Jennifer Black

Last updated

Jennifer Black is a Scottish actress known for her roles as Stella Urquhart in the film Local Hero and Gill Templar in the television series Rebus .

Contents

Early life

Black was born and grew up in Glasgow, then moved to Bridge of Weir at the age of 13. After leaving school, she studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. [1] She married and divorced Vincent Friell. [2]

Career

Black worked in a repertory company in Crewe, lived in London for four years then moved back to Scotland. [1] She became well-known after playing Stella in the 1983 Bill Forsyth film Local Hero . [3]

She set up her own theatre company in 1990, directing Orphans by Lyle Kessler and Orphans by Therese Raquin. Black has often appeared on television and played Chief Superintendent Gill Templar in the television series Rebus , adapted from the novels by Ian Rankin. [3] She has also appeared on the stage in productions such as An Experienced Woman Gives Advice, Six Black Candles, Lost at Sea and A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney. [1] [4]

Related Research Articles

The Saint is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until 1983; two additional works produced without Charteris's participation were published in 1997. The character has also been portrayed in the franchise The Saint, which includes motion pictures, radio dramas, comic strips, comic books, and three television series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gillian Anderson</span> American actress (born 1968)

Gillian Leigh Anderson is an American actress, writer, and activist. She is best known for her roles as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the sci-fi series The X-Files, Lily Bart in the drama film The House of Mirth (2000), DSI Stella Gibson in the BBC/RTÉ crime drama series The Fall (2013–2016), Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy drama series Sex Education (2019–2023), and Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of the Netflix drama series The Crown (2020). Among other honors, she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Detective Inspector John Rebus is the protagonist in the Inspector Rebus series of detective novels by the Scottish writer Sir Ian Rankin, ten of which have so far been televised as Rebus. The novels are mostly set in and around Edinburgh. Rebus has been portrayed by John Hannah, Ken Stott and Richard Rankin for television, with Ron Donachie playing the character for the BBC Radio dramatisations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sean Biggerstaff</span> Scottish actor (born 1983)

Sean Biggerstaff is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter film series, appearing in Philosopher's Stone (2001), Chamber of Secrets (2002), and Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Brittany</span> American actress

Morgan Brittany is an American actress. She began her career as a child appearing in films Gypsy (1962), Stage to Thunder Rock (1964) and Yours, Mine and Ours. In 1970s, Brittany began work as a model joining Ford Models. She played Vivien Leigh in films The Day of the Locust (1975), Gable and Lombard (1976) and The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980). Brittany is best-known for portraying Katherine Wentworth, the scheming younger half-sister of Pamela Ewing and Cliff Barnes, on the primetime soap opera Dallas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virginia Hey</span> Australian actress

Virginia Hey is an Australian actress, known for her role as Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the science fiction television series Farscape, playing the "Warrior Woman" in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and various roles in television drama series, such as lawyer Jennifer St James in E Street.

Catherine Tyson is an English actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Mona Lisa (1986), which also earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards. She has starred in The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Priest (1994), and Band of Gold (1995–1997). She won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2022 for her performance in the film Help.

<i>The Saint</i> (1997 film) 1997 American thriller film

The Saint is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Jonathan Hensleigh and Wesley Strick, and starring Val Kilmer in the title role, with Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija. The plot of the film revolves around the title character who is a high-tech thief and master of disguise, who becomes the anti-hero while using the moniker of various saints. He paradoxically lives in the underworld of international industrial theft and espionage. The film was a modest financial success with a worldwide box office of $169.4 million, rentals of $28.2 million, and continuous DVD sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Missy Peregrym</span> Canadian actress (born 1982)

Melissa "Missy" Peregrym is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She is known for her roles as Haley Graham in the 2006 film Stick It; as Officer Andy McNally on the ABC and Global Television Network series Rookie Blue (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2016; and as FBI Special Agent Maggie Bell in the Dick Wolf-produced CBS procedural FBI, a series she has starred in since 2018.

<i>Inspector Rebus</i> Series of detective novels by Ian Rankin

The Inspector Rebus books are a series of detective novels by the Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin. The novels, centred on Detective Inspector John Rebus, are mostly based in and around Edinburgh. They are considered an important contribution to 'Tartan Noir'.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Mullan</span> Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1959)

Peter Mullan is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His credits include Riff-Raff (1991), Shallow Grave (1994), Braveheart (1995), Trainspotting (1996), My Name Is Joe (1998), The Claim (2000), Neds (2010), War Horse (2011), The Fixer (2008), Top of the Lake (2013), Mum (2016-2019), Ozark (2017-2018), Westworld (2018-2020), Cursed (2020), The North Water (2021), The Underground Railroad (2022), The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–2024), After the Party (2023), and Baghead (2023).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christina Hendricks</span> American actress

Christina Rene Hendricks is an American actress and former model. With an extensive career on screen and stage, she has received various accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is known for her role as Joan Harris in the critically acclaimed AMC drama series Mad Men. In 2010, a poll of female readers taken by Esquire magazine named her "the sexiest woman in the world". She was also voted "Best Looking Woman in America".

Paul Young is a Scottish television actor and presenter.

<i>Rebus</i> (2000 TV series) British television detective drama series

Rebus is a British television detective drama series based on the Inspector Rebus novels by the Scottish author Ian Rankin. The series, produced by STV Studios for the ITV network, was broadcast between 26 April 2000 and 7 December 2007, and consisted of fourteen episodes across four series.

<i>The Falls</i> (Rankin novel) 2001 crime novel by Ian Rankin

The Falls is a 2001 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the twelfth of the Inspector Rebus novels.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claire Price</span> English actress (born 1972)

Claire Louise Price is an English actress. Her stage credits are extensive, her film and television credits include The Whistle-Blower (2001), Midsomer Murders episode "Tainted Fruit" (2001), Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Hollow" (2004), Rosemary and Thyme (2004), Rebus (2006-2007), Dalziel and Pascoe (2006), The Coroner (2015), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), and Home Fires (2015-2016), and The Capture (2022).

Sara Scott Griffith is a Scottish actress. She played Stella in Sugar Rush.

Amy Manson is a Scottish actress. She has portrayed Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics, Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human, Medea in Atlantis, and Merida in the fifth season of the ABC fairy tale drama series Once Upon a Time.

Vincent Friell was a Scottish actor, whose most memorable role was that of Will Bryce in the Scottish crime comedy film Restless Natives (1985).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "More than a match for Rebus". The Scotsman . 4 January 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Vincent Friell obituary: beloved star of Restless Natives". Times. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Leadbetter, Russell (25 May 2023). "Where are they now? The cast of Local Hero as the classic Scottish movie turns 40". The Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Brennan, Clare (5 May 2019). "Lost at Sea review – poignant tribute to Scottish fishing communities". The Observer. Retrieved 5 December 2024.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.