Lucy Briers

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Lucy Briers
Born
Lucy Jane Briers

Hammersmith, London, England
Alma mater Lancaster University
Years active1992–present
Parent(s) Richard Briers
Ann Davies

Lucy Jane Briers is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and sitcom Game On .

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Early life and education

Lucy Jane Briers[ citation needed ] was born in Hammersmith, London. She is the daughter of the actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies.[ citation needed ]

Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London (1978–85); Lancaster University (where she studied theatre and sculpture); and then a three-year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and she was a member of the National Youth Theatre. [1] As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.

Career

Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (1995). She has narrated the documentary The Riddle of Pompeii, the 2001 series Nurses and Ladette to Lady .

In 2007, Briers appeared in Some Kind of Bliss, a one-woman play by Samuel Adamson at the Trafalgar Studios, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season. She appeared in the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington (2008) and a West End revival of Chekhov's Ivanov .[ citation needed ] In 2011 she appeared in BBC Four's Twenty Twelve first as Anna Mitchell, one of the three candidates for the post of curator of the Cultural Olympiad, then with her face blurred as Laura, Ian Fletcher's wife.[ citation needed ] In 2017 she appeared in Father Brown "The tree of Truth" as Prudence Bovary.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2004 TMA Awards Best Supporting Actress Cloud Nine Nominated
2008 WhatsOnStage Awards Best Solo PerformerShip of FoolsNominated
2019 Clarence Derwent Awards Best Female in a Supporting Role Rosmersholm Won

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1992 A Masculine Ending StudentTV film
1993 Unnatural Causes Liz MarleyTV film
2002Prince WilliamTiggy Legge-BourkeTV film
2003PerksSarah TidewellShort
2006Long Hot SummerRachel
2008 Einstein and Eddington LibrarianTV film
2011 The Night Watch BinkieTV film
2013 Our Girl Major O'BrienEpisode: "Pilot" (TV film)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Tonia Scott
2016 Genius Miss Wyckoff
2018OilMumShort
2020 The Show Inspector Barlow
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League Dog Day Care Owner
2022 My Policeman Miss Brown
2024 We Live in Time Dr. Kerri Weaver

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Red Dwarf HarrisonEpisode: "Holoship"
ScreamingJennifer
Spatz HayleyEpisode: "The Curse of Karen"
Boon MaggieEpisode: "MacGuffin's Transputer"
The Blackheath Poisonings Maid2 episodes
1993 The Brittas Empire WendyEpisode: "Two Little Boys"
1994 The 10%ers SarahEpisode: "Feud"
1995 Pride and Prejudice Mary BennetSeries regular
1996 Casualty Joanna PorterEpisode: "Still Waters"
1998 Game On LuluEpisode: "Crabs"
Unfinished Business Policewoman1 episode
Imogen's FaceJanetMini-series
Dangerfield Adele GriffithsEpisode: "The Lost Boy"
The Bill Clarinda BeechamEpisode: "Love's Labour Lost"
1999 Wives and Daughters Lady Alice1 episode
2000 Beast Briony's FriendsEpisode: "Frightening Shorts"
2001 The Bill Helen ThompkinsEpisodes: "Long Shadows: Part 1"
NursesNarratorVoice role
2002 Helen West Clerk 1Episode: "Shadow Play"
2004 Agatha Christie's Poirot Beryl CollinsEpisode: "The Hollow"
Bodies Nicola Quinn1 episode
2005 Broken News Sam Henman2 episodes
2006Great NewsMarion
2007 Doctors Emma FleetEpisode: "Flying Solo"
Tchaikovsky Nadezdha von MeckMini-series
Bonkers Polly Cope1 episode
Silent Witness Patricia DarlowEpisode: "Apocalypse"
Genie in the House Miss SpinelliEpisode: "Genie Swap"
The Green Green Grass DoctorEpisode: "The Final Curtain"
2008 Ashes to Ashes Patty1 episode
2010 Doctors Rosie CliftonEpisode: "Something Evil"
2011 Midsomer Murders Jessica WingateEpisode: "Death in the Slow Lane"
Twenty Twelve Anna MitchellEpisode: "Cultural Curator"
Laura FletcherEpisode: "Equestrian Controversy"
2012 Parade's End Mrs. Ferguson2 episodes
The Thick of It Cathy Hastings1 episode
DCI Banks Dr. Janet LucasEpisode: "Strange Affair"
Dark Matters: Twisted But True Orphanage MatronEpisode: "Pavlov's Children, Alien Rain, Glow Girls"
Mary MallonEpisode: "Magical Jet Propulsion, Missing Link Mystery, Typhoid Mary"
2013–15 Count Arthur Strong SheilaSeries regular; 6 episodes
2017 Father Brown Prudence BovaryEpisode: "The Tree of Truth"
2018 Casualty Gill Ransom1 episode
Press Linda ParksEpisode: "Pure"
Mrs Wilson Record Office Lady1 episode
2019 Victoria Mrs. ArbuthnotEpisode: "Foreign Bodies"
Four Weddings and a Funeral Jody2 episodes
2019-22 Gentleman Jack Mrs Stansfield RawsonRecurring role; 4 episodes
2020 Endeavour Mrs. BlishEpisode: "Oracle"
Home Margaret1 episode
Strike DCI Judy McMurranEpisode: "Lethal White"
2022 House of the Dragon Ceira Lannister2 episodes
2023 Lockwood & Co. Mrs. HarrisEpisode: "Death Is Coming"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Mass Effect: Andromeda VariousVoice role
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla AethelswithVoice role

Theatre credits

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1992Fooling AboutMiranda/Princess Oxford Playhouse, Oxford with Oxford Stage Company
1993Syme Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
The Tempest Miranda Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury
The Venetian Twins Rosaura Oxford Playhouse, Oxford with Oxford Stage Company
1996 The Entertainer Jean Rice Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
1997 Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 Lady Percy/Doll Tearsheet The Old Vic, The Cut, London with English Touring Theatre
1998 Emma Jane Fairfax Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, Edinburgh part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Othello Desdemona New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
1999All That Trouble We HadMargo Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
2000 As You Like It Phebe Crucible Theatre, Sheffield & Lyric Theatre, London
The Winter's Tale Paulina Southwark Playhouse, London
KeepersMaggie Hampstead Theatre, London
2001 Spike Verity King Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Don Juan Charlotte Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2002 Teeth 'n' Smiles Laura Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2003 Electra Electra Gate Theatre, London
2004 Cloud Nine Edward/Betty Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
The Solid Gold Cadillac Miss Amelia Shotgraven Garrick Theatre, London
2005 Rose Bernd Frau Grolisch Arcola Theatre, London
Musik Else Arcola Theatre, London
The Shadow Box Beverley Southwark Playhouse, London
2006 The Voysey Inheritance Honor Voysey Royal National Theatre, London
CatchAndrea/Carol Royal Court Theatre, London
2007Ship of FoolsRachel/Monsieur Schultze/Holly Trinity/Margery Clermont Theatre503, London
Some Kind of Bliss Rachel Trafalgar Studios, London One-woman show
2008 Sexual Perversity in Chicago Joan Webber Theatre Royal, Norwich
Ivanov Martha Babakina Donmar at the Wyndham's Theatre, London
2009 Just Between Ourselves Pam Royal Theatre, Northampton
Private Fears in Public Places Charlotte Royal Theatre, Northampton
Miss Julie Christine Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames
Bedroom Farce Jan Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames
2010 Behud (Beyond Belief) Joanne Stevenson Soho Theatre, London
2011 Top Girls Pope Joan/Louise Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2014 Bring Up the Bodies Jane Rochford Aldwych Theatre, London & Winter Garden Theatre, New York City with Royal Shakespeare Company
Wolf Hall Katherine of Aragon Aldwych Theatre, London & Winter Garden Theatre, New York City with Royal Shakespeare Company
2015 Ivanov Zinaida Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Seagull Polina Andryevna Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2016 Show Boat Parthenia Ann Crucible Theatre, Sheffield & New London Theatre, London
2017 Forty Years On Miss Nisbitt Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
2019 Wild East Dr. Pitt Young Vic, London
Rosmersholm Mrs. Helseth Duke of York's Theatre, London
2020 All of Us Rita/Doctor Anderson/Angela Royal National Theatre, London
2022 Orlando Virginia/Elizabeth I Garrick Theatre, London
2025BackstrokeCarol Donmar Warehouse, London

References

  1. Maureen Paton "Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter’" Archived 25 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine , telegraph.co.uk, 2 November 2013