Wendy Albiston (born 13 January 1969) is a Welsh

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

appearing in several feature films including ''Swede Caroline'' (2024), ''Wonder Woman 1984'' (2020) and ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017) and TV shows including ''Coronation Street'', ''After Life'', ''

The Alienist ''The Alienist'' is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, in ...

'' and ''

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''. In 2002, she played De Chevreuse in the ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' audio drama ''

The Church and the Crown ''Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures'', formerly subtitled as the ''Main Range'', is a series that consists of full-cast audio dramas based on the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. They are produced by Big Finish Prod ...

'' and guest starred in the

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adventure '' The TAO Connection''. Previously, she was probably best known for her role as Guard Miller in the 2006

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'' Provoked'' and as Martha in the 2008

television mini-series ''

Sense and Sensibility ''Sense and Sensibility'' ( working title; ''Elinor and Marianne'') is the first novel by the English author Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously: ''By A Lady'' appears on the title page where the author's name might h ...

''. Most recently she played Baines the chauffeur in the BBC's ''

The Turn of the Screw ''The Turn of the Screw'' is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in '' Collier's Weekly'' from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in ''The Two Magics'', publis ...

'' (2009). Albiston had small roles in the

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film ''

Jhootha Hi Sahi ''Jhootha Hi Sahi'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film co-produced and directed by Abbas Tyrewala under the banner of Saregama. It stars John Abraham, Pakhi Tyrewala, Raghu Ram, Manasi Scott, and Alishka Varde in the lead ro ...

'' directed by

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and in '' Five Daughters'' the BBCs factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were murdered in Ipswich in 2006. Albiston is the younger sister to writer Lesley Ann Albiston.

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1969 births Living people Welsh voice actresses Welsh television actresses Actors from Pontypridd Actresses from Rhondda Cynon Taf {{UK-screen-actor-stub