Media Centre notice accessed 4 April 2025.
5. Holden, Anthony (16 November 2003). "Reasons to be cheerful". The Observer. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

External links

• Debra Gillett at IMDb