Lizzie Roper | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Roper November 1967 (age 57) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Lizzie Roper (born November 1967) is a British actress.[1]
Trained at theGuildford School of Acting after gaining a degree in drama fromAberystwyth University. Lizzie fell into Comedy whilst performing withLenny Beige at The Regency Rooms as Sadie Beige -The Kosher chicken Giblet Queen of Whitechapel, Naomi Beige and Rita Poonarni-a brash Spanish singer with a penchant for Shirley Bassey numbers. In the late 1990s Roper also Performed stand Up and regularly hosted her own club, 'Loonatics at the Asylum' on Rathbone Place W1 as well as regular appearances on the Edinburgh Fringe. Her first major TV role was inThe Worst Week of My Life playing Trish in 2004. In the same year, Roper appeared alongsideChristian Slater in theWest End production ofOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.[2] In 2005 Roper was performing at the Edinburgh Festival With Alan Davies and Bill Bailey in The Odd Couple. In 2006, Roper devised and appeared in her second solo show,Peccadillo Circus at the Edinburgh Festival. It garnered a nomination for The Stage's Best solo Performance and transferred to the West End at the Trafalgar Studios before going on a National Tour. For the role she researched and interviewed members of the public about their sex lives.[3]
In 2011, Roper was in theWest End musical comedyBetwixt!.[4] taking over from Ellen Greene. From 2013 to 2014, Roper appeared asSam Lomax inHollyoaks.[5][6] When she finally left she went straight back to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in another one woman show in which she played the journalistJulie Burchill inJulie Burchill: Absolute Cult,[7] a play written byTim Fountain and directed byMike Bradwell.[8] In 2015 and 2016, Roper appeared as Jackie inBoy Meets Girl, a romantic comedy in which the main character is a transgender woman.[9] In 2020, she was a signatory alongside Alexander Armstrong, Simon Fanshawe and Frances Barber in the Sunday Times calling out hate speech,‘the appalling hashtag #RIPJKRowling is just the latest example of hate speech directed against her and other women. #IStandWithJKRowling' .[10]
She has appeared as herself inAlan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Celebrity Storage Hunters,[11] The Wright Stuff, Jason Manford on Absolute Radio and Co-hosted on LBC regularly with Jenny Eclair.
Since 2009, Roper portrays Mabel in adverts forAunt Bessie's.
From September 2022 until April 2023, Roper has been presenting the weekend mid-morning show onBBC radio across theChannel Islands, having previously presentedBBC Radio Guernsey’s weekday mid-morning show from October 2021 to January 2022.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Worst Week of My Life | Trish | TV series, 4 episodes |
| 2005 | Family Affairs | Roxanne | TV series, 5 episodes |
| 2008 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | Becky | |
| 2008-2009 | The Pinky and Perky Show | Various Comedy Cameos | TV series, 37 episodes |
| 2009 | Being Human | Maggie | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2009 | Wish 143 | Nurse | Short film |
| 2010 | Him & Her | Paris | Series 1, Episode 5, “The Parents” |
| 2010 | New Tricks | Tilly Shaw | TV series, 1 episode "Dark Chicolate" (S7:E4) |
| 2011 | Waterloo Road | Jackie Stack | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2011 | This Is Jinsy | Jinsy Player | TV series, 7 episodes |
| 2012 | Silent Witness | Sandra | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Dead Boss | Top Dog | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2013 | The Search for Simon | Paris | |
| 2013-2014 | Hollyoaks | Sam Lomax | Regular role, 111 episodes |
| 2015 | Boy Meets Girl | Jackie | TV series, 6 episodes |