Lisa Palfrey
Palfrey in 1987
Born	(1967-02-09)9 February 1967 (age 58) Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present
Children	1

Lisa Palfrey (born 9 February 1967) is a Welsh actress. She is known for playing the roles of Gwenny inHouse of America (1997), Mrs. Nice inGuest House Paradiso (1999), Maureen inPride (2014), Mrs. Dai Bread 1 inUnder Milk Wood (2015), Cynthia in theNetflix originaltelevision seriesSex Education and Eleanor James in theSky One originaltelevision seriesCOBRA.

Palfrey was born inWales on 9 February 1967, her mother is Eiry Palfrey, an actress and author. She attendedYsgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, a Welsh-medium secondary school nearPontypridd.^[1]

Palfrey started acting at the age of 20 when she played the role of 15-year-old girl, Jane Sanderson, in theBBC One television seriesThe District Nurse. Her first major role was in the filmThe Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.^[2] She has gone on to star in thecult filmHouse of America,^[3] and appeared as Melanie Collier in themedical dramatelevision seriesCasualty as well as Inspector Tracey McAndrew in the third series of thepolice proceduraltelevision seriesLine of Duty. She played the role of Rhiannedd Frost in the Welshsoap operaPobol y Cwm.^[4]

Palfrey has performed in a number of plays, including the original production ofDavid Eldridge'sFesten,^[5]The Iceman Cometh,^[6]Under The Blue Sky,^[7] and Tom Wells'sThe Kitchen Sink.

In 2019, Palfrey played the role of Cynthia in theNetflix original seriesSex Education.

In 2020, Palfrey played the role ofgovernment minister Eleanor James in theSky One originaltelevision drama seriesCOBRA, written byBen Richards and starringRobert Carlyle as British Prime Minister Robert Sutherland. She played the part of Pam Green in the BBC DramaChloe in 2022. In 2023 she filmed the BBC television featureMen Up, about the first clinical trials for the drugViagra that took place in Swansea in 1994.^[8]

• Doctor Who: Attack of the Graske (2005), as Mum

• Lisa Palfrey atIMDb 

• Living people
• Welsh soap opera actresses
• Welsh television actresses
• People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Garth Olwg
• Welsh film actresses
• 1967 births

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