Samantha Bond
Samantha Bond | |
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Born | Samantha Jane Bond 27 November 1961 Kensington, London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1983–present |
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Television | |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Samantha Jane Bond (born 27 November 1961) is an English actress. She played
Early life
Samantha Bond is the daughter of actor
Career
Early career
Bond's first acting role came as a student at age 21, in the original stage production of
Theatre
Bond's work with the Royal Shakespeare Company (the RSC) began in 1987, when she performed in three of the company's stage productions:
Bond starred as the titular Amy in the Royal National Theatre's West End production of David Hare's play Amy's View, opposite Judi Dench, in 1997 and into early 1998. Later in 1998, she co-starred in playwright Shelagh Stephenson's The Memory of Water, also in the West End.[citation needed]
In 1999, Bond and Dench reprised their roles in Amy's View on Broadway for a limited run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Their performances garnered Bond a Tony nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and Dench the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Play.[9][10] Hare received a special citation from the New York Drama Critics' Circle.[11]
Bond revisited The Memory of Water, making her directorial debut on a short touring production of the play in 2000, the same year it won an
Other stage performances include
The next decade brought Bond onstage in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, as Mrs. Cheveley opposite her real-life actor husband Alexander Hanson as Mr. Cheveley, in 2010–2011,[24][25] and as Nell in Passion Play by Peter Nichols in 2013.[26] In 2014, Bond acted and sang in the West End musical production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, playing the role of Muriel Eubanks. Bond stated in an interview that she had not sung on stage in over 30 years and was nervous at the prospect.[27] In a Radio Times review of the play, the critic described Bond as "stage royalty" and "hilarious."[28] In October and November 2017, Bond appeared in the English language premiere of Florian Zeller's modern French farce, The Lie, once again alongside her husband, Alexander Hanson, at an Off-West End theatre called the Menier Chocolate Factory.[29]
Television and film
In 1989, Bond starred as Mary MacKenzie, a young Scottish woman, in the television adaptation of Oswald Wynd's novel The Ginger Tree, and was featured in Erik the Viking, an independent fantasy film with Tim Robbins in the title role.[citation needed]
She appeared in a 1990 adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story
From 1995 to 2002, Bond played
Bond co-starred in 2004 with
Bond guest-starred in three episodes of the murder mystery series
From 2007 to 2014, Bond had a recurring role as Auntie Angela in the BBC's semi-improvised comedy series Outnumbered, alongside Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner and David Ryall. She appeared in all five series.[citation needed]
From 2010 through 2015, Bond appeared as Lady Rosamund Painswick in the ensemble cast of ITV's drama series Downton Abbey, written and produced by Julian Fellowes. Each series was shown in the US on PBS's Masterpiece program one year after its broadcast in the UK; according to PBS, Downton Abbey became the most watched drama ever shown on the station, and the most watched series in the history of Masterpiece.[33] Lady Rosamund is the widowed, wealthy sister of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham. Bond's first appearance was in the last episode of the first series; she appeared in 18 episodes in total.[citation needed]
The ITV show
Audiobooks
Bond has narrated a number of audiobooks including Mary Norton's The Borrowers, Joanna Trollope's An Unsuitable Match, Anthony Horowitz's
Personal life
Bond lives in St Margarets, London,[2][39] and has been married since 1989 to Alexander Hanson, with whom she has two children.[1][2][40] She received an honorary doctorate from the University of Northampton in 2014.[41]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Erik the Viking | Helga | |
1995 | GoldenEye | Miss Moneypenny | |
1996 | Emma | Miss Taylor | |
1997 | Breakout | Dr. Lisa Temple | |
1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Miss Moneypenny | |
1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Jane | |
1999 | The World Is Not Enough | Miss Moneypenny | |
2001 | The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream | Hippolyta | Voice |
2002 | Die Another Day | Miss Moneypenny | |
2004 | Blinded | Dr. Caroline Lamor | |
2004 | Yes | Kate | |
2004 | Strings | Eike | Voice |
2007 | Clapham Junction | Marion Rowan | |
2007 | Consenting Adults | Jill Wolfenden | |
2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Dorothy Nettle | |
2011 | London's Burning | Police Superintendent | |
2017 | A Royal Winter | Beatrice | |
2018 | The Queen and I
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Queen Elizabeth II
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2019 | Cold Blood | Mrs Kessler | |
2021 | School's Out Forever | Georgina Baker | |
2021 | The Kindred | Gillian Burrows | |
2022 | The Presence of Love | Merryn | |
2022 | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Lady Rosamund Painswick | |
2022 | The Stranger in Our Bed | Isadora | |
2022 | Hounded | Katherine Redwick |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1983 | Mansfield Park | Maria Bertram | 5 episodes |
1985 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple | Julia Simmons | Episode: " A Murder is Announced "
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1985 | Theatre Night | Rose Trelawny | Episode: " Trelawny of the 'Wells' "
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1986 | The Understanding | Kate | TV film |
1987 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Elizabeth "Miz Liz" Probert | 4 episodes |
1989 | The Ginger Tree | Mary Mackenzie | All 4 episodes |
1989 | Screen One | Sue | Episode: "One Way Out" |
1990 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Stella Robinson | Episode: "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat" |
1991 | The Black Candle | Bridget Mordaunt | TV film |
1992 | Inspector Morse | Helen Marriat | Episode: "Dead on Time" |
1992 | Thacker | Ginny Morgan | TV film |
1994 | Screen Two | Sally | Episode: "Return to Blood River" |
1995 | Tears Before Bedtime | Sarah Baylis | 4 episodes |
1995 | Ghosts | Maddy | Episode: "The Chemistry Lesson" |
1995 | Under the Moon | Francesca Jenson | TV film |
1996 | In Suspicious Circumstances | Daisy Holt | Episode: "The Great Romancer" |
1997 | Family Money | Isabel | Episode: #1.1 |
1997 | Mr. White Goes To Westminster | Helen Nash MP | TV film |
1997 | The Ruby Ring | Mary Spencer | TV film |
1997 | Thief Takers | Carol Mason | Episode: "Sisters in Arms" |
1998–2000 | The Bill | Mary McMahon | 3 episodes |
2000 | The Bookfair Murders | Marsha Hillier | TV film |
2000 | Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show | Various | 12 episodes |
2001 | The Hunt | Lady Patricia Whitton | TV film |
2001 | NCS: Manhunt | DS Maureen Picasso | 8 episodes |
2001 | The Bombmaker | Patsy | TV film |
2001 | Kavanagh QC | Sarah Swithen | Episode: "The End of Law" |
2001 | Midsomer Murders | Suzanna Chambers | Episode: "Destroying Angel" |
2003 | Canterbury Tales | Jane Barlow | Episode: " The Wife of Bath "
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2005 | The Murder Room | Caroline Dupayne | Both 2 episodes |
2005–2006 | Donovan | Kate Donovan | 3 episodes |
2007 | Fanny Hill | Mrs Cole | 2 episodes |
2007 | Mobile | Rachel West | Episode: "The Boss" |
2007 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Vivienne Oborne | Episode: "Limbo" |
2007–2008 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mrs Wormwood
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3 episodes |
2007–2014 | Outnumbered | Auntie Angela | 10 episodes |
2008 | Midsomer Murders | Arabella Hammond | Episode: "Shot at Dawn" |
2008 | Distant Shores | Lisa Shore | All 12 episodes |
2008 | Hotel Babylon | Caroline | Episode: #3.8 |
2009 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Celestia Brice Coulson | Episode: #2.8 |
2009 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Sylvia Savage | Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" |
2009 | Heartbeat | Sylvia Swinton | Episode: "Deadlier Than the Male" |
2009 | The Queen | Queen Elizabeth II
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Episode: "Us and Them" |
2010 | New Tricks | Anne Gorton | Episode: "Left Field" |
2010–2015 | Downton Abbey | Lady Rosamund Painswick | 18 episodes Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Kate Cameron | Episode: "Death in the Slow Lane" |
2013 | Playhouse Presents | Woman | Episode: "The Call Out" |
2015–2016 | Home Fires | Frances Barden | All 12 episodes Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film |
2016 | Murdoch Mysteries | Lady Suzanne Atherly | 2 episodes |
2017 | Election Spy | Diana | All 9 episodes |
2018 | Moving On | Sandra | Episode: "The Registrar" |
2019 | Silent Witness | DS Hannah Quicke | 2 episodes |
2020 | Death in Paradise | Joanne Henderson | Episode: "Switcharoo" |
2022 | Red Riding Hood: After Ever After | Red Riding Hood | Television film[42] |
2023 | Dreamland | Orla | 2 episodes |
2023 | The Inheritance | Susan | All 4 episodes |
2024 | The Marlow Murder Club | Judith Potts | Lead role[43] |
Narrator
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2016 | Royal Stories | Narrator | 10 episodes |
2019 | Inside the Mind of Agatha Christie | Narrator | |
2021 | Secrets of the Royal Palaces | Narrator | TV series[44] |
2023 | The Inheritance | 4 episodes; Channel 5 drama series | |
2024 | Malta: The Jewel of the Med | Narrator | TV series |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021 | Evil Genius 2: World Domination | Emma | A playable character[45] |
Stage
- Daisy Pulls It Off (Denise Deegan) at the Nuffield Theatre, 1983
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Christopher Hampton) (Royal Shakespeare Company) at the Ambassadors Theatre, 1987
- Barbican Theatre, 1987
- Lorca's Women (Barbican Theatre, 1987
- Man of the Moment (Alan Ayckbourn) at the Globe Theatre, 1990
- Rosalind in As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1992
- Hermione in The Winter's Tale (Royal Shakespeare Company) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1992
- Rosalind in Barbican Theatre, 1993
- Hermione in Barbican Theatre, 1993
- Infanta in Le Cid (Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
- Amy in Amy's View (David Hare), 1997 and 1998
- The Memory of Water (Shelagh Stephenson), 1998
- Amy in Outer Critics Circle Awardfor Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play.
- Hippolyta and Titania in Barbican Hall, 2001
- Dinner with Friends (Donald Margulies) at the Hampstead Theatre, 2001
- The Vagina Monologues, 2002
- Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, 2002 and 2003
- Mrs Arbuthnot in A Woman of No Importance (Oscar Wilde) at the Haymarket Theatre, 2003
- The Rubenstein Kiss (James Phillips) at the Hampstead Theatre, 2005
- Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
- Hannah in David Leveaux's West End revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the Duke of York's Theatre, 2009
- Mrs. Cheveley in An Ideal Husband (Oscar Wilde), 2010-2011
- Mrs Prentice in What The Butler Saw (Joe Orton) at the Vaudeville Theatre, 2012
- Nell in Passion Play (Peter Nichols), 2013
- Muriel Eubanks in Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical category. Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical category at the WhatsOnStage Awards.
- Appeared in English language premiere of Florian Zeller's modern French farce, The Lie, 2017
Awards and nominations
Television
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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2017 | Screen Actors Guild Award[46][47] | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Downton Abbey | Nominated |
Theatre
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1995 | Laurence Olivier Award[48] | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Le Cid | Nominated |
1999 | Tony Award[49] | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play | Amy's View | Nominated |
Outer Critics Circle Award[50]
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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Nominated | ||
2007 | Laurence Olivier Award[51] | Best Performance in a Supporting Role | Donkey's Years | Nominated |
2015 | Laurence Olivier Award[52] | Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Nominated |
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External links
- Samantha Bond at IMDb