Frances Grey (born 1970 in
Edinburgh
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) is a Scottish actress, perhaps most well known for her portrayal of D.S. Kate Beauchamp in the
BBC
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television series ''
Messiah
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; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
'' (2001).
The original production was based on a
novel
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by
Boris Starling
Boris Starling (born 1969)Sohn, Amy (1999) "GETTING A HANDLE ON HOT 'MESSIAH' SCRIBE", ''New York Post'', 7 September 1999, p. 22, ("at 30 he's already been on endless European best-seller lists") is a British novelist, screenwriter and newspaper ...
. Grey also starred in the subsequent installments ''Messiah 2: Vengeance is Mine'' (2003) and ''Messiah 3: the Promise'' (2004)
[ which were written directly for television.
]
Early life
She attended The Mary Erskine School
The Mary Erskine School (MES) is an all-girls Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It was founded in 1694 and has a roll of around 750 pupils. The majority of its pupils live in the surrounding area ...
in Edinburgh, graduated from Goldsmiths, University of London
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with a degree in English and drama. Frances then went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...
.[Hendry, Steve (22 August 2004]
Dead Funny; Exclusive: Scots Star Frances Grey Lifts the Lid on the TV Drama That Makes Silence of the Lambs Look like Bambi
The Sunday Mail, retrieved 21 October 2014
Career
Some of her earlier roles were as Jane in the film '' Crimetime'' (1996), as Jenny Roach in the TV series ''Accused'' (1996), as Dr. Davies in the TV documentary series ''Living Proof'' (1997), as Amelia Sedley in the 1998 BBC adaptation of '' Vanity Fair''.[Frances Grey, Actress, Filmography]
IMDb (Internet Movie Database), Retrieved 21 October 2014
She also played as Lucy Slater in the TV series ''Murder in Mind'' (2002), as Jessie in the TV series ''The Key'' (2003), as Ellie Peters in the TV series ''The Bill
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'' (2005), as Caroline Jensen in the TV series ''Sea of Souls
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'' (2006), as Hannah in the TV series ''Where the Heart is'' (2006), as Suzanne in the play ''Monks'' by Des Dillon in Edinburgh in 2007,[Devlin, Vivien (18 March 2007]
Monks Review
Edinburgh Guide, Retrieved 21 October 2014 as Louise Whately and Liz Beamish in the TV soap ''Casualty
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**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
* The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...
'' (2005 and 2008), as Janice Hylton in the TV series ''Foyle's War
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'' (2008) as Caroline Page and Rhona Campbell in the Scottish TV series ''Taggart
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'' (1997 and 2008) and as prison psychiatrist Marianne McKee in BBC Scotland
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's TV soap-opera ''River City
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'' (2009).[
Grey played as Mary Place in the TV series '']Garrow's Law
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'' (2009), as Samantha Jackson in the short film ''Downturn'' (2010), as Sonia Thomas and Natalie Layfield in the TV series ''Doctors
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Titles and occupations
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* Doctor (title), an academic title for the holder of a doctoral-level degree
** Doctorate
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'' (2007 and 2011), as Janice in the TV film in three parts '' The Widower'' (2014), as Jess Collins in the TV detective series ''Shetland
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'' (2014), as Slan Gleeson in the TV medical soap ''Holby City
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'' (2014) and as Al Ferguson in the short film ''Perfect State'' (2014). In 2014 she was filming the TV series ''Home Fires''.[
In 2021 she played Hilary Rhodes in one episode of ]Sister Boniface Mysteries
''Sister Boniface Mysteries'' is a British cosy mystery detective period comedy drama television series, created by Jude Tindall, which is produced by BBC Studios and BritBox. It is a spin-off of ''Father Brown'', as the Sister Boniface character ...
Personal life
She was married to Nick Powell from 2005 to 2011. She has one child with playwright John Donnelly.
Filmography
Film
Television
Radio
Theatre credits
References
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Living people
Scottish radio actresses
Scottish television actresses
1970 births
Actresses from Edinburgh
People educated at the Mary Erskine School
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art