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Lucy Briers | |
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| Born | Lucy Jane Briers Hammersmith,London, England |
| Alma mater | Lancaster University |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Parent(s) | Richard Briers Ann Davies |
Lucy Jane Briers is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances inPride and Prejudice (1995) and sitcomGame On.
Lucy Jane Briers[citation needed] was born inHammersmith, London. She is the daughter of the actorRichard Briers and actressAnn Davies.[citation needed]
Briers attendedSt Paul's Girls' School, London (1978–85);Lancaster University (where she studiedtheatre andsculpture); and then a three-year acting course at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School and she was a member of theNational Youth Theatre.[1] As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.
Briers playedMary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation ofPride & Prejudice (1995). She has narrated the documentaryThe Riddle of Pompeii, the 2001 seriesNurses andLadette to Lady.
In 2007, Briers appeared inSome Kind of Bliss, a one-woman play bySamuel Adamson at theTrafalgar Studios, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season. She appeared in theBBC dramaEinstein and Eddington (2008) and a West End revival of Chekhov'sIvanov.[citation needed] In 2011 she appeared inBBC Four'sTwenty 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] In 2017 she appeared in Father Brown "The tree of Truth" as Prudence Bovary.
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| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | TMA Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Cloud Nine | Nominated | |
| 2008 | WhatsOnStage Awards | Best Solo Performer | Ship of Fools | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Clarence Derwent Awards | Best Female in a Supporting Role | Rosmersholm | Won |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 2001 | The Bill | Helen Thompkins | Episodes: "Long Shadows: Part 1" |
| Nurses | Narrator | Voice role | |
| 2002 | Helen West | Clerk 1 | Episode: "Shadow Play" |
| 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 | |
| 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" |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Jessica Wingate | Episode: "Death in the Slow Lane" |
| Twenty Twelve | Anna Mitchell | Episode: "Cultural Curator" | |
| Laura Fletcher | Episode: "Equestrian Controversy" | ||
| 2012 | Parade's End | Mrs. Ferguson | 2 episodes |
| The Thick of It | Cathy Hastings | 1 episode | |
| DCI Banks | Dr. Janet Lucas | Episode: "Strange Affair" | |
| 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" |
| 2018 | Casualty | Gill Ransom | 1 episode |
| Press | Linda Parks | Episode: "Pure" | |
| Mrs Wilson | Record Office Lady | 1 episode | |
| 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 |
| 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" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | Mass Effect: Andromeda | Various | Voice role |
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Aethelswith | Voice role |
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