Lucy Briers

{{Infobox person

| name = Lucy Briers

| birth_name = Lucy Jane Briers

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Lancaster University

| spouse =

| parents = Richard Briers
Ann Davies

| years_active = 1992–present

}}

Lucy Jane Briers is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and sitcom Game On.

Early life and education

Lucy Jane Briers{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} was born in Hammersmith, London. She is the daughter of the actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London (1978–85); Lancaster University (where she studied theatre and sculpture); and then a three-year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and she was a member of the National Youth Theatre.Maureen Paton [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10422484/Lucy-Briers-Emphysema-robbed-my-father-of-his-laughter.html "Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525151702/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10422484/Lucy-Briers-Emphysema-robbed-my-father-of-his-laughter.html |date=25 May 2019 }}, telegraph.co.uk, 2 November 2013 As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.

Career

Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation of Pride & Prejudice (1995). She has narrated the documentary The Riddle of Pompeii, the 2001 series Nurses and Ladette to Lady.

In 2007, Briers appeared in Some Kind of Bliss, a one-woman play by Samuel Adamson at the Trafalgar Studios, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season. She appeared in the BBC drama Einstein and Eddington (2008) and a West End revival of Chekhov's Ivanov.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In 2011 she appeared in BBC Four's Twenty Twelve first as Anna Mitchell, one of the three candidates for the post of curator of the Cultural Olympiad, then with her face blurred as Laura, Ian Fletcher's wife.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} In 2017 she appeared in the Father Brown episode "The Tree of Truth" as Prudence Bovary.

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Work ! Result ! class="unsortable"\| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|References}}
2004 \| TMA Awards \| Best Supporting Actress \| Cloud Nine \| {{nom}} \|
2008 \| WhatsOnStage Awards \| Best Solo Performer \| Ship of Fools \| {{nom}} \|
2019 \| Clarence Derwent Awards \| Best Female in a Supporting Role \| Rosmersholm \| {{win}} \|

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

! class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

2004

| TMA Awards

| Best Supporting Actress

| Cloud Nine

| {{nom}}

2008

| WhatsOnStage Awards

| Best Solo Performer

| Ship of Fools

| {{nom}}

2019

| Clarence Derwent Awards

| Best Female in a Supporting Role

| Rosmersholm

| {{win}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
1992 \| A Masculine Ending \| Student \| TV film
1993 \| Unnatural Causes \| Liz Marley \| TV film
2002 \| Prince William \| Tiggy Legge-Bourke \| TV film
2003 \| Perks \| Sarah Tidewell \| Short
2006 \| Long Hot Summer \| Rachel \|
2008 \| Einstein and Eddington \| Librarian \| TV film
2011 \| The Night Watch \| Binkie \| TV film
rowspan="2"\|2013 \| Our Girl \| Major O'Brien \| Episode: "Pilot" (TV film)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa \| Tonia Scott \|
2016 \| Genius \| Miss Wyckoff \|
2018 \| Oil \| Mum \| Short
2020 \| The Show \| Inspector Barlow \|
2021 \| Zack Snyder's Justice League \| Dog Day Care Owner \|
2022 \| My Policeman \| Miss Brown \|
2024 \| We Live in Time \| Dr. Kerri Weaver \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

1992

| A Masculine Ending

| Student

| TV film

1993

| Unnatural Causes

| Liz Marley

| TV film

2002

| Prince William

| Tiggy Legge-Bourke

| TV film

2003

| Perks

| Sarah Tidewell

| Short

2006

| Long Hot Summer

| Rachel

2008

| Einstein and Eddington

| Librarian

| TV film

2011

| The Night Watch

| Binkie

| TV film

rowspan="2"|2013

| Our Girl

| Major O'Brien

| Episode: "Pilot" (TV film)

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

| Tonia Scott

2016

| Genius

| Miss Wyckoff

2018

| Oil

| Mum

| Short

2020

| The Show

| Inspector Barlow

2021

| Zack Snyder's Justice League

| Dog Day Care Owner

2022

| My Policeman

| Miss Brown

2024

| We Live in Time

| Dr. Kerri Weaver

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="5"\|1992 \| Red Dwarf \| Harrison \| Episode: "Holoship"
Screaming \| Jennifer \|
Spatz \| Hayley \| Episode: "The Curse of Karen"
Boon \| Maggie \| Episode: "MacGuffin's Transputer"
The Blackheath Poisonings \| Maid \| 2 episodes
1993 \| The Brittas Empire \| Wendy \| Episode: "Two Little Boys"
1994 \| The 10%ers \| Sarah \| Episode: "Feud"
1995 \| Pride and Prejudice \| Mary Bennet \| Series regular
1996 \| Casualty \| Joanna Porter \| Episode: "Still Waters"
rowspan="5"\|1998 \| Game On \| Lulu \| Episode: "Crabs"
Unfinished Business \| Policewoman \| 1 episode
Imogen's Face \| Janet \| Mini-series
Dangerfield \| Adele Griffiths \| Episode: "The Lost Boy"
The Bill \| Clarinda Beecham \| Episode: "Love's Labour Lost"
1999 \| Wives and Daughters \| Lady Alice \| 1 episode
2000 \| Beast \| Briony's Friends \| Episode: "Frightening Shorts"
rowspan="2"\|2001 \| The Bill \| Helen Thompkins \| Episodes: "Long Shadows: Part 1"
Nurses \| Narrator \| Voice role
2002 \| Helen West \| Clerk 1 \| Episode: "Shadow Play"
rowspan="2"\|2004 \| Agatha Christie's Poirot \| Beryl Collins \| Episode: "The Hollow"
Bodies \| Nicola Quinn \| 1 episode
2005 \| Broken News \| Sam Henman \| 2 episodes
2006 \| Great News \| Marion \|
rowspan="6"\|2007 \| Doctors \| Emma Fleet \| Episode: "Flying Solo"
Tchaikovsky \| Nadezdha von Meck \| Mini-series
Bonkers \| Polly Cope \| 1 episode
Silent Witness \| Patricia Darlow \| Episode: "Apocalypse"
Genie in the House \| Miss Spinelli \| Episode: "Genie Swap"
The Green Green Grass \| Doctor \| Episode: "The Final Curtain"
2008 \| Ashes to Ashes \| Patty \| 1 episode
2010 \| Doctors \| Rosie Clifton \| Episode: "Something Evil"
rowspan="3"\|2011 \| Midsomer Murders \| Jessica Wingate \| Episode: "Death in the Slow Lane"
rowspan="2"\|Twenty Twelve \| Anna Mitchell \| Episode: "Cultural Curator"
Laura Fletcher \| Episode: "Equestrian Controversy"
rowspan="5"\|2012 \| Parade's End \| Mrs. Ferguson \| 2 episodes
The Thick of It \| Cathy Hastings \| 1 episode
DCI Banks \| Dr. Janet Lucas \| Episode: "Strange Affair"
rowspan="2"\|Dark Matters: Twisted But True \| Orphanage Matron \| Episode: "Pavlov's Children, Alien Rain, Glow Girls"
Mary Mallon \| Episode: "Magical Jet Propulsion, Missing Link Mystery, Typhoid Mary"
2013–15 \| Count Arthur Strong \| Sheila \| Series regular; 6 episodes
2017 \| Father Brown \| Prudence Bovary \| Episode: "The Tree of Truth"
rowspan="3"\|2018 \| Casualty \| Gill Ransom \| 1 episode
Press \| Linda Parks \| Episode: "Pure"
Mrs Wilson \| Record Office Lady \| 1 episode
rowspan="2"\|2019 \| Victoria \| Mrs. Arbuthnot \| Episode: "Foreign Bodies"
Four Weddings and a Funeral \| Jody \| 2 episodes
2019–22 \| Gentleman Jack \| Mrs Stansfield Rawson \| Recurring role; 4 episodes
rowspan="3"\|2020 \| Endeavour \| Mrs. Blish \| Episode: "Oracle"
Home \| Margaret \| 1 episode
Strike \| DCI Judy McMurran \| Episode: "Lethal White"
2022 \| House of the Dragon \| Ceira Lannister \| 2 episodes
2023 \| Lockwood & Co. \| Mrs. Harris \| Episode: "Death Is Coming"

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="5"|1992

| Red Dwarf

| Harrison

| Episode: "Holoship"

Screaming

| Jennifer

Spatz

| Hayley

| Episode: "The Curse of Karen"

Boon

| Maggie

| Episode: "MacGuffin's Transputer"

The Blackheath Poisonings

| Maid

| 2 episodes

1993

| The Brittas Empire

| Wendy

| Episode: "Two Little Boys"

1994

| The 10%ers

| Sarah

| Episode: "Feud"

1995

| Pride and Prejudice

| Mary Bennet

| Series regular

1996

| Casualty

| Joanna Porter

| Episode: "Still Waters"

rowspan="5"|1998

| Game On

| Lulu

| Episode: "Crabs"

Unfinished Business

| Policewoman

| 1 episode

Imogen's Face

| Janet

| Mini-series

Dangerfield

| Adele Griffiths

| Episode: "The Lost Boy"

The Bill

| Clarinda Beecham

| Episode: "Love's Labour Lost"

1999

| Wives and Daughters

| Lady Alice

| 1 episode

2000

| Beast

| Briony's Friends

| Episode: "Frightening Shorts"

rowspan="2"|2001

| The Bill

| Helen Thompkins

| Episodes: "Long Shadows: Part 1"

Nurses

| Narrator

| Voice role

2002

| Helen West

| Clerk 1

| Episode: "Shadow Play"

rowspan="2"|2004

| Agatha Christie's Poirot

| Beryl Collins

| Episode: "The Hollow"

Bodies

| Nicola Quinn

| 1 episode

2005

| Broken News

| Sam Henman

| 2 episodes

2006

| Great News

| Marion

rowspan="6"|2007

| Doctors

| Emma Fleet

| Episode: "Flying Solo"

Tchaikovsky

| Nadezdha von Meck

| Mini-series

Bonkers

| Polly Cope

| 1 episode

Silent Witness

| Patricia Darlow

| Episode: "Apocalypse"

Genie in the House

| Miss Spinelli

| Episode: "Genie Swap"

The Green Green Grass

| Doctor

| Episode: "The Final Curtain"

2008

| Ashes to Ashes

| Patty

| 1 episode

2010

| Doctors

| Rosie Clifton

| Episode: "Something Evil"

rowspan="3"|2011

| Midsomer Murders

| Jessica Wingate

| Episode: "Death in the Slow Lane"

rowspan="2"|Twenty Twelve

| Anna Mitchell

| Episode: "Cultural Curator"

Laura Fletcher

| Episode: "Equestrian Controversy"

rowspan="5"|2012

| Parade's End

| Mrs. Ferguson

| 2 episodes

The Thick of It

| Cathy Hastings

| 1 episode

DCI Banks

| Dr. Janet Lucas

| Episode: "Strange Affair"

rowspan="2"|Dark Matters: Twisted But True

| Orphanage Matron

| Episode: "Pavlov's Children, Alien Rain, Glow Girls"

Mary Mallon

| Episode: "Magical Jet Propulsion, Missing Link Mystery, Typhoid Mary"

2013–15

| Count Arthur Strong

| Sheila

| Series regular; 6 episodes

2017

| Father Brown

| Prudence Bovary

| Episode: "The Tree of Truth"

rowspan="3"|2018

| Casualty

| Gill Ransom

| 1 episode

Press

| Linda Parks

| Episode: "Pure"

Mrs Wilson

| Record Office Lady

| 1 episode

rowspan="2"|2019

| Victoria

| Mrs. Arbuthnot

| Episode: "Foreign Bodies"

Four Weddings and a Funeral

| Jody

| 2 episodes

2019–22

| Gentleman Jack

| Mrs Stansfield Rawson

| Recurring role; 4 episodes

rowspan="3"|2020

| Endeavour

| Mrs. Blish

| Episode: "Oracle"

Home

| Margaret

| 1 episode

Strike

| DCI Judy McMurran

| Episode: "Lethal White"

2022

| House of the Dragon

| Ceira Lannister

| 2 episodes

2023

| Lockwood & Co.

| Mrs. Harris

| Episode: "Death Is Coming"

= Video games =

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2017

| Mass Effect: Andromeda

| Various

| Voice role

2020

| Assassin's Creed Valhalla

| Aethelswith

| Voice role

Theatre credits

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes
1992 \| Fooling About \| Miranda/Princess \| Oxford Playhouse, Oxford \| with Oxford Stage Company
rowspan="3"\|1993 \| Syme \| \| Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham \|
The Tempest \| Miranda \| Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury \|
The Venetian Twins \| Rosaura \| Oxford Playhouse, Oxford \| with Oxford Stage Company
1996 \| The Entertainer \| Jean Rice \| Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
1997 \| Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 \| Lady Percy/Doll Tearsheet \| The Old Vic, The Cut, London \| with English Touring Theatre
rowspan="2"\|1998 \| Emma \| Jane Fairfax \| Calder's Gilded Balloon Theatre, Edinburgh \| part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Othello \| Desdemona \| New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme \|
1999 \| All That Trouble We Had \| Margo \| Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham \|
rowspan="3"\|2000 \| As You Like It \| Phebe \| Crucible Theatre, Sheffield & Lyric Theatre, London \|
The Winter's Tale \| Paulina \| Southwark Playhouse, London \|
Keepers \| Maggie \| Hampstead Theatre, London \|
rowspan="2"\|2001 \| Spike \| Verity King \| Nuffield Theatre, Southampton \|
Don Juan \| Charlotte \| Crucible Theatre, Sheffield \|
2002 \| Teeth 'n' Smiles \| Laura \| Crucible Theatre, Sheffield \|
2003 \| Electra \| Electra \| Gate Theatre, London \|
rowspan="2"\|2004 \| Cloud Nine \| Edward/Betty \| Crucible Theatre, Sheffield \|
The Solid Gold Cadillac \| Miss Amelia Shotgraven \| Garrick Theatre, London \|
rowspan="3"\|2005 \| Rose Bernd \| Frau Grolisch \| Arcola Theatre, London \|
Musik \| Else \| Arcola Theatre, London \|
The Shadow Box \| Beverley \| Southwark Playhouse, London \|
rowspan="2"\|2006 \| The Voysey Inheritance \| Honor Voysey \| Royal National Theatre, London \|
Catch \| Andrea/Carol \| Royal Court Theatre, London \|
rowspan="2"\|2007 \| Ship of Fools \| Rachel/Monsieur Schultze/Holly Trinity/Margery Clermont \| Theatre503, London \|
Some Kind of Bliss \| Rachel \| Trafalgar Studios, London \| One-woman show
rowspan="2"\|2008 \| Sexual Perversity in Chicago \| Joan Webber \| Theatre Royal, Norwich \|
Ivanov \| Martha Babakina \| Donmar at the Wyndham's Theatre, London \|
rowspan="4"\|2009 \| Just Between Ourselves \| Pam \| Royal Theatre, Northampton \|
Private Fears in Public Places \| Charlotte \| Royal Theatre, Northampton \|
Miss Julie \| Christine \| Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames \|
Bedroom Farce \| Jan \| Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames \|
2010 \| Behud (Beyond Belief) \| Joanne Stevenson \| Soho Theatre, London \|
2011 \| Top Girls \| Pope Joan/Louise \| Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester \|
rowspan="2"\|2014 \| Bring Up the Bodies \| Jane Rochford \| Aldwych Theatre, London & Winter Garden Theatre, New York City \| with Royal Shakespeare Company
Wolf Hall \| Katherine of Aragon \| Aldwych Theatre, London & Winter Garden Theatre, New York City \| with Royal Shakespeare Company
rowspan="2"\|2015 \| Ivanov \| Zinaida \| Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester \|
The Seagull \| Polina Andryevna \| Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester \|
2016 \| Show Boat \| Parthenia Ann \| Crucible Theatre, Sheffield & New London Theatre, London \|
2017 \| Forty Years On \| Miss Nisbitt \| Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester \|
rowspan="2"\|2019 \| Wild East \| Dr. Pitt \| Young Vic, London \|
Rosmersholm \| Mrs. Helseth \| Duke of York's Theatre, London \|
2020 \| All of Us \| Rita/Doctor Anderson/Angela \| Royal National Theatre, London \|
2022 \| 2022 \| Orlando \| Virginia/Elizabeth I \| Garrick Theatre, London \|
2025 \| Backstroke \| Carol \| Donmar Warehouse, London

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Venue

! Notes

1992

| Fooling About

| Miranda/Princess

| Oxford Playhouse, Oxford

| with Oxford Stage Company

rowspan="3"|1993