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Alex Kingston
Epsom, England, UK
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, inclu…
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Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
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2026
Secret Service
TV show Rose Trewen
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2024
The Killer's Game
Movie Sharon Rabinowitz
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2024
Douglas Is Cancelled
TV show Sheila
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2022
Treason
TV show Audrey Gratz
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2022
Dodger Special: Train
Movie Lucifer
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2022
The Fall
Movie Dr. Greta Portius
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2022
The Read
TV show Narrator
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2022
The Chelsea Detective
TV show US Ambassador Emily Morgan
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2022
Dodger
TV show Lucifer
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2019
Deadpan
Movie Tamara
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2019
The Widow
TV show Judith Gray
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2018
A Discovery of Witches
TV show Sarah Bishop
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2016
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV show Naomi Shropshire
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2016
Shoot the Messenger
TV show Mary Foster
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2016
Happily Ever After
Movie Ria
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2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Movie River Song
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2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV show Vlurgen (voice)
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2014
Chasing Shadows
TV show Ruth Hattersley
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2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2013
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Movie Narrator
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2013
Ghost Phone
Movie Sheila
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who: Rain Gods
Movie River Song
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2013
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Movie Lady Macbeth
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2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
TV show River Song (archive footage)
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2012
Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
Movie River Song
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2012
Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
Movie River Song
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2012
Arrow
TV show Dinah Lance
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2012
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2012
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2012
The Women of Doctor Who
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2012
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie River Song (archive footage)
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2011
Like Crazy
Movie Jackie Gardner
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2011
Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel
Movie River Song
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2011
Marchlands
TV show Helen Maynard
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2010
Upstairs Downstairs
TV show Dr Blanche Mottershead
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Commander Sloane Thompson
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2010
Ben Hur
TV show Ruth
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2009
FlashForward
TV show Fiona Banks
