Morven Christie
| Morven Christie | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Scotland |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Morven Christie (born 1981) is a Scottish actress.
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Life and career
Morven Christie grew up in Glasgow and Aviemore. [1] She studied acting at the Drama Centre London, under Reuven Adiv, an associate of Lee Strasberg.[2] Christie has worked on stage, film and television drama.
In 2006 she played Juliet and Hero for the Royal Shakespeare Company in their Complete Works season.[3][4]
In 2008 Christie was cast in Sam Mendes's first Bridge Project theatre company, playing Anya in Tom Stoppard's new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, and Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale which finished at The Old Vic in London, after a sellout run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York and a world tour.[5]
In January-February 2015, Christie filmed a guest role in a two-part Doctor Who story written by Toby Whithouse. The episodes were screened in October.
Credits
Film
- Lilting (2014) as Margaret
- Shell (2012, feature film)
- Hollow (2011, Short Film) as Alice
- Gee Gee (2011, Short film) as Peaches
- The Young Victoria (2009) as Watson
- The Flying Scotsman (2006) as Katie
- House of 9 (2005) as Shona
Television
- Doctor Who 2 episodes: Under the Lake / Before the Flood (2015) as O'Donnell[6]
- Grantchester (2014) as Amanda Kendall
- From There to Here (2014) as Louise
- Silent Witness (2014) as Detective Sergeant Sally Kirchner
- Hunted (2012) as Zoe Morgan
- Twenty Twelve (2012) as Fi Healey, Head of Legacy
- The Sinking of the Laconia (2010) as Laura Ferguson
- Monday Monday (2009, TV series) as Sally Newman
- Lost in Austen (2008, TV mini-series) as Jane Bennet
- Oliver Twist (2007, TV mini-series) as Rose Maylie
- Quite Ugly One Morning (2004, TV movie) as Detective Sergeant Jenny Dunlop
Stage
- "The Driver's Seat" (2015, National Theatre of Scotland) as Lise
- Men Should Weep (2010–2011, National theatre London) as Isa Morrison
- The Winter's Tale (2009, as below) as Perdita
- The Cherry Orchard (2009, New York, London and international tour) as Anya
- King John (2006, RSC) as Blanche
- Much Ado About Nothing (2006–7, RSC) as Hero
- Romeo & Juliet (2006, RSC) as Juliet
- When You Cure Me (2005, Bush Theatre) as Rachel
- Festen (2005, Lyric Theatre) as Pia
Radio
- When You Cure Me (2006, radio play) as Rachel
- An Inspector Calls as Sheila Birling
- Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You as Molly Naylor
- A Farewell to Arms (2011, BBC Radio 4) as Catherine Barkley[7]
- Austerlitz (December 2012, BBC Radio 3) as Agata
References
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- ↑ MORVEN CHRISTIE. talentedbritishactors.co.uk
- ↑ David, Peta Romeo and Juliet, The Stage (19 April 2006)
- ↑ Paul Taylor (2006-04-20). Romeo And Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon – Reviews, Theatre. The Independent
- ↑ Brian Scott Lipton (2008-12-22). Full Cast Set for BAM's Bridge Project Stagings of Cherry Orchard and Winter's Tale. theatermania.com
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Drama. Bbc.co.uk (2011-08-05). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.
External links
- Morven Christie at the Internet Movie Database
- Clips and pictures of Romeo and Juliet at the RSC website
- Use dmy dates from September 2015
- Use British English from September 2015
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1979 births
- Alumni of the Drama Centre London
- Living people
- People from Glasgow
- People from Helensburgh
- Royal Shakespeare Company members
- Scottish film actresses
- Scottish stage actresses
- Scottish television actresses
- British Shakespearean actresses
- Scottish people of French descent
