Kitty Aldridge

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Kitty Aldridge
Born (1962-05-09) 9 May 1962 (age 61)
Bahrain
OccupationNovelist, actress
NationalityBritish
Spouse
(m. 1997)
Children2

Kitty Aldridge (born 9 May 1962) is a British actress and writer.

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Life and career

Aldridge was born in Bahrain. After training as an actress at the Drama Centre London, Aldridge went on to work in film, theatre and television as an actress for 15 years. [1] In her thirties she began to write fiction. [2] Her first novel, Pop, [3] [4] published in 2001, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002 [5] and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, Cryers Hill, [6] was published in March 2007.

Aldridge's short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011. [7]

Her third novel, A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, [8] was published in 2012. It was longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction [9] and The Guardian newspaper's Not The Booker Prize 2012. [10]

Aldridge’s new novel, The Wisdom of Bones, [11] was published in May 2019.

Aldridge married Mark Knopfler, the former guitarist and frontman of Dire Straits, on Valentine's Day 1997 in Barbados. [12] They have two daughters. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 A Room with a View New Lucy
1986Gathering StonesAnnaShort
1987 Maurice Kitty Hall
1987An African DreamKatherine Hastings
1988American RouletteKate Webber
1988Tyger Tyger Burning BrightTasmin
1989 Slipstream Belitski
1998 Divorcing Jack Agnes Brinn

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Porterhouse Blue Serena"1.4"
1988The ManagementKitty"The Wedding"
1989 The Paradise Club DI Rosy CampbellMain role (series 1)
1990A Little Piece of SunshineSabrinaTV film
1990The World of Eddie WearyBarbara DanielsTV film
1992Downtown LagosAlice HughesTV miniseries
1993 Heartbeat Sarah Collins"Baby Blues"
1993 To Play the King Sarah HardingTV miniseries
1996 Cadfael Judith Perle"The Rose Rent"
1997 The Ice House Anne CattrellTV miniseries

Bibliography

Awards

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