Teresa Churcher

{{Short description|English actress}}

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Teresa Churcher (born 7 January) is an English actress{{IMDb name|0161409}} whose film credits include Gosford Park,[http://www.allmovie.com/work/gosford-park-257289 Mark Dening, "All Movie", 2001]," Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, Being Julia, Creation and The Woman in Black.

Churcher was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Churcher graduated with a Drama Diploma (honours) and the award for Most Promising Student from a London drama school{{Which|date=December 2010}} in the mid-1990s. She began her career on the London stage playing Olga in Three Sisters, Agnes in Agnes of God and Sue Murray in The Truth Game.

Television roles followed in Casualty and Kavanagh QC before Churcher landed the lead role in the ITV drama Bomber. Her performance gained her positive reviews{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gosford_park/ |title=Rotten Tomatoes, 2002 |publisher=Rottentomatoes.com |accessdate=2012-01-01}} and the part of Bertha, the 'naughty' kitchen maid, in Robert Altman's Gosford Park, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |title=Saga Awards, 8th Annual Award |publisher=Sagawards.org |date=10 March 2002 |accessdate=2012-01-01}} Film roles followed in Being Julia, as Charlotte in Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist,{{IMDb title|0380599}} in Creation{{cite news|author=Adam Rutherford |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/feb/12/charles-darwin-rutherford |title=Paul Bettany: Playing Darwin with Creation | Science | guardian.co.uk |work=The Guardian |date= 12 February 2009|accessdate=2012-01-01 |location=London}} and The Woman in Black.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10684914 |title=BBC News – Daniel Radcliffe to star in The Woman in Black |publisher=BBC |date=19 July 2010 |accessdate=2012-01-01}} Churcher has continued to appear in television shows such as Spooks, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Last Detective, Holby City and Garrow's Law, as well as the television films of Ballet Shoes, Colditz and Belonging, amongst others.

Churcher returned to the stage in 2009 to play the lead role of Jane in The Girls of Slender Means at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, gaining a Stage Award for Acting Excellence nomination.{{cite web|author=Thom Dibdin |url=http://ed.thestage.co.uk/reviews/616 |title=The Girls of Slender Means – The Stage / Edinburgh 2011 |publisher=Ed.thestage.co.uk |accessdate=2012-01-01}}