Andrea Lowe

• Name — Andrea Lowe • Born — 1975 1 1 • Birthplace — Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK • Occupation — Actress • Partner — Terry Betts • Children — 1 Andrea Lowe (born 1 January 1975) is an English TV, film, and theatre actress. Lowe got her first major role in the Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. She has played numerous roles on television, stage, and film. However, she is most known for her 5-year turn as Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot in the ITV series DCI Banks (2011–2016).

Lowe was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire on 1 January 1975. She attended Redhill Comprehensive School, the Lesley Reason School of Dance in Gedling and the Carlton TV acting academy. She also performed with the theatre group, Acorn. Lowe later studied English and theatre in London at Goldsmiths College.

Lowe started her theatre career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. In 1993, she had her first film role, alongside Samantha Morton, in the musical comedy drama The Token King, set in a high school in Nottingham. Among her extensive work since then, Lowe guest-starred in two episodes of the second season of The Tudors in which she played Lady Eleanor Luke, a fictional noblewoman who was briefly the mistress of Henry VIII, and played Vicky in the 2009 TV film, The Unloved. Lowe played the role of Annie Cabbot for 5 years in the British television network ITV series DCI Banks (2011–2016), having also played the role in its pilot, DCI Banks: Aftermath (2010). Lowe was absent for much of the second season as she and her character were on maternity leave. Lowe starred in Alan Ayckbourn's play How the Other Half Loves alongside Jenny Seagrove and Jason Merrells at the Duke of York's Theatre, the West End theatre, on St Martin's Lane, London in 2016. In 2023, she starred in Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre.

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 1993 — The Token King — Kim — Television film • 2000 — The Bill — Hayley Turner — Episode: "Soft Talking" • Nature Boy — Claire Whitaker — Mini-series; episode 4 • Doctors — Jackie Dean — Episode: "Second Chance" • The Sleeper — Donna Dawes — 2-part television film • 2001 — Peak Practice — Zoë Thomson — Episode: "Suffer the Little Children" • 2002 — Night Flight — Margaret — Television film • Rescue Me — Melanie Woods — 6 episodes • Fields of Gold — W.P.C. — Unknown episodes • 2004 — No Angels — Julia — Episode: #1.9 • A Thing Called Love — Liz Leech — 5 episodes • 2005 — Love Soup — Tina — Episode: "The Reflecting Pool" • 2006 — The Bill — Leigh Bevan — Episodes: "High Flyers" & "Special Relationships" • Murder City — Helen Osborn — Episode: "Death of a Ladies' Man" • Where the Heart Is — Zoë Phelps — Series 10; 9 episodes • Cracker — Elaine Archer — Special episode: "Nine Eleven" • 2006–2007 — The Innocence Project — Philippa Lucas — 3 episodes • 2007 — Casualty — Lisa Barker — Episode: "The Silence of Friends" • Hotel Babylon — Karen — Episode: #2.7 • New Tricks — Tina Murphy — Episode: "Buried Treasure" • Agatha Christie's Marple — Maureen — Episode: "Ordeal by Innocence" • Murphy's Law — DC Kim Goodall — Episodes: "Food Chain: Parts 1–3" • 2008 — Torchwood — Katie — Episode: "Fragments" • The Bill — Paula Grant — Episode: "Blood Rush: Part 2" • The Tudors — Lady Eleanor Luke — Episodes: "Checkmate" & "The Act of Succession" • No Heroics — Vicci — Episode: "Supergroupie" • Silent Witness — Emily Wright — Episodes: "Terror: Parts 1 & 2" • 2009 — Shameless — Zeta — Series 6; 3 episodes • The Unloved — Vicky — Television film • Coronation Street — Naomi Collins — 2 episodes • 2010 — Accused — Donna Armstrong — Episode: "Kenny's Story" • 2010–2016 — DCI Banks — DS Annie Cabbot — Series 1–5; 27 episodes • 2011 — Monroe — Mrs. Chadwick — 2 episodes • 2012 — Love Life — Lucy — Mini-series, 3 episodes • 2014 — Midsomer Murders — Ava Gould — Episode: "Let Us Prey" • Inspector George Gently — Cherry Stretch — Episode: "Blue for Bluebird" • Lewis — Philippa Garwood — Episodes: "The Lions of Nemea: Parts 1 & 2" • 2016 — Houdini & Doyle — Beatrice Upton — Mini-series; episode: "A Dish of Adharma" • 2017 — Trust Me — Ally Sutton — 2 episodes • 2018 — Agatha Raisin — Eve Pembery — Episode: "The Wizard of Evesham" • 2022 — Endeavour — Pauline Lunn — Episode: "Scherzo" • Sherwood — DI Taylor — Series 1; 6 episodes • Without Sin — Bobbi Carter — Mini-series; 4 episodes • 2023 — Mrs Sidhu Investigates — Jade Turtle — Episode: "Killer App" • 2026 — Beyond Paradise — Helen Linder — Episode: #4.1

• How The Other Half Loves (Duke of York's Theatre, West End, London) • Bash (Citizens Theatre Glasgow) • A Day in Dull Armour (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) • The Birthday Party (Crucible Theatre Sheffield) • Lost and Found (River House Barn) • Gong Donkeys (The Bush Theatre)

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2000 — Threesome — Melanie — Short film • Pandaemonium — Edith Southey • 2002 — Club Le Monde — Sarah • 2004 — The Rover's Return — Zoe — Short film • Room to Let — Rebecca • 2010 — Route Irish — Rachel • 2011 — Taking Life — Charlotte — Short film • 2012 — When the Lights Went Out — Rita • 2013 — The Arbiter — Kate • 2014 — I Don't Care — Ollie — Short film • 2020 — Joey — Annie • 2024 — Lollipop — Kim • 2025 — To Love a Narcissist — Lucy