Andrea Lowe (born 1 May 1975) is an English actress.

Career

She started her theatre career at

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in the play '' The Birthday Party'' by

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.Nottingham – Features – Andrea Lowe, star of Rescue Me
BBC (5 March 2002). Retrieved on 27 August 2011. In 1993 she had her first film role, alongside

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, in the musical comedy drama called ''The Token King'', set in a high school in

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. Among her extensive work since then, Lowe guest starred in two episodes of the second season of ''

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'' in which she played Lady Eleanor Luke, a fictional noblewoman who was briefly the mistress of

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, played Vicky in the 2009 TV film, '' The Unloved'', and she played the role of Annie Cabbot in the British television network ITV series ''

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'' (2011–2016), having also played in its pilot, '' DCI Banks: Aftermath'' (2010). She starred in

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's play ''

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'' alongside

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and

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at the

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, the

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, on St Martin's Lane,

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in 2016.

Film work

* 2013 ''The Arbiter'' as Kate * 2010 '' Route Irish'' (Sixteen Films) * 2002 ''

Club Le Monde ''Club le Monde'' is an independent film released in 2002 and directed by Simon Rumley. It is set in 1993 and tells the story of one Saturday night in a small London nightclub. It stars Allison McKenzie, Dawn Steele & Annette Badland Annet ...

'' as Sarah (Screen Production Associates) * 2000 '' Pandaemonium'' as Edith Southey (Mariner Films) * 2000 ''Threesome'' as Melanie (Sugar & Water Films) * ''Repeat After Me'' (Channel 4 Dogma Series; Ideal World) * ''The Rover's Return'' (Short End Films) * ''The Perfect G'' (London Guildhall) * ''The Token King'' (Channel 4) * ''Snorted'' (Goldsmiths College)

TV work

*Endeavour, Series 8, Episode 2, Pauline Lunn, 2022 *

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- “The Wizard of Evesham” (Eve Pemberton) 2018 * Trust Me - TV Series, 2 episodes (Ally Sutton) 2017 *''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British Mystery fiction, mystery television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the ''Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series created by Caroline Graham (writer), Caroline Graham. ...

'' Series 16, Episode 2 "Let Us Prey" (Ava Gould) 2014 *''

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'' Series 8, "The Lions of Nemea" (Philippa Garwood) 2014 *''

Inspector George Gently ''Inspector George Gently'' (also known as ''George Gently'' for the pilot and first series) is a British crime drama television series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector Gently ...

'' Series 6, "Blue For Bluebird" (Cherry Stretch) 2014 *'' Love Life'' (mini series, 3 episodes) (Lucy) 2012 *''

'' (series) (DS Annie Cabbot) 2011–2016 *'' DCI Banks: Aftermath'' (DS Annie Cabbot) 2010 *'' Accused'' Series One, Episode 4, "Kenny's Story" (Donna Armstrong) 2010 *'' The Unloved'' (movie) (Vicki) 2009 *''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' three episodes (Naomi) 2009 *''

'' Series Two, episodes 3 & 4 (Lady Eleonor Luke) 2008 *''

No Heroics ''No Heroics'' is a British superhero-comedy television series, which began on 18 September 2008. The show was ITV2's first original sitcom. It was nominated for Best New British TV Comedy of 2008 at the British Comedy Awards. Setting ''No Hero ...

'' Series One, episode 1 "Supergroupie" (Vicci) 2008 *''

Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC that focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. The series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squa ...

'' Episode "Terror" Parts 1&2 (Emily Wright) 2008 *''

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'' Series Two, episode "Fragments" (Katie) 2008 *''

Agatha Christie's Marple ''Agatha Christie's Marple'' (or simply ''Marple'') is a British ITV television programme loosely based on books and short stories by British crime novelist Agatha Christie. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first t ...

'' "Ordeal By Innocence" (Maureen) 2007 *'' Murphy's Law (Series 5)'' (Kim Goodall) 2007 *''

New Tricks ''New Tricks'' is a British television police procedural comedy drama, created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell, produced primarily by Wall to Wall (until its final year, when it was handled by Headstrong Pictures), and broadcast on BBC On ...

'' Series 4, Episode 6, "Buried Treasure" (Tina Murphy) 2007 *'' Where the Heart Is'' – TV Series, 9 episodes, (Zoë Phelps) 2006 *''Cracker'' (Elaine) 2006 *''Murder City'' – "Death of a Ladies' Man" (Helen Osborn) 2006 *''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'' – Episodes 400 and 401 (Leigh Bevan) 2006 *''

Love Soup ''Love Soup'' is a British television comedy drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery (a role written especially for her) and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond (series 1 on ...

'' – "The Reflecting Pool" (Tina) 2005 *''A Thing Called Love'' (Liz Leech) 2004 *''

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'' – Episode No. 1.9 (Julia) 2004 *''Fields of Gold'' (W.P.C.) 2002 *'' Rescue Me'' (Melanie Woods) *''

Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton ...

'' – Suffer the Little Children (Zoë Thomson) 2001 *''The Sleeper'' (Donna) 2000 *''Nature Boy'' (Claire Whitaker) 2000 *''Night and Day'' (BBC) *''Doctors'' – Episode "Second Chance" (Jackie Dean)

Selected theatre work

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How The Other Half Loves How may refer to: * How (greeting), a word used in some misrepresentations of Native American/First Nations speech * How, an interrogative word in English grammar Art and entertainment Literature * ''How'' (book), a 2007 book by Dov Seidma ...

'' (Duke of York's Theatre, West End, London) *''Bash'' (Citizens Theatre Glasgow) *''A Day in Dull Armour'' (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) *'' The Birthday Party'' (Crucible Theatre Sheffield) *''Lost and Found'' (River House Barn) *'' Gong Donkeys'' (The Bush Theatre)

References

External links

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BBC's ''New Faces'' page
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