Liz May Brice | |
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Born | Elizabeth May Brice 8 September 1975 Redhill, Surrey, England |
Other names | Lisa Brice |
Years active | 1985–present |
Elizabeth May Brice (born 8 September 1975) [1] is an English actress. She is known for roles such as the convicted murderess, Pat Kerrigan, on ITV1's Bad Girls , and Agent Johnson in Torchwood: Children of Earth .
Brice was born in Redhill, Surrey. She studied English at Cambridge University. Her early acting roles included a schoolgirl witch in the 1986 adaptation of Jill Murphy's novel, The Worst Witch and a part in children's sitcom News at Twelve (1988) (for both these roles she was credited as "Lisa" Brice). She joined the cast of prison drama Bad Girls in Series 7, in 2005 as Pat Kerrigan, who is serving life in prison for the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Her character would become the final 'Top Dog' of the show.
Brice has appeared in episodes of BBC's Hustle and played the role of Medic in the film version of Resident Evil . She had a cameo in another horror film, AVP: Alien vs Predator . Her CV also includes the film sequel Fortress 2 with Christopher Lambert and the US mini-series The 10th Kingdom . Brice also appeared in the popular Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show in 2007. In the same year, she played the role of Susannah bat Jonah in Roman Mysteries, the CBBC children's drama based on the Roman Mysteries books by Caroline Lawrence, alongside Nicholas Farrell, whom she would later work alongside in Torchwood's Children of Earth . In 2008 she played the role of Herrena in the TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic .
She has also starred in her former partner Charlie Brooker's zombie horror Dead Set , and appears as Government assassin Agent Johnson in Torchwood's Children of Earth , aired in July 2009. She has also starred in The Bill as anti-terrorism officer, Karen Lacy.
In April 2010 she appeared in the episode "Loves Me, Loves Me Not" of BBC serial drama Casualty, playing the part of Lyn (mother of two of the child patients). She becomes involved with Dr. Adam Trueman when he realises she is a single mother.
In the 2012 crime thriller movie Hard Boiled Sweets , Brice portrayed the role of Jenna.
In 2013, Brice played a character called Tara - the new love interest for Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) - in the soap opera EastEnders . She appeared in the soap from 26–30 August. Brice's character also made a rival out of the local B&B owner, Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). She then appeared as Tina in Misfits .
In 2014, Brice voiced Licia of Lindeldt & Milibeth in Dark Souls II , and later portrayed Gainsborough in the Black Mirror holiday special titled "White Christmas".
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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2000 | Fortress 2: Re-Entry | Elena Rivera | Geoff Murphy |
2001 | The Last Minute | Sally | Stephen Norrington |
2002 | Resident Evil | Medic | Paul W. S. Anderson |
2002 | The Princess and the Pea | Hildegard (voice) | Mark Swan |
2004 | AVP: Alien vs. Predator | Supervisor | Paul W. S. Anderson |
2012 | Hard Boiled Sweets | Jenna | David L.G. Hughes |
2016 | Monochrome | Martha Walker | Thomas Lawes |
2019 | Amaryllis | Jennifer | Thomas Lawes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Coming Through | Elsa Weekley | TV movie |
1986 | The Worst Witch | Zoe Chant-Vestry | TV movie |
1988 | News at Twelve | Tina Swindley | Series 1 (main; all 6 episodes) |
1991 | Chalkface | Claire | Series 1 (guest; 1 episode) |
1997 | The Student Prince | Director | TV movie |
1998 | The Stalker's Apprentice | Heather Brazier-Young | TV movie |
1999 | A Touch of Frost | PC Clarke | Series 6 (guest; 1 episode) |
1999 | Comedy Lab | Sarah | Series 2 (guest; 1 episode) |
2000 | The 10th Kingdom | Mary Ramley | Miniseries (recurring; 3 episodes) |
2000 | In Defence | PC. Sally Higson | Miniseries (guest; 1 episode) |
2000 | Holby City | Michelle Kash | Series 3 (guest; 1 episode) |
2001 | Urban Gothic | Stamp | Series 2 (guest; 1 episode) |
2002 | Stan the Man | Kelly | Series 1 (guest; 1 episode) |
2003 | Trust | Gabriella Emmanuelle | Miniseries (guest; 1 episode) |
2003 | Murder in Mind | Mel | Series 3 (guest; 1 episode) |
2003 | The Bill | Trish Holloway | Series 19 (guest; 1 episode) |
2004–05 | Hustle | DC Terri Hodges | Series 1–2 (recurring; 2 episodes) |
2004 | NY-LON | Karen | Miniseries (guest; 1 episode) |
2004 | The Bill | Kirsty Brennan | Series 20 (recurring; 2 episodes) |
2005 | Casualty | Pam Dunbar | Series 19 (guest; series 1) |
2005–06 | Bad Girls | Pat Kerrigan | Series 7–8 (main; 19 episodes) |
2005 | The Robinsons | Judy | Series 1 (guest; 1 episode) |
2007 | Peep Show | Sally Slater | Series 4 (guest; 1 episode) |
2007 | Roman Mysteries | Susannah | Series 1 (recurring; 4 episodes) |
2007 | The Whistleblowers | Zoe Taylor | Series 1 (guest; 1 episode) |
2008 | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | Herrena | TV movie |
2008 | Casualty | Elissa Holt | Series 22 (guest; 1 episode) |
2008 | The Bill | DI Karen Lacey | Series 24 (recurring; 4 episodes) |
2008 | Dead Set | Alex Bryson | Miniseries (recurring;episodes 2,3&4) |
2009 | Torchwood | Johnson | Series 3 (main; 5 episodes) |
2010 | Casualty | Lyn Marshall | Series 24 (recurring; 4 episodes) |
2011 | How TV Ruined Your Life | Various | Miniseries (recurring; 3 episodes) |
2013 | Casualty | Rachel Farley | Series 27 (guest; 1 episode) |
2013 | EastEnders | Tara | Soap opera (recurring; 4 episodes) |
2013 | Misfits | Tina | Series 5 (guest; 1 episode) |
2014 | Moving On | Claire Jackson | Series 6 (guest; 1 episode) |
2014 | Black Mirror | Gainsborough | Christmas special (guest) |
2016 | Drifters | Tracey | Series 4 (guest; 1 episode) |
2017 | Doctors | Angelica Botham-Hart | Soap opera, Series 19 (recurring; 2 episodes) |
2018 | Bad Move | News Reader | Series 2 (guest; 1 episode) |
2019 | Sanditon | Mrs. Harries | Series 1 (guest; 1 episode) |
2020 | Casualty | Josie Alain | Series 34 (guest; 1 episode) |
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