Amanda Lawrence is a British stage, film, and television actress.
Lawrence studied theatre at
Bretton Hall College and worked early in her career in the
Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest arts and media festival, which in 2019 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 dif ...
.
[Interview]
''What's On Stage'', October 27, 2009. She then moved to London and appeared in theatrical productions such as ''Brief Encounter'', ''Playing the Victim'', and ''The Firework-Maker's Daughter''.
[ She led the stage production of '' Jiggery Pokery'' in London in 2009.
In the 2010s she appeared in several television shows, including '' Above Suspicion'', '' Dead Boss'', '']Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of ...
'' “A Rare Bird” 2012 as Olivia Carter and ''Mr Selfridge
''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/ WGBH for broadcast on I ...
''. She also took roles in films, including ''Womb
The uterus (from Latin ''uterus'', plural ''uteri'') or womb () is the organ in the reproductive system of most female mammals, including humans that accommodates the embryonic and fetal development of one or more embryos until birth. The ...
'' (2010) and ''Suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...
'' (2015). She appeared in a National Theatre production of ''Angels in America
''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'' is a two-part play by American playwright Tony Kushner. The work won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and the Drama Desk Award f ...
'' in 2017, and later that year took the role of Resistance commander Larma D'Acy in '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'', and reprised the role in '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker''. In 2019, she appeared in a London production of '' Top Girls''.[Interview]
''The Stage'', March 29, 2019.-->
In 2020, she played Barbara Farrell in “The Fall of the House of St Gardner”, S8:E9 of ''Father Brown
Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective who is featured in 53 short stories published between 1910 and 1936 written by English author G. K. Chesterton. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuiti ...
'' and in September 2020, she played DC Sarah Raymond in ITV's two-part television drama, ''Honour''.
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Living people
British actresses
1971 births
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