Kate Dickie

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Kate Dickie
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Dickie in 2017 speaking at an event in Nashville, Tennessee
Born1971 (age 5253)
Alma mater Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Children1

Kate Dickie (born 1971) [lower-alpha 1] is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is known for her television roles as Lex in the BBC series Tinsel Town (2000–2001) and Lysa Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011, 2014).

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Dickie is also known for her portrayal of the security operative Jackie in her 2006 feature-film debut Red Road , directed by Andrea Arnold, for which she won several awards, including Best Actress at the British Academy Scotland Awards and the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. She again won Best Actress at the 2016 British Academy Scotland Awards for the film Couple in a Hole . Her other film appearances include Prometheus (2012), Filth (2013), The Witch (2015), and Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

She supports the theatre company Solar Bear, which is known for its collaborations with deaf people, in part through her role as a patron.

Early life

Dickie was born in East Kilbride, Scotland. She spent part of her childhood in different parts of Scotland, Wigtownshire, Galloway, Perthshire and Ayrshire, due to frequent moves by her family. From an early age she discovered her passion for acting, which her parents supported. Coming from a working-class family (her father was a farmer and gardener) in which no family member had been in the arts before, she was embarrassed to call herself an actress since she was afraid to be called pretentious. [3]

Her desire for drama classes supported her to overcome her insecurities that appeared through the frequent school changes and helped her dealing with adjusting to new people and surroundings. After leaving school she went to college in Kirkcaldy to study for a national certificate in drama. In 1990, she won a place at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and decided to stay in Glasgow. [3]

Career

Dickie started to work in theatre. She achieved her breakthrough in 2000, in the BBC Scotland / Raindog series Tinsel Town. [3]

Through Dickie's performance in her film debut Red Road with her former drama school mate and co-star Tony Curran, she gained more recognition as a serious actress. [4] [5] [6] [7]

In the stage play Aalst , based on the true story of a couple who had killed their children and were sentenced in a high-profile trial, Dickie plays one of the parents. Her motivation to perform this role was her feeling of "responsibility to play people like that and to give them a voice. People that are not necessarily good or nice and have good lives." [3]

She reprised the role of Jackie in Donkeys , a follow-up to Red Road which is directed by Morag McKinnon. She portrayed Mary in the United Kingdom supernatural thriller film Outcast . [8] Dickie was a swimming trainer in the 2010 television film Dive .[ citation needed ] She appears in the HBO television series Game of Thrones , where she plays the role of Lysa Arryn. [9] In 2018, Dickie appeared in a season 5 episode of Shetland . In 2020, she appeared with Emma Stansfield in the music video for Sleaford Mods' previously unreleased song "Second". [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNote
2003Room for the NightProstituteShort film
2005Who Do You Love?MumShort
2006AccidentsMumShort
Red Road Jackie
The HarvestEmma BoveyShort
2008 Somers Town Jane
Summer Janice
TraceKarenShort
PussyfootingJoanShort
2009BelieveJanice
2010 Outcast Mary
Native SonPolicewomanShort film (Cinema Extreme)
DonkeysJackie
2012 Prometheus Ford
Shell Claire
2013 Filth Chrissie
Not Another Happy Ending Anna le Fevre
For Those in Peril Cathy
2014SororAmandaShort
Catch Me Daddy
2015 The Witch Katherine
Couple in a HoleKaren
GracieMaryShort
2016 Prevenge Ella
2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi First Order Officer
2018 Tell It to the Bees Pam Kranmer
2019 Balance, Not Symmetry [11] Mary Walker
Get Duked! Sergeant Morag
Our Ladies Sister Condron
2020 Wildfire Veronica
2021 The Green Knight Queen Guinevere
Shepherd Fisher
2022 The Northman Halldora the Pict
Matriarch Cellia
TBA Damaged KesslerPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNote
1994 Rab C. Nesbitt Young girlEpisode: "Mother"
2000–2001 Tinsel Town Lex
2003 The Vice BeverlyEpisode: "Gameboys"
Taggart Episode: "Penthouse and Pavement"
2004 Still Game Pregnant GirlEpisode: "Swottin"
2006 Film '72 Herself
2007 Taggart Wendy NugetEpisode: "Island"
2008 He Kills Coppers Janis
2010 Five Daughters Isabella Clennell2 episodes
Dive Alison2 episodes
The Pillars of the Earth Agnes Builder
2011,
2014
Game of Thrones Lysa Arryn Recurring role
2012 New Tricks DCI Fiona MacDougallEpisode: "Glasgow UCOS"
2013 By Any Means Patricia BrooksEpisode #1, 2
2015 London Spy EditorEpisode: "Strangers"
The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs. Bishop
2016 One of Us Sal4 episodes
2017 Vera Nell HinkinEpisode: "The Blanket Mire"
2018 The Cry Morven Davis
2019 Shetland DI Sam Boyd1 episode
Peaky Blinders Mother Superior Episode: "Strategy"
The Alienist Scotch AnnieEpisode: "There Bloody Thoughts"
2020 The English Game Aileen Suter2 episodes
The Nest Sergeant McClelland
2021 Annika DCI Diane Oban
Summer Camp Island Professor Elliott (voice)Episode: "Oscar and the Monsters Chapter 3: Witches Brew"
2022 Inside Man Morag
2023 Star Wars: Visions Officer (voice)Episode: "In the Stars"
Loki General Dox3 episodes
Boat Story Katia

Stage

YearTitleRole
1994Bonjour Tristesse
1997–98Timeless
1999ElectraElectra
1999Mainstream
2000AD
2001Blooded
2002Running GirlRunning Girl
2002–03Lament
2003The Entertainer
2005Boiling a FrogFooaltiyeman
2005Trojan WomanAndromache
2007AalstCathy Delany

Video game

YearTitleRole
2020The Complex

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkResult
2000 British Academy Scotland Award Best Television Performance Tinsel Town Nominated
2006British Academy Scotland Award Best Actress in a Scottish Film Red Road Won
2006 British Independent Film Award for Best Actress in a British Independent Film Red RoadWon
2006 Montreal Festival of New Cinema Acting Award for Best ActressRed RoadWon
2007 London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year Red RoadNominated
2016 British Academy Scotland Award for Best Actress in a Scottish Film Couple in a Hole Won

Notes

  1. Sources vary on Dickie's birthdate, though the majority state 4 July 1971. [1] [2]

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