Amelia Bullmore

Amelia Bullmore
Born
Amelia Mary Bullmore

(1964-01-31) 31 January 1964 (age 60)
Chelsea, London, England
Occupation(s)Actress
Scriptwriter
Playwright
Years active1987–present
Spouse
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(m. 1993)​
Children2

Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964)[1][2] is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright.[3] She is known for her roles in Coronation Street (1990–1992, 1995), I'm Alan Partridge (2002), Ashes to Ashes (2008–2009), Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and Scott & Bailey (2011–2014). Bullmore began writing in 1994.[4][5] Her writing credits include episodes of This Life,[6] Attachments,[7] Black Cab,[8] and Scott & Bailey.[5]

Early life and education

Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London,[1][9] to Jeremy Bullmore, an advertising executive, and Pamela Bullmore (née Green), a gardening writer.[10] She has two older brothers, neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist Edward Bullmore and documentary filmmaker Adam Bullmore.[11]

She studied drama at Manchester University.[1][3]

Career

Acting

Bullmore was part of a cabaret group named Red Stockings, along with Helen Edmundson.[12] While performing at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, a casting director for Coronation Street saw her performance. Bullmore played Steph Barnes in Coronation Street, and was a regular on the show from February 1990 to September 1991. She made brief returns in April 1992 and September 1995.[3][11][13] She worked and lived in Manchester for 10 years, moving to London in 1995.[11]

Bullmore appeared in the first series of the BBC comedy series Big Train broadcast in 1998.

Bullmore appeared opposite Steve Coogan as Sonja, the Ukrainian girlfriend of Alan Partridge in series two of the BBC2 comedy series I'm Alan Partridge.[13] She also appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line.[14]

From 2011 to 2014, Bullmore co-starred in the crime drama Scott & Bailey. She also wrote seven episodes of the show.[1][5]

In 2016, she starred in the second series of Happy Valley, playing jealous mistress Vicky Fleming.[15]

Writing

In 2005, Bullmore wrote her first play, Mammals, which was staged at Bush Theatre and went on to tour the UK regionally.[16][17]

In 2013, Bullmore wrote a second play, Di and Viv and Rose, which was staged at Hampstead Theatre.[18] Di and Viv and Rose is about the friendship of three women over the course of 30 years, from 1983 when they are in university to 2013.[19] The play eventually transferred to the West End in early 2015,[20] where it ran at the Vaudeville Theatre before closing in March.[21][22]

Personal life

In 1993, Bullmore married Scottish actor Paul Higgins.[13][23] They met in Manchester in 1992 while they were performing A View from the Bridge.[9] The couple have two daughters.[1]

Awards

Year Award Work Result
1997 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Original TV Drama Serial (shared) This Life Won
2005 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (co-winner) Mammals Won[25][26]
2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance The Norman Conquests Won[27]
2012 Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (shared) Scott & Bailey Nominated
2013 Crime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actress Dagger Won[28]
2018 BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Supporting Actor/Actress The Beard Nominated[29]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Mrs. Dalloway Rezia Warren Smith
2002 Bookcruncher Bookshop Manageress Short film
2003 Hello, Friend Friend Short film
2005 Festival Micheline Menzies
2006 The Truth Candy's Mother
2009 Endgame Gill
2014 What We Did on Our Holiday Margaret McLeod
2018 Take Rabbit Rabbit Short film
2019 Motto Linda Short film
2022 Beware of Trains Voice Short film

Television

Actor
Year Title Role Notes
1990–1992, 1995 Coronation Street Steph Barnes 131 episodes
1991 Give Us a Clue Herself - Contestant 1 episode
1993 Comedy Playhouse Beth 1 episode: "Stuck on You"
Cracker Catriona Bilborough 2 episodes: "One Day a Lemming Will Fly": Parts 1 & 2
1994 Woman of the Wolf Madame Plaisir TV short film
Faith Ros Mini-series; 4 episodes
1996 Frontiers Caroline Poole 6 episodes
1997 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Karen Parmenter 1 episode: "Woman of the Year"
Insiders Paula Green 1 episode: "Guilty"
Turning World Social worker 2 episodes: #1.1 and #1.3
The Bill Tracy Cooper 1 episode: "In the Dark"
1997–2001 Brass Eye Various roles 3 episodes: "Science", "Sex" and "Paedophilia"
1998, 2002 Big Train[30] Various roles 7 episodes
1999 Tilly Trotter Eileen Sopwith Mini-series; 2 episodes
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story Horse Jockey TV Special
2000 Jam Various roles Mini-series; 6 episodes
Attachments Lin 1 episode: "Dot Bomb"
2001 Linda Green Lucy Cooper 1 episode: "Rest in Peace"
2002 The Gist Freda Cooper TV film
I'm Alan Partridge Sonja 6 episodes
2003 Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Mary (voice) TV film
State of Play Helen Preger Mini-series; 6 episodes
Coming Up Psychiatrist 1 episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show"
2004 I Am Not an Animal Winona the Dog (voice) / Additional voices 6 episodes
2005–2006 Donovan Evie Strauss 3 episodes
2006 Sorted Claire Hill 3 episodes
2006–2007 Suburban Shootout Joyce Hazledine 11 episodes
2007 Director's Debut Tara Vaughan 1 episode: "Baby Boom"
Dalziel and Pascoe Frances Cunningham 2 episodes: "Project Aphrodite": Parts 1 & 2
The IT Crowd Helen Buley 1 episode: "Smoke and Mirrors"
2008 The Whistleblowers Helen Millard 1 episode: "No Child Left Behind"
Mrs. In-Betweeny Emma TV film
2008–2009 Ashes to Ashes [31] Caroline Price 9 episodes
2009 Cutting Edge Herself - Narrator 1 episode: "The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World"
2010 Bellamy's People Various characters 3 episodes
Agatha Christie's Poirot Judith Butler 1 episode: "Hallowe'en Party"
Little Crackers Helen 1 episode: "Jo Brand's Little Cracker: Goodbye Fluff"
2011 Shameless Mildred Fletcher 3 episodes
Lewis Caroline Hope 1 episode: "Wild Justice"
2011–2012 Twenty Twelve Kay Hope 13 episodes
2011–2014 Scott & Bailey DCI Gill Murray 30 episodes
2012 Sherlock Dr. Stapleton 1 episode: "The Hounds of Baskerville"
2013 Common Ground Becky 1 episode: "Floyd"
It's Kevin Various roles 4 episodes
2015 Jekyll and Hyde Renata Jezequiel Mini-series; 3 episodes
2016 Happy Valley Vicky Fleming 3 episodes
Power Monkeys [32] Lauren Mini-series; 6 episodes
The Crown Kathleen Sutherland 1 episode: "Assassins"
2018 Deep State Olivia Clarke 4 episodes
2019, 2022 Gentleman Jack Eliza Priestley 10 episodes
2019–2024 Vienna Blood [33] Rachel Liebermann 11 episodes
2021–2022 The Larkins Miss Edith Pilchester 13 episodes
2022 I Hate You Naomi Mini-series, 1 episode: "Jazz"
2023 The Buccaneers The Dowager Duchess of Tintagel Main role; 6 episodes
2024 The Jetty Sylvia 4 episodes
2025 Riot Women Yvonne Upcoming drama[34]
Writer
1997 This Life N/A 2 episodes: "When the Dope Comes In", "She's Gotta Get It"
1998 Big Train Additional material (6 episodes)
2000 Jam 1 episode: "fussfussfussfussfussfussfuss"
Black Cab Ten 10-minute TV films (series deviser); 3 episodes:
"Busy Body", "Marriage Guidance", "Tom & Marianne"[8]
Attachments 2 episodes: "Plug & Play"[7] and "Hot Mail"
2012–2014 Scott & Bailey 7 episodes: "Sidelines" (2012), "Undermined" (2013),
"Wrong Place, Wrong Time" (2013), "Superficial" (2014),
"Tough Love" (2014), "Fatal Error" (2014), "Lost Loyalty" (2014)
2019–2022 Traces [35] 10 episodes

Theatre work

Actor
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Breaking Rank: Oh Yes We Can by Helen Edmundson Red Stockings Theatre Company (Manchester)[36]
1988 Ladies in the Lift by Helen Edmundson Sarah
1989 The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse Pascal Contact Theatre (Manchester)[37]
Be Bop a Lula by Bill Morrison Sharon Sheeley Liverpool Playhouse (Liverpool)[38]
1991 The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht Birmingham Repertory Theatre[39]
1992 A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller Catherine Royal Exchange (Manchester)[9]
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Lady Capulet Royal Exchange (Manchester)[40]
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw Barbara Undershaft Citizens Theatre (Glasgow)[41]
Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams Heavenly Finley Citizens Theatre (Glasgow)[42]
1993 How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn Mary Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham)[43]
All My Sons by Arthur Miller Ann Deever
Inadmissible Evidence by John Osborne Liz Lyttelton Theatre (London)[44]
1994 The Queen and I by Sue Townsend Leanne/Trish Royal Court Theatre (London)[45]
Road by Jim Cartwright Louise/Linda/Claire Royal Court Theatre (London)[46]
1996 The Thickness of Skin by Clare McIntyre Laura Royal Court Theatre (London)[47]
2004 Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Ensemble The National Theatre (London)[48]
The Crucible by Arthur Miller Elizabeth Proctor Sheffield Crucible (Sheffield)[49]
2008 The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn Ruth The Old Vic (London)[50]
2009 Circle in the Square Theatre (New York)[51]
2010 Really Old, Like Forty Five by Tamsin Oglesby Cathy The National Theatre (London)[52]
2015 A Christmas Carol Noël Coward Theatre (London)[53]
2018 Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker Marty HOME (Manchester)[54]
Playwright
2005 Mammals N/A Bush Theatre (London)
2007 Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen adaptation) Gate Theatre (Dublin)
2011 Di and Viv and Rose Vaudeville Theatre (London)[20]

Radio work

Actor

Writer

Works and publications

Plays

  • Bullmore, Amelia (2005). Mammals. London: Methuen Pub. ISBN 978-0-413-77522-1. OCLC 82367220.
  • Ibsen, Henrik; Bullmore, Amelia (new translation by) (2007). Ghosts. London: Methuen Drama. ISBN 978-0-713-68577-0. OCLC 891562141.
  • Bullmore, Amelia (2013). Di and Viv and Rose. London: Bloomsbury Methune Drama. ISBN 978-1-472-50857-7. OCLC 843806192.

Radio

  • Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Davis, Julia; McQuarrie, Stuart; Rabbit, Anne; Treves, Simon; Marinker, Peter (2007). "Cash Flow" (Radio program (15 min)). From Fact to Fiction. BBC Radio 4.
  • Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Nighy, Bill; Parkinson, Katherine; Agutter, Jenny; Baker, Sean; Peate, Mary (directed by) (2009). "The Bat Man" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.
  • Bullmore, Amellia (written by); Peate, Mary (directed by); Cunniffe, Emma; Miles, Ben (2009). "The Middle" (Radio program (1 hr)). Saturday Drama. BBC Radio 4.
  • Bullmore, Amelia (created by, written by); Peake, Maxine (2009). "Craven" (Radio program (15 min)). 15 Minute Drama. BBC Radio 4.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Crook, Mackenzie (2011). "Family Tree" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.
  • Bullmore, Amelia (written by) (2012). "Craven: Looking for Mr King" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.

Other writing

References

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  7. ^ a b "Attachments". World Productions. BBC Worldwide. 2000.
  8. ^ a b "Black Cab". World Productions. BBC Worldwide. 1999.
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  10. ^ Hume, Lucy, ed. (2017). "Bullmore, Prof Edward Thomas". Debrett's People of Today 2017. London, UK: Debrett's Peerage Limited. ISBN 978-1-786-84310-4. OCLC 985347513.
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  19. ^ Gruber, Fiona; Bullmore, Amelia (2 August 2017). "MTC Talks: Interview with Amelia Bullmore" (Audio interview). Melbourne Theatre Company.
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  55. ^ McEwan, Ian (novel by); Bullmore, Amelia (read by); Hall, Christine (abridged and produced by) (7 September 2012). "Sweet Tooth (episode 5)" (Radio program (15 min)). Book at Bedtime. BBC Radio 4.
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