Kirsty Besterman

Kirsty Besterman (born 1980) is a British actress of the stage and screen. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduating in 2002. ^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	An American Nobody in London	Isabelle
2007	Supermarket Sam	Jenny	Short
2015	Chicken	Mrs. Rickson
2018	A.I. Rising	Computer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Doctors	Jackie	Episode: "Hidden Harm"
2009		Carla Mayhew	Episode: "Gone to the Dogs"
2010	Foyle's War	Caroline Devereaux	Episode: "The Hide"
2011	Doctors	Becky Garland	Episode: "The Lonely Woman"
2014	Silent Witness	Amy Nash	Episode: "Fraternity"
2015	Father Brown	Julia Flanders	Episode: "The Paradise of Thieves"
2017	Holby City	Claire Hatbridge	Episode: "Wildest Dreams"
2020	Doctor Who	Solpado	Episode: "The Timeless Children"
	His Dark Materials	Sam Cansino	Episode: "Theft"
2022	Grantchester	Melanie Carmichael	Series 7, Episode 2

Theatre

• "Arcadia" (English Touring Theatre) ^[2]
• "Separate Tables" (Salisbury Playhouse) ^[3]
• "Tonight at 8.30" (English Touring Theatre) ^[4]
• "Private Lives" (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh) ^{[5] [6]}
• "Playhouse Creatures" (Chichester Theatre) ^[7]
• "Foxfinder" (Finborough Theatre) ^[8]
• "The Importance of Being Earnest" (The Rose Theatre Kingston) ^[9]
• "Amy's View" (Nottingham Playhouse) ^[10]
• Plunder (Watermill Theatre) ^[11]
• The Rivals (Theatre Royal, Bath) ^[12]
• Othello (Cheek by Jowl), as Bianca. ^[13]
• King Lear (RSC Academy), as Cordelia. ^{[14] [15]}
• Holding Fire! (Shakespeare's Globe). ^{[16] [17]}
• The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare's Globe), as Portia. ^[18]
• Macbeth (National Theatre tour), as Lady Macbeth. ^[19]

She has also appeared in Peter Ackroyd's London and Doctors on BBC television, and Dragon Age: Inquisition when it comes to video games.^{[ citation needed ]}

External links

• Kirsty Besterman at IMDb

References

1. Profile Archived 2010-08-03 at the Wayback Machine at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and index of graduates by year Archived 2010-03-22 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 2010-02-19.
2. "REVIEW: Arcadia, Theatre Royal Brighton Then On Tour ✭✭✭". britishtheatre.com.
3. "Separate Tables (Salisbury Playhouse)".
4. Billington, Michael (11 May 2014). "Tonight at 8.30 review – unexpectedly nourishing Noel Coward marathon". The Guardian.
5. Fisher, Mark (19 February 2014). "Private Lives – review". The Guardian.
6. Radcliffe, Allan (20 February 2014). "Private Lives at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
7. Thompson, Laura (24 July 2012). "Playhouse Creatures, Theatre on the Fly, Chichester, review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
8. Billington, Michael (5 December 2011). "Foxfinder – review". The Guardian.
9. Spencer, Charles (10 October 2011). "The Importance of Being Earnest, Rose Theatre, Kingston, review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
10. Cavendish, Dominic (11 November 2010). "Amy's View, Nottingham Playhouse, review" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
11. Reviews / Plunder, The Stage, February 7, 2007.
12. Reviews / The Rivals, The Stage, October 13, 2005.
13. Warriors and Women, Trapped on the Iago Carousel, New York Times, October 7, 2004.
14. King Lear / Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, The Independent, October 17, 2002.
15. King Lear: Review Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Coventry Telegraph, October 9, 2002.
16. Reviews / Holding Fire, The Stage, August 6, 2007.
17. Classics Elevate London’s Summer, New York Times, August 26, 2007.
18. Theatre review: The Merchant of Venice / The Globe, London, The Guardian, June 30, 2007.
19. Macbeth | Kirsty Besterman Interview, Norwich Theatre Royal - YouTube video, October 24, 2018.