Rebecca Saire

Rebecca Saire
Born	(1963-04-16) 16 April 1963 (age 61) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, writer
Years active	1968–present
Spouse	Roger Allam
Children	2

Rebecca Saire (born 16 April 1963) is a British actress and writer who gained early attention when, at the age of fourteen, she played Juliet for the BBC Television Shakespeare series.

Stage

• Sybil in Private Lives (National Theatre)
• Eliante in The Misanthrope (Piccadilly Theatre)
• Mabel in An Ideal Husband (Gielgud Theatre)
• Gwendolen in Travesties (RSC and Savoy Theatre)
• Diana in All's Well That Ends Well (RSC)
• Audrey Walsingham in The School of Night (RSC)
• Rachel in A Jovial Crew (RSC)
• She was "a beautiful and truly tragic Ophelia" (Time Out) to Mark Rylance's Hamlet at the RSC in 1989
• Princess Mary in Crown Matrimonial (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/Tour)

Filmography

Television

• Romeo and Juliet (1978)
• Quatermass (1979, TV)
• Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial, 1980), as Victoria
• A.D. (1985), TV film
• Vanity Fair (1987, TV)
• Jeeves and Wooster (1991, TV)
• Dr. Jenkins in My Dad's the PM
• Aline Hemmingway in Jeeves and Wooster
• Theresa Nolan in A Taste for Death
• Shona, the high-flying executive wife of DC Duncan Lennox in the long running ITV Drama The Bill
• She also made guest appearances in A Bit of Fry and Laurie
• Midsomer Murders, season 7, episode 3 (2004)
• Lady Alexandra Metcalfe in episode 6, season 2 ("Vergangenheit") of The Crown (2017)
• Mrs. Radowicz in season 5, episode 4, season 7, episode 2, of Endeavour (2019)
• Killing Eve (2020, BBC TV), as Bertha Kruger, season 3, episode 4
• Miriam Heartley-Reade in season 7, episode 3 – The Fisher King of Midsomer Murders
• Jonquil Heathcote in Doctors (2022) ^[1]

Films

• The Shooting Party (1985)

Radio

• Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, in "The People's Princess",
• Philippa in "The Experiences of an Irish RM", based on The Irish R.M. novels,
• Sue in "The Small Back Room", based on the novel of that title,
• Joan Greenwood in "Kind Hearts", about the classic comedy film Kind Hearts and Coronets

Writing

Saire has written three plays for BBC Radio 4, all produced by Eoin O'Callaghan:

• Standing on Tiptoe
• The Detox
• Clapham Junction ( Radio Times – Pick of the Week)

References

1. Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Halloween HORROR in Letherbridge!". What to Watch . Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

• Rebecca Saire at IMDb