Lisa Palfrey

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Lisa Palfrey
Lisa Palfrey, Tanjimei.jpg
Palfrey in 1987
Born (1967-02-09) 9 February 1967 (age 57)
Wales, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Children1

Lisa Palfrey (born 9 February 1967) is a Welsh actress. She is known for playing the roles of Gwenny in House of America (1997), Mrs. Nice in Guest House Paradiso (1999), Maureen in Pride (2014), Mrs. Dai Bread 1 in Under Milk Wood (2015), Cynthia in the Netflix original television series Sex Education and Eleanor James in the Sky One original television series COBRA .

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Early life

Palfrey was born in Wales on 9 February 1967, her mother is Eiry Palfrey, an actress and author. She attended Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, a Welsh-medium secondary school near Pontypridd. [1]

Career

Palfrey started acting at the age of 20 when she played the role of 15-year-old girl, Jane Sanderson, in the BBC One television series The District Nurse . Her first major role was in the film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain . [2] She has gone on to star in the cult film House of America , [3] and appeared as Melanie Collier in the medical drama television series Casualty as well as Inspector Tracey McAndrew in the third series of the police procedural television series Line of Duty . She played the role of Rhiannedd Frost in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm . [4]

Palfrey has performed in a number of plays, including the original production of David Eldridge's Festen , [5] The Iceman Cometh , [6] Under The Blue Sky , [7] and Tom Wells's The Kitchen Sink.

In 2019, Palfrey played the role of Cynthia in the Netflix original series Sex Education.

In 2020, Palfrey played the role of government minister Eleanor James in the Sky One original television drama series COBRA , written by Ben Richards and starring Robert Carlyle as British Prime Minister Robert Sutherland. She played the part of Pam Green in the BBC Drama Chloe in 2022. In 2023 she filmed the BBC television feature Men Up , about the first clinical trials for the drug Viagra that took place in Swansea in 1994. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain Blod Jones
1997 House of America Gwenny
The Deadness of DadMamShort film
1999 Guest House Paradiso Mrs. Nice
Oh Little Town of BethlehemMichelleShort film
2000 Maybe Baby Jan
2003 Y Mabinogi ArianrhodVoice role
2008Poncho MamguNelDocumentary
2011 360 Psychologist
2014 Pride Maureen
2015 Under Milk Wood Mrs. Dai Bread 1
Visiting Mr KeatsProfessor BellShort film
2018 National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Big Mama
2019Make UpShirley
2021 The Feast Mair Bowen
2022 Prey for the Devil Sister Euphemia

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 The District Nurse Jane SandersonEpisode: "A Flick of the Coin"
1993 Thicker Than Water Young MotherTV film
1996Lord of MisruleAmy ClarkeTV film
1997 Soldier Soldier Private Diane SaltmarshEpisode: "Fit to Explode"
The InvestigatorSergeant Kathy BartlettTV film
1999Split SecondChristine MontgomeryTV film
2001 Mind Games DC Rebecca LongtonTV film
The Bench Jules BowenEpisodes: S01 E01, S01 E03
2002Outside the RulesLola DaviesTV series
Green-Eyed Monster DC Karen CarterTV film
Casualty Melanie Collier8 episodes
2003 High Hopes DominiqueEpisode: "Pretty Woman"
2004 The Bill Fee PatersonEpisode: "187: Shaken"
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Lizzie ShakespeareEpisode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
2006–2007 Pobol y Cwm Rhiannedd Frost Welsh TV series
2010 Pen Talar DoctorEpisode: "Part 8"
2013 Family Tree Luba ChadwickRecurring role, 4 episodes
2015 The Bastard Executioner Nia's motherEpisode: "Effigy/Ddelw"
2016 Line of Duty Inspector Tracey McAndrew3 episodes
Aberfan: The Green Hollow EdnaTV movie, documentary
Hinterland Sioned JonesEpisode: "Aftermath"
2019–2020 Sex Education CynthiaMain role
2019 Wild Bill Audrey MerrickEpisode: "Bad Blood in the Soil"
2020 COBRA Eleanor JamesMain role
2021 Intergalactic ZeedaEpisode: S01 E02, S01 E02
2022 Pact BethMain role
2023 Men Up Teresa RigbyTelevision film

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