Elizabeth Berrington

Elizabeth Ann Berrington (born 3 August 1970) is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road, Paula Kosh in Stella, Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper and Dawn Stevenson in The Syndicate. She has also featured in British television series such as The Bill, Doc Martin, Doctor Who, The Office,[1] Casualty, The Lakes, The Grimleys and Rose and Maloney.

Elizabeth Berrington
Born
Elizabeth Ann Berrington

(1970-08-03) 3 August 1970
Wallasey, Wirral, Cheshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present

Career

From 1996 to 1999, Berrington starred alongside Emma Wray and Tony Robinson in the ITV comedy-drama My Wonderful Life. In 1999, she played Marie Antoinette in Let Them Eat Cake, starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.

In cinema, Berrington has featured in many popular films such as The Little Vampire and, more recently, Nanny McPhee with Emma Thompson and In Bruges alongside Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. In 2008 and 2009, a she played Mel in Moving Wallpaper. She was in the 2008 Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". Berrington also featured in the 1993 Mike Leigh film Naked, and had a role in Leigh's 1996 drama film Secrets & Lies, starring Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Timothy Spall.

In 2009, Berrington and actress Shirley Henderson were the stars of the popular ITV drama May Contain Nuts in which she played Ffion, a snobbish suburban mother. Berrington also played Nicola, a nurse in the BBC Two comedy, Psychoville. She appeared as Food Technology teacher Ruby Fry in the BBC TV series Waterloo Road from 2009 to 2011, departing after two series. She played "Auntie" in "The Doctor's Wife", an episode in series 6 of Doctor Who. In 1997, she appeared in a TV Licence advert. In 2012, she was in an episode of New Tricks, playing a murderer called Grace. From 2012–13 she portrayed Paula Kosh in the Sky 1 comedy series Stella, in 2015 she returned for two episodes.

In 2011, Berrington starred in the BBC Christmas show, Lapland as Paula, a role which she reprised in the six-part spin-off series Being Eileen, which aired from February 2013.[2][3]

Berrington appeared onstage in the 2013 play The Low Road. Later, she appeared on Series 2, Episode 4 of Cuckoo as Sandra in August 2014.

In 2016, Berrington appeared in "Hated in the Nation", the sixth episode of the third season of the Netflix original, Black Mirror.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Naked Giselle On-Screen Debut
1996 Secrets & Lies Jane
The Moonstone Limping Lucy TV film
1998 Urban Ghost Story Mrs. Ash
1999 8½ Women Celeste, Emmenthal Maid
Onegin Mile Volkonsky
Mad Cows Pru
2000 The Little Vampire Elizabeth McAshton
Quills Charlotte
2001 Large Dog Therapist
2003 The Deal Cherie Blair TV film
2004 Vera Drake Cynical Lady
Spivs Nigel's Secretary
2005 A Cock and Bull Story Debbie
Nanny McPhee Letitia
2006 Missing Nurse Peters TV film
Love Lies Bleeding Joanna Syms TV film
Scoop Antique Shop Woman
Are You Ready for Love? Debbie
2007 The Dinner Party The Shrew TV film
Fred Claus Linda Elf
2008 In Bruges Natalie
2009 May Contain Nuts Ffion Russell TV film
2011 Lapland Paula Cooper TV film
2012 Hard Boiled Sweets Jackie
Eggbox Nurse TV film
2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Bettie
2014 Mr. Turner Lady Critic
2016 Swallows and Amazons Mrs. Blackett
2018 Teen Spirit Lorene
2019 Yesterday Hazel

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Between the Lines Pamela Hewitt Episode: "Shoot to Kill"
1996 Staying Alive Leah Howes 1 episode
The Bill Avril Stone Episode: "Hard Enough"
1997-1999 The Lakes Ruth Series regular
My Wonderful Life Marina Series regular
1998 Casualty June White Episode: "Degrees of Separation"
Silent Witness Jane Nelson Episode: "Brothers in Arms"
1999 Let Them Eat Cake Marie Antoinette 3 episodes
2000 The Vice Julie Evans Episode: "Betrayed"
Nature Boy Miss Owthwaite 1 episode
Rhona Roxanne Episode: "The Haircut"
2001 The Grimleys Mrs. Robins Episode: "An Inspector Calls"
The Bill Lynn Roberts Episode: "A Week of Nights"
Sam's Game Irene Episode: "Slogan"
Chambers Tina Stent Episode: "Survival Trek"
2002 Rescue Me Mary Hope 1 episode
Bodily Harm Belinda Chalk 2 episodes
2003 The Office Anne Episode: "Christmas Special"
2004 Family Business Jessica Brooker Series regular
Shane Myrtle Series regular
Where the Heart Is Jemma Harper Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye"
2005 The Rotters' Club Irene Anderton Mini-series
Rose and Maloney Maggie Episode: "Annie Johnson"
2006-2007 Drop Dead Gorgeous Val Duggan Series regular
2007 Annually Retentive Make Up Artist 1 episode
2008-2009 Moving Wallpaper Mel Debrou Series regular
2008 A Touch of Frost Babs Sellwood Episode: "Mind Games"
Agatha Christie's Poirot Miss Springer Episode : "Cat Among the Pigeons"
Apparitions Kim Portman 1 episode
2009 The Street Jane Miller Episode: "Smoke"
Psychoville Nicola 5 episodes
2009-2011 Waterloo Road Ruby Fry Series regular
2010 Little Crackers Terry Episode: "Goodbye Fluff"
2011 The Crimson Petal and the White Lady Constance Bridgelow Miniseries
Doctor Who Auntie Episode: "The Doctor's Wife"
2012-2017 Stella Paula Kosh Series regular
2012 New Tricks Grace Cusack Episode: "Blue Flower"
2013 Being Eileen Paula Cooper Series regular
Playhouse Presents Jill Episode: "Stage Door Johnnies"
Midsomer Murders Libs Pearce Episode: "The Christmas Haunting"
2014 Pramface Hester Episode: "A Proper Little Family"
The Smoke Pauline Pynchon Mini-series
W1A Elaine Pearson 1 episode
Trying Again Gail Series regular
Cuckoo Sandra Episode: "Funeral"
Babylon Vanessa Peters 1 episode
2015 The Syndicate Dawn Stevenson Series regular
2016-2017 Tracey Ullman's Show Various Roles Series regular
2016 Camping Kerry Series regular
Doctors Nic Katchevski 5 episodes
The Living and the Dead Maud Hare Series regular
Wasted Denise Episode: "Come Down Day"
Black Mirror Jo Powers Episode: "Hated in the Nation"
Marley's Ghosts Jill 2 episodes
2017 Father Brown Margaret Cartwright Episode: "The Lepidopterist's Companion"
Little Boy Blue Debra Taylor Mini-series
Loaded Carly Episode: "The Boat"
Borderline Mary Parfitt Episode: "Inspection"
2018 Death in Paradise Diane Smith Episode: "Murder from Above"
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Brenda Quintas Episode: "This Promised End"
Patrick Melrose Fleur Episode: "At Last"
Vanity Fair Lady Bareacres 3 episodes
2019 Vera Paula Episode: "Cold River"
Good Omens Dagon, Lord of Files 2 episodes
Sanditon Mrs. Griffiths Series regular

References
  1. "Family Business - Elizabeth Berrington plays Jessica Brooker". BBC. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. "BBC One commissions new six-part comedy series, Lapland". BBC. BBC Online. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  3. "Being Eileen". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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