Liz White (actress)
{{Short description|English actress}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Liz White
| image =
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| birth_name = Elizabeth White
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|08|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
| occupation = Actress
| known_for = Life on Mars
Ackley Bridge and The Long Shadow
| years_active = 2001–present
}}
Elizabeth White (born 11 August 1979) is an English actress. She grew up in Plymouth and attended Plymstock School from 1989 until 1994. She is known for portraying roles of Annie Cartwright in the BBC One drama series Life on Mars (2006–2007), and Emma Keane in the Channel 4 school-based drama series Ackley Bridge (2017–2019).
Television and theatre
White's other prominent TV roles were in series 1 of the ITV drama 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hammerfilms.com/productions/cast/filmid/24 |title=The Woman in Black – Cast – Hammer |publisher=Hammerfilms.com |accessdate=13 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110084919/http://www.hammerfilms.com/productions/cast/filmid/24 |archivedate=10 January 2011 }} 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 effect it had on his family.
On stage, she starred in the lead role of Heavenly Critchfield in Tennessee Williams' Spring Storm 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' play Port.
In October 2014, she appeared as Chrysothemis in Electra by Sophocles opposite Kristin Scott Thomas at the Old Vic Theatre in London, which also starred Peter Wight who played her father-in-law in the BBC series Our Zoo.
In 2017, it was announced that White would appear in a revival of Jim Cartwright's play Road at the Royal Court Theatre{{cite web|title=Royal Court Theatre announces cast for Jim Cartwright's play Road|url=http://britishtheatre.com/royal-court-theatre-cast-jim-cartwrights-road/|website=British Theatre|accessdate=24 July 2017|date=25 June 2017}} Later that year, she began appearing in the Channel 4 drama series Ackley Bridge as Emma Keane, a role she portrayed until 2019.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a864503/ackley-bridge-series-2-finale-episode-series-3-channel-4/|title=Channel 4 confirms a third series of Ackley Bridge after emotional final episode|work=Digital Spy|last=Houghton|first=Rianne|date=21 August 2018|accessdate=12 February 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1006490/Ackley-bridge-series-3-release-date-channel-4-2018-kimberley-walsh-new-season-renewed|title=Ackley Bridge series 3 release date: Will there be another series?|work=Daily Express|last=Spencer|first=Samuel|date=22 August 2018|accessdate=12 February 2019}}
In 2019, White portrayed Joy Davidman at the Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Shadowlands,{{cite web | url=https://www.cft.org.uk/archive/shadowlands-2019 | title=Shadowlands | date=8 June 2022 }} along with National Youth Theatre actors Hugh Bonneville and Andrew Havill.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| Lorraine | 2 episodes |
| Always and Everyone
| Mandy | Series 4: Episode 1 |
| 2002–2003
| Beth Dow | 3 episodes |
| 2003
| Teachers | Eileen | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="4"| 2004
| Pamela Barnes | Film |
| Blue Murder
| Vicki Swift | Episode: "Lonely" |
| A Thing Called Love
| Paula Roberts | All 6 episodes |
| Ten Minute Movie
| 1st Girl in Bar | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Cashier | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Angell's Hell
| Sarah | Television film |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| Eileen Harper | Episode: "The Accident" |
| Vincent
| Laura Morris | Series 2: Episode 2 |
| 2006–2007
| All 16 episodes |
| rowspan="5"| 2008
| Jess Mercer | Main role; 6 episodes |
| Fairy Tales
| Shannon | Episode: "The Empress's New Clothes" |
| Franklyn
| Laura | rowspan="2"| Film |
| New Town Killers
| Alice Kelly |
| Agatha Christie's Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye
| Jennifer Fortescue | rowspan="2"| Television film |
| 2009
| Sophie |
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| Isabella Jasker | Series 2: Episode 2 |
| Blind Eye
| Gillian | rowspan="2"| Short film |
| Desire
| Kristen |
| rowspan="3"| 2011
| The Crimson Petal and the White | Caroline | 4 episodes |
| Wild Bill
| Roxy | Film |
| The Send Off
| Unnamed | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| Jennet Humfrye / The Woman in Black | Film |
| Doctor Who
| Alice | Episode: "The Snowmen" |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| Lucille Ballentine | Series 2: Episode 6 |
| Uwantme2killhim?
| Janet (MI5 agent) | Film |
| rowspan="5"| 2014
| Joanne{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3N1vYdHdvJLq4fQDKlM41sV/joanne-played-by-liz-white | title=Joanne played by Liz White | work=From There to Here| publisher=BBC One | accessdate=1 June 2014}} | All 3 episodes |
| Line of Duty
| Jo | 2 episodes |
| Our Zoo
| Lizzie Mottershead | All 6 episodes |
| New Tricks
| Julia Kane | Episode: "Romans Ruined" |
| Pride
| Margaret Donovan | Film |
| 2016
| Vivian Whitaker | Series 2: Episode 3 |
| 2016–2017, 2022
| Rhoda Mullucks | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Peggy Taylor | All 8 episodes |
| Eric, Ernie and Me
| Dee Braben | Television film |
| 2017–2019
| Regular role; 19 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| Television film |
| Moving On
| Ali Reda | Series 10: Episode 5 |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| Our Girl | Emma | Series 4: Episode 5 |
| Pavement
| Katie | Short film |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| Fiona Grayson | Main role; 6 episodes |
| The Amazing Mr Blunden
| Jill Tucker | Television film |
| 2022
| The Chelsea Detective | Beth Dalton | Series 1: Episode 2 |
| 2023
| PS Meg Winterburn |
References
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External links
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- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/lifeonmars/characters/annie.shtml Liz White] at bbc.co.uk's official Life on Mars website, with an interview and career overview.
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Category:English television actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:Actors from Rotherham
Category:Actresses from South Yorkshire
Category:Alumni of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts