British actress (born 1966)
Juliet Aubrey
Born Juliet Emma Aubrey
(1966-12-17 ) 17 December 1966 (age 58) Alma mater Central School of Speech and Drama Occupation Actress Years active 1991–present Spouse
Steve Ritchie
(
m. 2001)
Children 2
Juliet Emma Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is a British actress of theatre, film, and television. She won the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Dorothea in the BBC serial Middlemarch (1994). She is also known for her role as Helen Cutter in the ITV series Primeval (2007–2011). Her film appearances include Still Crazy (1998), The Constant Gardener (2005) and The Infiltrator (2016). BBC Radio 4 The Archers (2024) as Eve Chilcott.
Career
The youngest of three siblings, Aubrey was born and brought up in Fleet, Hampshire .[ 1] Aubrey attended King's College London from 1984, where she studied Classics and Archaeology. While there, however, her love of acting grew, and during a year studying in Italy where she joined a travelling theatre company, Aubrey decided to apply for drama school on her return. She went on to train for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama .
Her first job was with the Oxford Stage Company playing Miranda in The Tempest . Italian director Roberto Faenza gave Aubrey her first film role playing opposite Jean-Hugues Anglade in Look to the Sky , a film produced by Elda Ferri, and set during the Nazi Holocaust . Antony Page and Louis Marks then cast Aubrey as Dorothea in the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch opposite Rufus Sewell , for which she won a BAFTA award for Best Actress , and the Broadcasting Press Guild for Best Actress.[ 2] She then joined Haris Pasovic 's Sarajevo Theatre Company. She appeared in several plays with the company, all created through the actors' improvisation. She continued to build her career as a theatre actress, appearing next in Trevor Nunn 's Summerfolk and Katie Mitchell 's Ivanov at the National Theatre , Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree for Karl James at the Soho Theatre , and Three Sisters , Twelfth Night and The Collection , all for Chris White. Michael Winterbottom then cast her opposite Robert Carlyle and James Nesbitt in the television film Go Now .
Aubrey's subsequent films include Winterbottom's Welcome to Sarajevo , Stephen Poliakoff 's Food of Love — for which she won Best Actress at La Baule European Film Festival[ 3] — Faenza's Lost Lover , Giacomo Campiotti 's Time to Love , Richard Eyre 's Iris , Fernando Meirelles 's Constant Gardener and Brian Gibson 's Still Crazy , nominated for two Golden Globes . Other features include Matt Lipsey's Caught in the Act , and Mat Cod's Super Eruption . Television work includes The Village ; The White Queen , Criminal Justice , Vera , Hunted , and Five Daughters . Her recent feature films are Scott Hicks 's Fallen ; Mitch Davis's Stuck ; Fabio Guaglione's Mine ; and Brad Furman 's Infiltrator . Aubrey played Lily Hill in the 2017 web television series Snatch .
Personal life
In 2001, Aubrey married production designer Steve Ritchie, whom she had met several years earlier while filming an ITV adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Moth in Newcastle upon Tyne .[ 4] They have two daughters.[ 5]
She is a cousin of David Howell Evans (a.k.a. "The Edge "), guitarist of the Irish band U2 .[ 6]
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Director / Notes
1992
Shining Through
Brunette at dance (uncredited)
David Seltzer
The Big Battalions
Susan
TV series (2 episodes)
1993
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Dolores
TV series (1 episode: "The Last Vampyre")
Jona che visse nella balena
Hannah
Roberto Faenza
1994
Middlemarch
Dorothea Brooke
TV series (7 episodes)Bafta, Best TV Actress Award Broadcasting Press Guild Award — Best Actress
Jacob
Leah
Peter Hall, TV film
1995
Go Now
Karen Walker
Michael Winterbottom
Performance
Isabella
David Thacker, TV series (1 episode: "Measure for Measure")
1996
Take Pity
Carolina
short
Death of a Salesman
Miss Forsythe
David Thacker, TV film
1997
The Moth
Sarah Thorman
Roy Battersby, TV film
Supply & Demand
Chomsky
Linda La Plante, TV film
Welcome to Sarajevo
Helen Henderson
Michael Winterbottom
For My Baby
Lilian Glass
Rudolf van den Berg
Food of Love
Madeline
Stephen Poliakoff
1998
Still Crazy
Karen Knowles
Brian Gibson, Golden Globe nomination
The Unknown Soldier
Sophia Carey
David Drury, TV film
1999
Il tempo dell'amore
Martha
Giacomo Campiotti
The Lost Lover
Asya
Roberto Faenza
Extremely Dangerous
Annie
TV series (4 episodes)
2000
The Canterbury Tales
Voice
TV series (1 episode: "The Journey Back")
2001
Cyclops
Esther Powell
Bharat Nalluri, TV film
Once Seen
short
Iris
Young Janet Stone
Richard Eyre
2002
Bertie and Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Giles Foster, TV film
Ella and the Mothers
Madeline
Gavin Millar, TV film
2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Susan Henchard
David Thacker, TV film
2005
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dr. Eleanor Brown
TV series, Episode: "The Dig " (2 parts)
The Constant Gardener
Gloria Woodrow
Fernando Mereilles
2006
A Good Murder
Kay
Graham Theakston, TV film
Midsomer Murders
Ginny Lamington
TV series (1 episode: "Country Matters")
2007
Judge John Deed
Fran Pavely
TV series (2 episodes: "War Crimes" – Parts 1 & 2)
A Class Apart
Olivia Troth
Nick Hurran, TV film
City of Vice
Jane Fawkland
Justin Hardy, TV series (1 episode: "Episode 1.5")
Primeval
Helen Cutter
TV series (25 episodes: 2007–2009 and 2011)
2008
Caught in the Act
Marlene
Steven Speirs
Criminal Justice
Mary Coulter
TV mini-series (4 episodes)
2009
Storm
Nicky
short
Law & Order: UK
Emma Sandbrook
TV series (1 episode: "Vice")
2010
Five Daughters
Marie Alderton
TV series (3 episodes)
Lewis
Selina Mortmaigne
TV series (1 episode: "The Dead of Winter")
F
Helen Anderson
Johannes Roberts
2011
Outcasts
Josie Hunter
TV series (2 episodes)
Super Eruption
Kate
Matt Cod, TV film
Vera
Felicity Calvert
TV series (1 episode: "Hidden Depths")
2012
Hunted
Orla Fanta
TV series (2 episodes)
Lilyhammer
Karen Sokolowsky
TV series (1 episode: "Reality Check")
Silent Witness
Miriam Wade
TV series (2 episodes: "Redhill" – Parts 1 & 2)
The White Queen
Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick
TV series (6 episodes)
2014
The Village
Joy Dangerfield
TV series (1 episode: "Episode 2.2")
2015
Christmas Eve
Marta
Mitch Davis
2016
Fallen
Doreen Price
Scott Hicks
The Infiltrator
Evelyn Mazur
Brad Furman
Mine
Mike's mother
Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro
2021–present
Professor T
Chief Inspector Christina Brand
TV series
2024
Vindicta
Adela Lieben
Dominik Sedlar
References
External links
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