Lisa Diveney

Lisa Diveney
Born	Lisa Ann Diveney 1984 (age 40–41) [1] Newport, Wales [1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present

Lisa Ann Diveney (born 1984) is a British actress, best known for playing Beth in the Only Fools and Horses spin-off The Green Green Grass . She has also appeared in an episode of BBC drama Call the Midwife .

Career

John Sullivan cast Diveney in the role of Beth in The Green Green Grass ^[2] where she appeared in Series 1–3. She then went on to appear in Cleansed ^[3] directed by Sean Holmes at the Arcola Theatre and in Michael Grandage's production of John Gabriel Borkman ^[4] for the Donmar Warehouse where Ian McDiarmid and Penelope Wilton headed the cast. In 2009 she played Young Enid in the biopic Enid ^[5] starring Helena Bonham Carter.

Diveney portrayed Colette in the premiere of Frank McGuinness' play Greta Garbo Came to Donegal ^[6] at the Tricycle Theatre alongside Michelle Fairley and Angeline Ball. Then appeared in the premiere of A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky ^[7] by David Eldridge, Robert Holman and Simon Stephens at the Lyric Hammersmith.

Diveney appeared as series regular Kate Travers in the ITV1 Drama Injustice ^[8] where she played the on-screen daughter of James Purefoy and Dervla Kirwan. She then went on to play Bridget in Bijan Sheibani's production of Moonlight ^[9] at the Donmar Warehouse, where she starred alongside David Bradley and Daniel Mays. Diveney played Julia Masterson in Series 2 of the BBC drama Call the Midwife . ^[10]

In 2014 Diveney starred alongside Sir Tony Robinson and Imogen Stubbs in The Hypochondriac. ^[11] and in the same year, appeared as Sasha in the premiere of Moses Raine's Donkey Heart ^[12] directed by Nina Raine at the Old Red Lion which transferred to the Trafalgar Studios. Diveney then went on to play Masha in The Seagull ^[13] at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre directed by Matthew Dunster. ^[14]

In 2023, she reunited with Matthew Dunster to play Ruth in his production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming ^[15] at The Young Vic, starring alongside Jared Harris and Joe Cole.

References

1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
2. "'The Green Green Grass' Who's Who". Shazam Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
3. Billington, Michael (4 September 2004). "Sarah Kane's Cleansed & Phaedra's Love Revived". London: What's on Stage. Retrieved 20 October 2005.
4. "John Gabriel Borkman". Donmar Warehouse. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
5. "BBC Four's 'Enid'". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
6. Bassett, Kate (17 January 2010). "Frank McGuinness premier 'Greta Garbo Came to Donegal' Review" . The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
7. "'A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky' Review". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
8. ""Injustice" – Crime Thriller by Anthony Horowitz Review". The Global Herald. Archived from the original on 1 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
9. "Dance Review: Harold Pinter's Moonlight, Donmar Warehouse, London". Express. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
10. "BBC One Call the Midwife". BBC. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
11. "The Hypochondriac | What's on | Theatre Royal Bath". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
12. ""Donkey Heart" by Moses Raine- Evening Standard Review". Evening Standard. London. 12 May 2014. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
13. "The Seagull". 25 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
14. "The Seagull". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
15. "The Young Vic What's On: Harold Pinter's The Homecoming". 27 November 2023. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

External links

• Lisa Diveney at IMDb