Anna-Louise Plowman
Anna-Louise Plowman (born 9 May 1972) is a New Zealand-born actress.
Anna-Louise Plowman
- Name
- Anna-Louise Plowman
- Born
- 9 May 1972
- Birthplace
- Napier, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States · New Zealand
- Education
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art · Samuel Marsden Collegiate School
- Languages
- English
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Anna-Louise Plowman (born 9 May 1972) is a New Zealand-born actress.
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Anna-Louise Plowman (born 1972) is an actor, actress and film actor, of New Zealand and American nationality. The actor was born in Napier. Anna-Louise Plowman was educated at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Samuel Marsden Collegiate School. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Anna-Louise Plowman • Born — 9 May 1972 • Birthplace — Napier, New Zealand • Occupation — Actress • Children — 3 • Years Active — 1995–present Anna-Louise Plowman (born 9 May 1972) is a New Zealand-born actress.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Plowman was born in New Zealand to British parents. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington, between 1982 and 1989, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Lecoq School in Paris.
Career
Career
She played consultant anaesthetist Annalese Carson in Holby City and Sarah Gardner/Osiris in Stargate SG-1. In 2003 she played Melinda MacLean, wife of British communist spy Donald Maclean, and mistress of spy Kim Philby (played by her husband Toby Stephens), in the TV mini-series Cambridge Spies. She played Diana Goddard in the Doctor Who story "Dalek" in 2005. Plowman also played the role of "C" in a revival of Edward Albee's play, Three Tall Women, in 2006, at the Oxford Playhouse. Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of Private Lives for the 2012 Chichester Festival, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre in 2013. From 2016 to 2017, she played chamber maid Mrs Hudson in the series Black Sails, which also starred her husband Toby Stephens.
Personal life
Personal life
Plowman married actor Toby Stephens, son of actors Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, in London, in 2001. In 2007, Plowman and Stephens had their first child. British playwright Simon Gray, who wrote Japes, a stage play, and Missing Dates, a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens, was the child's godfather. Their daughters were born in 2009 and in 2010, respectively.
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Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1997 — FairyTale: A True Story — Shellycoat • 2000 — The Adulterer — Gabriella • Flick — Pop's woman • 2000–2004 — Stargate SG-1 — Dr. Sarah Gardner / Osiris — Episodes: The Curse, Summit, Last Stand, Revelations, Chimera • 2002 — Ultimate Force — Marisol — episode: Just a target • 2003 — The Foreigner — Meredith Van Aken • Shanghai Knights — Debutante • Cambridge Spies — Melinda Maclean — TV miniseries • 2004 — He Knew He Was Right — Caroline Spalding • My Life in Film — Charlie — Episode: "Top Gun" • 2005 — Doctor Who — Diana Goddard — Dalek • Days of Darkness — Lisa — TV movie • 2006 — These Foolish Things — Aggie • Agatha Christie's Marple — Helen Marsden — Sleeping Murder • Ultimate Force — Braun — episode: slow bomb • 2008–2010, 2012 — Holby City — Dr. Annalese Carson-Spence • 2010 — New Tricks — Alison Levene — Fashion Victim • 2012 — Six Bullets — Monica Fayden • 2015 — Father Brown — Rebecca Himelbaum — The Judgment of Man • The Eichmann Show — Jane Hurwitz • 2016 — Billionaire Ransom — Emily Tilton Scofield • 2016–2017 — Black Sails — Mrs. Hudson • 2019 — The Witcher — Zola
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- 1.Anna-Louise Plowman.
- 2.Michael Billington. Private Lives – Minerva, Chichester. The Guardian. 30 September 2012.
- 3.Louise Jury. It's odd kissing Toby Stephens with his wife in the cast, says Private Lives actress Anna Chancellor. London Evening Standard. 4 July 2013.
- 4.Paul Taylor. Theatre review: Private Lives. The Independent. 4 July 2013.
- 5.Mark Lawson, "Prodigal Son", The Guardian, 31 May 2007, Online edition.
- 6.Janice Turner, "Simon Gray Has Lung Cancer But Won't Stop Smoking", The Times, 24 April 2008, Online edition.
- 7.Simon Gray describes the christening himself in his final book Coda
- 8.Tim Walker, "Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing," The Daily Telegraph, 21 May 2009, Online edition.
- 9.Fairy Tale: A True Story. TV Guide.
- 10.BBC. Half a Person, Series 14, Holby City – BBC One.
- 11.Father Brown – S3 – Episode 10: The Judgment of Man. Radio Times.
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Anna-Louise Plowman studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Samuel Marsden Collegiate School.
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