Lucy Briers

Lucy Jane Briers (born August 19, 1967 in Hammersmith , London ) is a British theater and film actress .

Life

Lucy Briers was born in 1967 as the daughter of actors Richard Briers and Ann Davies (* 1934) in the London borough of Hammersmith, where she also attended St. Paul's Girls School from 1978 to 1985. In the meantime, she grew up with her older sister Kate in Chiswick , another part of London. As a child, she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps and become an actress. After studying theater at Lancaster University , which she graduated in 1988, she took a three-year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School . In 1992 she stood in front of the camera for the first time in the television film A Masculine Ending . In the same year, an appearance in the science fiction series Red Dwarf followed .

In the vaunted BBC -Mehrteiler Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen's eponymous novel, she played in 1995 alongside Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth , the role of inconspicuous Mary Bennet. She slipped into this role again in 2001 for the radio play Mary, Mary, produced by the BBC . The act of pride and prejudice is told from Mary's limited perspective, which leads her to believe that all the men around her, including Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley, are in love with her. Briers also appeared as a spokesperson for other BBC radio productions. She has also made guest appearances on numerous British television series such as Agatha Christie's Poirot , Genie in the House , Doctors , Inspector Barnaby and Father Brown .

Briers, however, feels connected above all to the theater. With her, according to her own statement, old-fashioned face, she has been cast in classic roles over the years. She appeared in several Shakespeare plays, including Der Sturm , Heinrich IV. , Othello and As You Like It , in Strindberg's Fraulein Julie and in Chekhov's Die Möwe . She received very good reviews in particular for a production of Shakespeare's Winter's Tale from 2000, in which she played the roles of Paulina and Dorcas. She was also praised for the title role in Elektra , which she played at the Gate Theater in 2003 .

Briers, who worked with directors such as Michael Grandage , Peter Hall and Jonathan Kent , was also successful with modern plays. For her double role as Betty and her son Edward in the contemporary and coarse language dominated play Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill , she received a 2004 nomination for the Theater Award in the category Best Supporting Actress. In December 2013 Briers first appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon . In 2019 she appeared next to Hayley Atwell in Ibsen's Rosmersholm at the Duke of York's Theater, directed by Ian Rickson .

Briers was married from 1995 to the actor and director Simon Cox, under whose direction she was also on stage. The couple have since divorced.

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: A Masculine Ending (TV movie)
• 1992: Red Dwarf (TV series, episode)
• 1992: Boon (TV series, episode)
• 1992: The Blackheath Poisonings (TV miniseries)
• 1993: Unnatural Causes (TV movie)
• 1994: The 10 Percenters (TV series, one episode)
• 1995: Pride and Prejudice ( Pride and Prejudice ) (TV miniseries)
• 1996/2018: Casualty (TV series, two episodes)
• 1998: Imogen's Face (TV miniseries)
• 1998: Police Doctor Dangerfield ( Dangerfield ) (TV series, an episode)
• 1998/2001: The Bill (TV series, two episodes)
• 1999: Wives and Daughters (TV miniseries)
• 2002: Prince William (TV movie)
• 2003: Perks
• 2004: Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Owl's Nest ( Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Hollow ) (TV series, one episode)
• 2004: Bodies (TV series, an episode)
• 2005: Broken News (TV series, two episodes)
• 2006: Long Hot Summer
• 2007: Bonkers (TV series, an episode)
• 2007: Silent Witness (TV series, two episodes)
• 2007: Genie in the House (TV series, one episode)
• 2007: The Green Green Grass (TV series, episode)
• 2007/2010: Doctors (TV series, two episodes)
• 2008: Ashes to Ashes ( Ashes to Ashes ) (TV series, one episode)
• 2008: Einstein and Eddington ( Einstein and Eddington ) (TV movie)
• 2011: Inspector Barnaby - Unter Oldtimern ( Midsomer Murders - Death in the Slow Lane ) (TV series, one episode)
• 2011: The Night Watch (TV movie)
• 2011: Twenty Twelve (TV series, two episodes)
• 2012: Parade's End - The Last Gentleman ( Parade's End ) (TV miniseries)
• 2012: The Thick of It (TV series, one episode)
• 2012: Inspector Banks ( DCI Banks ) (TV series, two episodes)
• 2013: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
• 2013: A Woman at the Front ( Our Girl ) (TV movie)
• 2013–2015: Count Arthur Strong (TV series, six episodes)
• 2016: Genius - The thousand sides of a friendship ( Genius )
• 2017: Father Brown (TV series, episode)
• 2018: Mrs Wilson (TV miniseries)
• 2019: Victoria (TV series, one episode)
• 2019: Gentleman Jack (TV series, two episodes)
• 2019: Four Weddings and a Funeral (TV series, two episodes)
• 2020: Emma
• 2020: The Young Inspector Morse ( Endeavor ) (TV series, an episode)
• 2020: Home (TV series, one episode)

Theater appearances (selection)

• 1993: The Venetian Twins - as Rosaura, directed by Mark Brickman, Oxford
• 1993: The storm ( The Tempest ) - as Miranda, directed by Deborah Paige, Salisbury
• 1996: Emma - as Jane Fairfax, directed by Guy Retallack, Edinburgh
• 1996–1997: Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 ( Henry IV ) - as Lady Percy and Whore, directed by Stephen Unwin, Old Vic Theater , London ; English Touring Theater
• 1998: Othello - as Desdemona, directed by Gwenda Hughes, New Victoria Theater, Newcastle
• 2000: As You Like It ( As You Like It ) - as Phoebe, directed by Michael Grandage , Crucible Theater , Sheffield ; Lyric Theater, London
• 2000: The Winter's Tale ( The Winter's Tale ) - as Paulina and Dorcas, directed by Erica Whyman, Southwark , London
• 2001: Don Juan - as Charlotte, directed by Michael Grandage, Crucible Theater, Sheffield
• 2003: Elektra - as Elektra, directed by Erica Whyman, Gate Theater , London
• 2004: Cloud Nine - as Betty and Edward, directed by Anna Mackmin, Crucible Theater, Sheffield (nomination for the Theater Award for Best Supporting Actress)
• 2004: The Solid Gold Cadillac - as Amelia Shotgraven, directed by Ian Brown, West End , London
• 2006: The Voysey Inheritance - as Voysey, directed by Peter Gill, Royal National Theater , London
• 2007: Ship of Fools - various roles, directed by Toby Frow, Theatre503, London
• 2007: Some Kind of Bliss - One Woman Show, directed by Toby Frow, Trafalgar Studios , London
• 2008: Sexual Perversity in Chicago - as Joan, directed by Martin Hutson, Theater Royal, Norwich
• 2009: Just Between Ourselves - as Pam, directed by Mark Rosenblatt, Royal Theater, Northampton
• 2009: Miss Julie ( Fröken Julie ) - as Kristen, directed by Stephen Unwin, Rose Theater, Kingston , London
• 2009: Bedroom Farce - as Jan, Peter Hall , Rose Theater, Kingston, London
• 2010: Behud - as Joanne Stevenson, directed by Lisa Goldman, Soho Theater, London
• 2013: Bringing Up the Bodies - as Jane Rochford, directed by Jeremy Herrin, Royal Shakespeare Company , Swan Theater , Stratford-upon-Avon ; Aldwych Theater , London; Broadway , New York
• 2013: Wolf Hall - as Katherine of Aragon, directed by Jeremy Herrin, Royal Shakespeare Company, Swan Theater, Stratford-upon-Avon; Aldwych Theater, London; Broadway, New York
• 2015: The Seagull (Чайка) - as Polina, directed by Jonathan Kent , Chichester Festival Theater , Chichester
• 2015: Ivanov (Иванов) - as Sinaida Sawischna, directed by Jonathan Kent, Chichester Festival Theater, Chichester
• 2016: Show Boat - as Parthy, directed by Daniel Evans, Crucible Theater, Sheffield; New London Theater , London
• 2017: Forty Years On - Miss Nisbitt, directed by Daniel Evans, Chichester Festival Theater, Chichester
• 2019: Rosmersholm - as Mrs. Helseth, directed by Ian Rickson , Duke of York's Theater, London

Web links

• Lucy Briers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lucy Briers in the German dubbing file
• Lucy Briers on comcast.net (English)
• Agency profile on hamiltonhodell.co.uk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} cf. comcast.net ( Memento from July 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Maureen Paton: Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter' . In: The Daily Telegraph , November 2, 2013.