Frances Grey (actress)
{{short description|Scottish actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
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| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
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Frances Grey (born 1970 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish actress, perhaps most well known for her portrayal of D.S. Kate Beauchamp in the BBC television series Messiah (2001).{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/im-too-busy-to-see-my-friends-says-1008883/|title=I'm too busy to see my friends, says River City star Frances Grey|last=Hendry|first=Steve|date=8 February 2009|work=Daily Record|accessdate=3 August 2010}} The original production was based on a novel by Boris Starling. Grey also starred in the subsequent installments Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine (2003) and Messiah 3: the Promise (2004) which were written directly for television.
Early life
She attended The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh,(2014) [http://guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/285/Mary-Erskine-Girls-Mixed-sixth-with-Stewart-s-Melville-12-18-Day-and-Boarding School Details – Mary Erskine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114133508/http://guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/285/Mary-Erskine-Girls-Mixed-sixth-with-Stewart-s-Melville-12-18-Day-and-Boarding |date=14 January 2016 }} The Guide to Independent Schools, Retrieved 8 March 2014 graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London with a degree in English and drama. Frances then went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.Hendry, Steve (22 August 2004) [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Dead+funny%3B+Exclusive%3A+Scots+star+Frances+Grey+lifts+the+lid+on+the...-a0121055438 Dead Funny; Exclusive: Scots Star Frances Grey Lifts the Lid on the TV Drama That Makes Silence of the Lambs Look like Bambi] The Sunday Mail, retrieved 21 October 2014
Career
Some of her earlier roles were as Jane in the film Crimetime (1996), as Jenny Roach in the TV series Accused (1996), as Dr. Davies in the TV documentary series Living Proof (1997), as Amelia Sedley in the 1998 BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EuwoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3379,2541863&dq=frances-grey+amelia-sedley&hl=en|title=Wrongheaded direction, Vanity only fair|last=Crook|first=John|date=24 October 1999|work=Lundington Daily News|page=6|accessdate=3 August 2010}} as Violet in the film Janice Beard 45 WPM,.(1999)[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209055/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Janice Beard (1999); Full Cast & Crew] IMDb (Internet Movie Database), Retrieved 21 October 2014 as Jackie Brett in the TV series Reach for the Moon (2000) and as Elaine in the TV series The Secret World of Michael Fry (2000).[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340569/ Frances Grey, Actress, Filmography] IMDb (Internet Movie Database), Retrieved 21 October 2014
She also played as Lucy Slater in the TV series Murder in Mind (2002), as Jessie in the TV series The Key (2003), as Ellie Peters in the TV series The Bill (2005), as Caroline Jensen in the TV series Sea of Souls (2006), as Hannah in the TV series Where the Heart is (2006), as Suzanne in the play Monks by Des Dillon in Edinburgh in 2007,(23 March 2007) [http://www.scotsman.com/news/what-matters-to-me-frances-grey-1-692094 What matters to me: Frances Grey] The Scotsman, Retrieved 21 October 2014Devlin, Vivien (18 March 2007) [http://www.edinburghguide.com/theatrereviews/monksreview_20070318 Monks Review] Edinburgh Guide, Retrieved 21 October 2014 as Louise Whately and Liz Beamish in the TV soap Casualty (2005 and 2008), as Janice Hylton in the TV series Foyle's War (2008) as Caroline Page and Rhona Campbell in the Scottish TV series Taggart (1997 and 2008) and as prison psychiatrist Marianne McKee in BBC Scotland's TV soap-opera River City (2009).
Grey played as Mary Place in the TV series Garrow's Law (2009), as Samantha Jackson in the short film Downturn (2010), as Sonia Thomas and Natalie Layfield in the TV series Doctors (2007 and 2011), as Janice in the TV film in three parts The Widower (2014), as Jess Collins in the TV detective series Shetland (2014), as Slan Gleeson in the TV medical soap Holby City (2014) and as Al Ferguson in the short film Perfect State (2014). In 2014 she was filming the TV series Home Fires.
In 2021 she played Hilary Rhodes in one episode of Sister Boniface Mysteries
Personal life
She was married to Nick Powell from 2005 to 2011. She has one child with playwright John Donnelly.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Jane | |
| 1999
| Violet | |
| 2010
| Downturn | Samantha Jackson | Short film |
| 2014
| Perfect State | Ali Ferguson | Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2022
| Aileen MacAuley | |
| When She Was Good
| Florence | Short film |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Accused | Jenny Roach | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|1997
| Q.E.D. | Dr. Davies | Episode: "Cause of Death" |
| Taggart
| Caroline Page | Episode: "Babushka Part One" |
| 1998
| Amelia Sedley | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2000
| Reach for the Moon | Jackie Brett | Series regular; 6 episodes |
| The Secret World of Michael Fry
| Elaine | Mini-series |
| 2001-2004
| Messiah | Kate Beauchamp | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2002
| Lucy Slater | Episode: "Victim" |
| 2003
| The Key | Jessie | Mini-series |
| rowspan="2"|2005
| The Bill | Ellie Peters | Episode: "A Social Decision" |
| Casualty
| Louise Whatley | Episode: "For Better or Worse" |
| rowspan="2"|2006
| Caroline Jenson | Episode: "Insiders" |
| Where the Heart Is
| Hannah | Episode: "Don't Look Back in Anger" |
| 2007
| Doctors | Sonia Thomas | Episode: "A Secure Relationship" |
| rowspan="3"|2008
| Janice Hylton | Episode: "All Clear" |
| Taggart
| Rhona Campbell | Episode: "A Study in Murder" |
| Casualty
| Liz Beamish | Episode: "Face the World" |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Marianne McKee | 2 episodes |
| Garrow's Law
| Mary Pace | 1 episode |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Michelle Fletcher | 2 episodes |
| Doctors
| Natalie Layfield | Episode: "The Cradle Rocks" |
| rowspan="3"|2014
| Janice | Mini-series |
| Shetland
| Jess Collins | Episode: "Raven Black" |
| Holby City
| Sian Gleeson | Episode: "Collateral" |
| 2015-2016
| Erica Campbell | Series regular; 12 episodes |
| 2016
| Casualty | Gaynor Lockford | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| Cilia Troughton | Episode: "Last Man Out" |
| rowspan="2"|2018
| Doctors | Hayley Brown | Episode: "Hello Darkness, My Old Friend" |
| Ordeal by Innocence
| Lydia Gould | Mini-series |
| rowspan="2"|2019
| 15 Days | Moira | Mini-series |
| Traces
| DCI Catherine Attwood | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Claudia Oosterhuis | Episode: "Love in Amsterdam" |
| Unprecedented
| Siobhan | 1 episode |
| rowspan="3"|2022
| Vera | Olivia Parmer | Episode: "Vital Signs" |
| Sister Boniface Mysteries
| Hilary Rhodes | Episode: "Queen of the Kitchen" |
| Bloods
| Clare | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| Six Four | Pauline Wallace | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| Tom Jones
| Mrs. Miller | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
Radio
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Station | ||||
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999-10-31}} | Moliere, or the League of Hypocrites | Armande | Don Taylor | BBC Radio 4 |
| {{dts|format=dmy|2004-06-11}} | Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden | Susan | Gaynor Macfarlane | BBC Radio 4 Friday Play |
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006-04-01}} | Look Back in Anger | Helena Charles | BBC Radio 4 Saturday Play | |
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006-10-20}} | 3 Days that Shook the World | Irina | John Dryden | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| {{dts|format=dmy|2011-04-04}} | My Life is a Series of People Saying Goodbye | Sarah | Polly Thomas | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| {{dts|format=dmy|2012-8-13}} – {{dts|format=dmy|2012-8-17}} | The Other One[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lswcr BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Other One] | Mum | Kirsty Williams | BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama |
Theatre credits
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily Cardew | |||
| 1997
| Rebecca | Second Mrs de Winter | |||
| 2001
| Platonov | Sasha Ivanovna | |||
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Mrs. Marshall | |||
| Dark Earth
| Valerie | |||
| 2005
| Pyrenees | Anna | |||
| 2007
| Monks | Suzanne | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |||
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Wife | |||
| Twilight of the Gods
| Jane | |||
| rowspan="3"|2010
| Jamie | UK Tour | |||
| Land of the Dead/Helter Skelter
| Woman | UK Tour | |||
| Caledonia
| Mrs. Paterson | |||
| rowspan="3"|2011
| Alison | |||
| Dear Uncle
| Helena | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough & International Tour | |||
| Neighbourhood Watch
| Amy | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough & UK Tour | |||
| 2017
| Hermione | Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | |||
| 2018
| Old Fools | Vivienne | |||
| 2022–2023 | rowspan=2| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | rowspan=2| Ginny Potter | Palace Theatre |
References
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Category:Scottish radio actresses
Category:Scottish television actresses
Category:Actresses from Edinburgh
Category:People educated at the Mary Erskine School
Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Category:Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art