Juliet Emma Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is a British actress; She won the 1995BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Dorothea in theBBC serialMiddlemarch (1994). She is also known for her role asHelen Cutter in theITV seriesPrimeval (2007–2011). Other credits includeJonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993),Go Now (1995),Welcome to Sarajevo (1997),Food of Love (1997),Still Crazy (1998),Iris (2001),The Constant Gardener (2005),Criminal Justice (2008),Five Daughters (2010),Hunted (2012),The White Queen (2012),The Infiltrator (2016), andSnatch (2017-2018).

The youngest of three siblings, Aubrey was born and brought up inFleet, Hampshire.^[1] Her first experience of acting was at her school, playing a doctor inGeorge and the Dragon on stage atSt Nicholas' School, Hampshire at the age of six.^[1] She then attended theRoman Catholic private schoolFarnborough Hill inFarnborough, Hampshire,^[1] and still attends reunions with her old schoolfriends whenever possible (2016).^[1]

She furthered her education from 1984, atKing's College London, where she studied Classics and Archaeology.^[1] During her time as a student, she spent a year studying inItaly, touring with a travelling theatre company.^[1] Passionate about acting, she applied successfully to train for three years at theCentral School of Speech and Drama.^[2]

In 1991, she toured with theOxford Stage Company, playing Miranda inThe Tempest.^[3] In 1993,Italian directorRoberto Faenza gave Aubrey her first film role playing oppositeJean-Hugues Anglade inJonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993),^[3] an Italian film set during theNazi Holocaust.^[3] In 1994,Antony Page andLouis Marks then cast Aubrey as Dorothea in theBBC adaptation ofMiddlemarch,^[4] oppositeRufus Sewell, for which she won aBAFTA award for Best Actress, and the Broadcasting Press Guild for Best Actress.^[5]

In theatre, she has appeared inTrevor Nunn'sSummerfolk (1999),^[3] andKatie Mitchell'sIvanov (2002),^[3] at theNational Theatre,^[3] Tim Crouch'sAn Oak Tree for Karl James at theSoho Theatre,^[3] and Chris White'sThree Sisters,^[3]Twelfth Night andThe Collection.^[3]

In 1995,Michael Winterbottom cast her oppositeRobert Carlyle andJames Nesbitt in the television filmGo Now.^[4]

Aubrey's subsequent films include Winterbottom'sWelcome to Sarajevo (1997),^[4]Stephen Poliakoff'sFood of Love,^[6] for which she won Best Actress at La Baule European Film Festival^[6] Faenza'sLost Lover,Giacomo Campiotti'sTime to Love,Richard Eyre'sIris,^[4]Fernando Meirelles'sConstant Gardener, (alongsideRalph Fiennes andRachel Weisz)^[7] andBrian Gibson'sStill Crazy,^[4] nominated for twoGolden Globes. Other features include Mat Cod'sSuper Eruption. Television work includesPrimeval (2007),^[7]The White Queen (2012),^[4]Criminal Justice (2008),^[4]Vera,Hunted (2012),^[4] andFive Daughters.^[4] Her recent feature films areScott Hicks'sFallen; Mitch Davis'sStuck; Fabio Guaglione'sMine; and worked withBryan Cranston inBrad Furman'sInfiltrator.^[7]

Aubrey played Lily Hill, working alongsideRupert Grint andPhoebe Dynevor in the television seriesSnatch.^[4]BBC Radio 4 The Archers (2024) as Eve Chilcott.

In 2001, Aubrey married production designer Steve Ritchie, whom she had met several years earlier while filming anITV adaptation ofCatherine Cookson'sThe Moth inNewcastle upon Tyne.^[8] They have two daughters.^[9]

She is a cousin of David Howell Evans (a.k.a. "The Edge"), guitarist of the Irish bandU2.^[10]

She is a keen runner, intends to run theGreat North Run and a marathon (2016).^[7]

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