Michelle Arthur is an English actress based in the United States. She has appeared in various television series, films, and video games. She is also known for her work with
J. J. Abrams, appearing in ''
Mission: Impossible III'' and episodes of ''
Alias'' and ''
Lost''.
Career
Film
She appeared as the Thorpe Sisters in the
1987 film adaptation of
Jane Austen's novel ''
Northanger Abbey
''Northanger Abbey'' () is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. Austen was also influenced by Charlotte Lennox's '' The Female Quixote'' (1752). ''Northanger Abbey'' was completed in 1803, the first ...
''. Arthur also appeared in the
James Bond
The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 19 ...
film ''
GoldenEye
''GoldenEye'' is a 1995 spy film, the seventeenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent James Bond (lit ...
'' (
1995
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) as "Anna Nishkova". She has also appeared in the
1997
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film ''
Clockwatchers'' as "Dianne", in ''
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse ...
'' (
2003
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) as "Marcela's friend", in
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spi ...
's ''
The Terminal
''The Terminal'' is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. Kenne ...
'' (
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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).
She also starred in the 2005 remake of ''
Fun With Dick and Jane'' as Dick's secretary and in ''
Mission: Impossible III'' (another collaboration with Abrams) as an airline worker. She appeared in the 2011 film
''Thin Ice''.
Television
On television, Arthur has guest starred in shows such as ''Leap of Faith'' as "Claudia", four episodes of ''
Alias'' as "Abigail" (a third Abrams collaboration), three episodes of ''
Lost'' as "Michelle the flight attendant" (a fourth collaboration with Abrams), two episodes of ''
The Big Bang Theory
''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...
'' as "Mrs Petrescu" and one episode of ''
Grey's Anatomy
''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series that premiered on March 27, 2005, on ABC as a mid-season replacement. The series focuses on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attendings as they develop into ...
'' as "Brooke".
She was set to appear in
J. J. Abrams' television series ''
The Catch'' as "Stella", before its cancellation by
ABC. She was a regular cast member and writer on the comedy ''
Head Case'' as Lola on the
Starz
Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consis ...
network.
Voice work
Arthur has also lent her voice to several
video games
Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This feedb ...
, including ''
Armed & Dangerous'', playing three characters - "Leper Boy", "Leper Woman" and "Lady of the Pond", as well as voicing characters in ''
X-Men Legends
''X-Men Legends'' is an Action role-playing game, action role-playing video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It was released on the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console), Xbox consoles in 2004. Barking Lizards Tec ...
'' (as
Moira & Female Prisoner #3) and ''
EverQuest II'' (as Smith Cayless Chambers, Merchant Tanaira and Vida Sweeps). She has also done the voice of Jote from ''
Final Fantasy XII
is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix. The twelfth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it was first released for the PlayStation 2 in 2006. It introduced several innovations to the series: an open w ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
External links
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American film actresses
American television actresses
Place of birth missing (living people)
British emigrants to the United States
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
English television actresses
21st-century American women
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