Liz White (actress)

Liz White
White appearing as Annie Cartwright in the drama Life on Mars
Born	Elizabeth White (1979-11-05) 5 November 1979 Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Elizabeth "Liz" White (born 5 November 1979) is an English actress born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. She is best known for her role as Annie Cartwright in the two series of the BBC speculative fiction drama Life on Mars, which was originally transmitted in 2006 and 2007. She was trained at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, appearing in the 2003 TV series Teachers and the 2004 Mike Leigh's film Vera Drake.

Television and theatre

White's other prominent TV roles were in Season One of the ITV show The Fixer, playing Jess Mercer, the sister of John Mercer. She also played Shannon in The Empresses' New Clothes, an episode of Fairy Tales, which were the BBC's modern takes on classic children's stories. In April 2011, she appeared in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White.

She featured in the music video for Bush's final single "Inflatable", and starred in the Hammer Films 2012 adaptation of The Woman in Black as the eponymous woman. In July 2014, White starred as Melissa in episodes 1 and 2 of the original audio drama 'Osiris' by Everybodyelse Productions, and in 2014 as Lizzie Mottershead in BBC One's Our Zoo, a drama series about the man who created Chester Zoo and the impact it had on his family.

On stage she starred as in the lead role of Heavenly Critchfield in Tennessee Williams' Spring Storm at the former Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre in London in 2010, transferred from The Royal & Derngate Northampton production where it premiered in 2009. In 2011, she appeared in A Woman Killed with Kindness by Thomas Heywood at the Lyttelton at the National Theatre in 2011, where she appeared in 2013 again in a double role in Simon Stephens' new play Port. Currently (October 2014), she appears as Chrysothemis in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic Theatre in London, which also stars Peter Wight who plays her father-in-law in the BBC series Our Zoo.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2002	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	Lorraine	TV series (2 episodes)
2002	Always and Everyone	Mandy	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #4.1")
2002	Ultimate Force	Beth Dow	TV series (3 episodes: 2002-2003)
2003	Teachers	Eileen	TV series (4 episodes)
2004	Ten Minute Movie	1st Girl in Bar	short
2004	Vera Drake	Pamela Barnes
2004	Blue Murder	Vicki Swift	TV series (1 episode: "Lonely")
2004	Nathan Barley	Cashier	Pilot episode
2004	A Thing Called Love	Paula Roberts	TV series (6 episodes)
2005	Angell's Hell	Sarah	TV movie
2006	The Street	Eileen Harper	TV series (1 episode: "The Accident")
2006	Vincent	Laura Morris	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.2")
2006	Life on Mars	Annie Cartwright	TV series (16 episodes: 2006-2007)
2008	The Fixer	Jess Mercer	TV series (6 episodes)
2008	Fairy Tales	Shannon	TV series (1 episode: "The Empress's New Clothes")
2008	Franklyn	Laura
2008	New Town Killers	Alice Kelly
2008	Agatha Christie's Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye	Jennifer Fortescue	Television film
2009	A Short Stay in Switzerland	Sophie	Television film
2010	Garrow's Law	Isabella Jasker	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.2")
2010	Blind Eye	Gillian	short
2010	Desire	Kristen	short
2011	The Crimson Petal and the White	Caroline	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
2011	Wild Bill	Roxy
2011	The Send Off		short
2012	The Woman in Black	Jennet Humphrey/The Woman in Black
2012	Doctor Who	Alice	"The Snowmen" - Series 7
2013	The Paradise	Lucille Ballentine	Episode #2.6
2013	Uwantme2killhim?	Janet (MI5 agent)
2014	From There to Here	Joanne
2014	Line of Duty	Jo	TV series (Series 2)
2014	Our Zoo	Lizzie Mottershead	TV series
2014	New Tricks	Julia Kane	Episode: "Romans Ruined"
2014	Pride	Margaret Donovan

External links

• Liz White at the Internet Movie Database
• Liz White at bbc.co.uk's official Life on Mars website, with an interview and career overview.