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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 .
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.
Gillett is the wife of playwright Patrick Marber. They married in 2002 and have three children. [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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 |
| 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" |
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