Juliet Aubrey
Juliet Emma Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is a British actress; 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). Other credits include Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993), Go Now (1995), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Food of Love (1997), Still Crazy (1998), Iris (2001), The Constant Gardener (2005), Criminal Justice (2008), Five Daughters (2010), Hunted (2012), The White Queen (2012), The Infiltrator (2016), and Snatch (2017-2018).
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Juliet Aubrey
- Name
- Juliet Aubrey
- Birth Name
- Juliet Emma Aubrey
- Born
- 17 December 1966
- Birthplace
- Fleet, Hampshire, England
- Education
- Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Juliet Emma Aubrey (born 17 December 1966) is a British actress; 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). Other credits include Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993), Go Now (1995), Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Food of Love (1997), Still Crazy (1998), Iris (2001), The Constant Gardener (2005), Criminal Justice (2008), Five Daughters (2010), Hunted (2012), The White Queen (2012), The Infiltrator (2016), and Snatch (2017-2018).
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• Name — Juliet Aubrey • Birth Name — Juliet Emma Aubrey • Born — 17 December 1966 • Birthplace — Fleet, Hampshire, England • Education — Central School of Speech and Drama • Occupation — Actress • Children — 2 • Years Active — 1991–present
Early life
Early life
The youngest of three siblings, Aubrey was born and brought up in Fleet, Hampshire. Her first experience of acting was at her school, playing a doctor in George and the Dragon on stage at St Nicholas' School, Hampshire at the age of six. She then attended the Roman Catholic private school Farnborough Hill in Farnborough, Hampshire, and still attends reunions with her old schoolfriends whenever possible (2016). She furthered her education from 1984, at King's College London, where she studied Classics and Archaeology. During her time as a student, she spent a year studying in Italy, touring with a travelling theatre company. Passionate about acting, she applied successfully to train for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career
Career
In 1991, she toured with the Oxford Stage Company, playing Miranda in The Tempest. In 1993, Italian director Roberto Faenza gave Aubrey her first film role playing opposite Jean-Hugues Anglade in Jonah Who Lived in the Whale (1993), an Italian film set during the Nazi Holocaust. In 1994, 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. In theatre, she has appeared in Trevor Nunn's Summerfolk (1999), and Katie Mitchell's Ivanov (2002), at the National Theatre, Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree for Karl James at the Soho Theatre, and Chris White's Three Sisters, Twelfth Night and The Collection. In 1995, Michael Winterbottom cast her opposite Robert Carlyle and James Nesbitt in the television film Go Now. Aubrey's subsequent films include Winterbottom's Welcome to Sarajevo (1997), Stephen Poliakoff's Food of Love, for which she won Best Actress at La Baule European Film Festival Faenza's Lost Lover, Giacomo Campiotti's Time to Love, Richard Eyre's Iris, Fernando Meirelles's Constant Gardener, (alongside Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz) and Brian Gibson's Still Crazy, nominated for two Golden Globes. Other features include Mat Cod's Super Eruption. Television work includes Primeval (2007), The White Queen (2012), Criminal Justice (2008), Vera, Hunted (2012), and Five Daughters. Her recent feature films are Scott Hicks's Fallen; Mitch Davis's Stuck; Fabio Guaglione's Mine; and worked with Bryan Cranston in Brad Furman's Infiltrator. Aubrey played Lily Hill, working alongside Rupert Grint and Phoebe Dynevor in the television series Snatch. BBC Radio 4 The Archers (2024) as Eve Chilcott.
Personal life
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. They have two daughters. She is a cousin of David Howell Evans (a.k.a. "The Edge"), guitarist of the Irish band U2. She is a keen runner, intends to run the Great North Run and a marathon (2016).
Filmography
Filmography
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Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Reference(s) • 1992 — The Big Battalions — Susan — Miniseries; 5 episodes • 1993 — The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes — Dolores — Episode: "The Last Vampyre" • 1994 — Middlemarch — Dorothea Brooke — Miniseries; 6 episodes • Performance — Isabella — Episode: "Measure for Measure" • 1997 — Supply & Demand — DCI Alex Chomsky — Episode: "Pilot" • 1998 — The Unknown Soldier — Sophia Carey — Miniseries; 3 episodes • 1999 — Extremely Dangerous — Annie — Miniseries; 4 episodes • 2000 — The Canterbury Tales — Theodora — Episode: "The Journey Back" • 2001 — Shockers — Esther Powell — Episode: "Cyclops" • 2003 — The Mayor of Casterbridge — Susan Henchard — Miniseries; 2 episodes • 2005 — Dalziel and Pascoe — Dr Eleanor Brown — Episode: "The Dig" • 2006 — Midsomer Murders — Ginny Lamington — Episode: "Country Matters" • 2007 — Judge John Deed — Fran Pavely — Episode: "War Crimes" • 2007–2011 — Primeval — Helen Cutter — Series regular; 25 episodes • 2008 — City of Vice — Jane Fawkland — Episode: "Episode One" • Criminal Justice — Mary Coulter — Series regular; 5 episodes • 2009 — Law & Order: UK — Emma Sandbrook — Episode: "Vice" • 2010 — Five Daughters — Marie Alderton — Miniseries; 3 episodes • Lewis — Selina Mortmaigne — Episode: "The Dead of Winter" • 2011 — Outcasts — Josie Hunter — Recurring role; 2 episodes • Vera — Felicity Calvert — Episode: "Hidden Depths" • 2012 — Lilyhammer — Karen Sokolowsky — Episode: "Reality Check" • Silent Witness — Miriam Wade — Episode: "Redhill" • Hunted — Orla Fante — Miniseries; 2 episodes • 2013 — The White Queen — Lady Anne Beauchamp, Countess of Warwick — Miniseries; 7 episodes • 2014 — The Village — Joy Dangerfield — Recurring role; 2 episodes • 2017–2018 — Snatch — Lily Hill — Series regular; 20 episodes • 2020 — Van der Valk — Sister Joan Pauwels — Episode: "Only in Amsterdam" • 2021 — On The Edge — Yvonne — Episode: "Cradled" • 2021–2024 — Professor T. — DCI Christina Brand — Series regular; 15 episodes • 2022 — Whitstable Pearl — Freya Doody — Episode: "The Offer" • 2024 — Unsinkable — Joy Hawkins — Miniseries; 8 episodes • All Creatures Great and Small — Miss Grantley — Episode: "Pair Bond"
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Juliet Aubrey is recorded as actress.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Reference(s) • 1992 — Shining Through — Lorraine — Uncredited • 1993 — Jonah Who Lived in the Whale — The Mother • 1994 — Jacob — Leah — Television film • 1995 — Go Now — Karen Walker — Television film • 1996 — Death of a Salesman — Miss Forsythe — Television film • 1997 — Welcome to Sarajevo — Helen Henderson • For My Baby — Lillian Glass • Food of Love — Madeline • 1998 — Still Crazy — Karen Knowles • 1999 — The Lost Lover — Asya • 2001 — Iris — Young Janet Stone • 2002 — Bertie and Elizabeth — Elizabeth — Television film • Ella and the Mothers — Madeline — Television film • 2005 — The Constant Gardener — Gloria Woodrow • 2006 — A Good Murder — Kay — Television film • 2007 — A Class Apart — Olivia Troth — Television film • 2008 — Caught in the Act — Marlene • 2010 — F — Helen Anderson • 2011 — Super Eruption — Kate — Television film • 2015 — Christmas Eve — Marta • 2016 — The Infiltrator — Evelyn Mazur • Mine — Rosa • Fallen — Doreen Price • 2020 — LX 2048 — Dr. Maple • 2022 — A Midsummer Night's Dream — Titania • 2024 — Frankenstein Legacy — Millicent Browning • 2026 — Truly Naked — Mrs Bennett • Vindicta — Adela Lieben — Completed
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Juliet Aubrey studied at King's College London, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Farnborough Hill.
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