Nancy Carroll (British actress)
Nancy Carroll | |
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Born | 29 September 1973 |
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1999–present |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Nancy Carroll (born 29 September 1973) is a British actress. She has worked extensively in
Early life and education
Nancy Carroll grew up in Herne Hill in south London and attended Alleyn's School where she was an enthusiastic participant in student theatre.[1] Before training in theatre, she worked at a hat shop in Lavender Hill.[2] She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art,[1] from which she graduated in June 1998.
Acting career
Right after graduation, she landed a small part in the film
Her "Lady Croom" in the 2009 London revival of Stoppard's Arcadia received favourable reviews,[4] as did her successful run as the psychologist Dr. Ford in David Mamet's House of Games at the Almeida Theatre.[5]
She has appeared onstage with her husband Jo Stone-Fewings several times, in See How They Run (2006) and in the Noël Coward double bill at the Liverpool Playhouse in March 2004 (The Astonished Heart and Still Life). In 2009, she appeared as Viola opposite her husband's Orsino in an RSC production of Twelfth Night directed by Gregory Doran.
Carroll appeared alongside
Carroll appeared alongside
On television, she played the part of aristocratic Nazi sympathiser Frances Doble in the
In March 2022, Carroll debuted in the lead role of Marine Bonnet in Murder in Provence, a BritBox cosy crime drama based on the Verlaque and Bonnet detective novels by M. L. Longworth, alongside Endeavour actor Roger Allam as her romantic partner, Antoine Verlaque.[12][13]
Personal life
She is married to actor Jo Stone-Fewings; the couple have two children.[3] They met as part of an RSC company that went on tour for a week and a half, providing material for Michael Wood's documentary series In Search of Shakespeare (broadcast 2003), and became engaged nine days after first meeting.[3]
Credits
Stage
Appearances include:
- For the Royal Shakespeare Company:
- Henry IV, as Lady Percy, directed by Michael Attenborough
- Greg Doran
- The Winter's Tale, directed by Greg Doran
- Twelfth Night, directed by Greg Doran
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Adrian Noble
- For the Royal National Theatre:
- The Magistrate, directed by Timothy Sheader
- After The Dance, directed by Thea Sharrock
- Manor, written and directed by Fiona Buffini
- For the Donmar Warehouse:
- The Recruiting Officer, directed by Josie Rourke
- Closer, directed by David Leveaux
- The Duck House at the Vaudeville Theatre
- You Never Can Tell at the Garrick Theatre
- Mammals at the Bush Theatre
- Sheffield Crucible
- The Lady's Not for Burning, directed by Samuel West at the Chichester Festival Theatre
- The Moderate Soprano at the Hampstead Theatre
- Woyzeck, directed by Joe Murphy at The Old Vic
TV
- The Gathering Storm (2002) as Diana Churchill
- Cambridge Spies (2003) as Frances Dobie
- Holby City (1 episode, 2003) as Elaine Gill
- Midsomer Murders (2 episodes) as Antonia Wilmot in "Hidden Depths" (2005) and as Connie Bishop in "The Great and the Good" (2010)
- Dalziel and Pascoe (2007) as Samantha Mantell
- Inspector Lewis (2012, series 6, episode 4) as Anne Rand
- Silent Witness (2 episodes, 2012) as Gill Bailey
- Father Brown (2013–2023) as Lady Felicia Montague
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2014) as Charlotte Piper
- Will (2017) as Ellen Burbage
- The Crown (2019–2020) as Lady Anne Glenconner (third and fourth seasons)
- Agatha Raisin (2020) as Fiona Richards in the episode "As The Pig Turns"
- Murder in Provence (2022) as Marine Bonnet
Film
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- Iris (2001) BBC Films
References
- ^ a b c Jones, Alice (9 December 2013). "Nancy Carroll: She's on the money". The Independent. London. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Nancy Carroll". The Stage. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ a b c Coveney, Michael (3 March 2015). "Leading Ladies: Nancy Carroll interview". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (5 June 2009). "First Night: Arcadia, Duke of York Theatre, London". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
Carroll is brilliant
- ^ Austin, Jeremy (17 September 2010). "Reviews: House of Games". The Stage. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
Nancy Carroll... masterful
- ^ Jones, Alice (10 December 2013). "Nancy Carroll: She's on the money". The Independent. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Brown, Mark (29 November 2010). "Kinnear and Carroll land top theatre awards". The Guardian. London.
- ^ a b "The Duck House: MPs' expenses satire heads for West End". bbc.co.uk/news. BBC News. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Political Comedy The Duck House Will Play London's Vaudeville; Cast Announced". Playbill. 16 September 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ Mills, Simon (15 May 2003). "Spies, nudity and real love". The Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Father Brown". RadioTimes. 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (25 May 2021). "BritBox Sets Crime Series 'Murder In Provence' As First U.S. & UK Co-Production". Deadline. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Murder in Provence reveals teaser for Roger Allam's new crime series". Radio Times. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
External links
- Nancy Carroll at IMDb
- Agent page
- Interview