Alexandra Moen
{{Short description|Italian-born English actress (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Alexandra Moen
| birthname = Alexandra Phoebe Moen{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records?firstname=alexandra&lastname=moen|title=Search Results for Britain records - findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}}
| occupation = Actress
| years active = 2003–present
| birth_place = Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978}}
}}
Alexandra Moen (born 1978) is an Italian-born English actress, known for her roles as Emily James in the drama series Hotel Babylon, Tamsin in the drama series Tripping Over, and Lucy Saxon in the science fiction series Doctor Who.{{Cite web|date=10 December 2009|author=sfx|title=Fannish Inquisition: Alexandra Moen, aka The Master's Wife|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/fannish_inquisition_alexandra_moen_aka_the_master_s_wife/|access-date=1 January 2021|website=SFX Magazine|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=26 December 2009|title=Doctor Who star Alexandra Moen says we'll all miss David Tennant|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/doctor-who-star-alexandra-moen-438601|access-date=1 January 2021|website=Daily Mirror|language=en}}
Early life
Moen was born in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, the daughter of an oceanographer father and teacher mother. Along with her two younger brothers, the family lived briefly in Canada and Bermuda, until moving to the United Kingdom in 1991.{{cite web |title=Press Office – Hotel Babylon | publisher = BBC | date = 2008-02-08 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/babylon_moen.shtml | doi = | accessdate = 2008-04-15}} She studied English at Leeds University, later going on to train at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| .357 | Mel | Short film |
| 2012
| Rosalind Burnell | |
| 2015
| The Haunting of Ellie Rose | Chloe | |
| 2018
| Zoe | |
| 2024
| Wider Than the Sky | Ann | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Mary Wrenn | Episode: "Enemy Fire" |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| Falling | Daphne | TV film |
| Whatever Love Means
| TV film |
| Midsomer Murders
| Emma Kirby | Episode: "Second Sight" |
| 2006
| Tamsin Dalgliesh | 6 episodes |
| 2007, 2009
| Lucy Saxon | Episodes: "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The End of Time" |
| 2008
| Cathy Reading | Episodes: "Sins: Part 1", "Sins: Part 2" |
| 2008–2009
| Emily James | 16 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Doctors | Laura Thomas | Episode: "Five Seconds" |
| Casualty
| Alison Firth | Episode: "Truth Will Out" |
| 2010–2012
| Kerry Stonebridge | 9 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Luther | Eve | Episode #3.2 |
| Death Comes to Pemberley
| Jane Bingley | Episode #1.2 |
| 2015–2016
| Frances Barbary | 20 episodes |
| 2015–2018
| Petra Bergen | 24 episodes |
| 2017
| Charlotte Link – Die Letzte Spur | Jacqueline Reeve | TV film |
| 2018
| Allisto | Episode: "Chapter XX: Blind Cannibal Assassins" |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| Queen Elizabeth of York | 3 episodes |
| Dublin Murders
| Simone Cameron | 5 episodes |
| 2020–2022
| Industry | Candice Allbright | 2 episodes |
| 2022
| Mrs. Dalby | 6 episodes |
| 2023
| Domina | Turia | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2024
| Olivia | Episode #1.3 |
| A Gentleman in Moscow
| Gloria | Episode: "Adieu" |
=Stage=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |
|---|
| 2002
| Macbeth | Witch | Albery Theatre, London | |
| rowspan="3"|2003
| The Hinge of the World | Marie Celeste | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford | |
| The Merchant of Venice
| Jessica | rowspan="2|Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester | |
| The Seagull
| Nina | |
| rowspan="3"|2005
| Helena | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |
| The Shoreditch Madonna
| Christina | Soho Theatre, London | |
| Phaedra's Love
| Strophe | |
| 2012
| Hilde | Rose Theatre Kingston, Kingston upon Thames | |
References
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External links
- {{cite press release |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/babylon_moen.shtml |publisher=BBC Press Office |title=Hotel Babylon's Emily James |date=2 February 2008}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.haroldsaxon.co.uk/lucysaxon.shtml |work=Harold Saxon website |title=Meet Lucy Saxon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625191818/http://www.haroldsaxon.co.uk/lucysaxon.shtml |archive-date=25 June 2007}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.conwayvangeldergrant.com/actors/alexandra-moen/|work=Conway Van Gelder Grant |title= Alexandra Moen}}
- {{IMDb name|id=1752186|name=Alexandra Moen}}
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Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:English film actresses