Lyndsey Marshal

• Name — Lyndsey Marshal • Born — 16 June 1978 • Birthplace — Manchester, England • Years Active — 2000–present • Education — Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama • Awards — Nominated: Best Supporting Actress 2002 The Boston Marriage

Marshal was born in Manchester, England. She attended Old Trafford Junior School and Lostock High School. After studying the classics at college for a career in archaeology, she applied to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Her first major part was in the play Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre, which she took just before graduation. In 2001, she won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Newcomer in 2001 for her performances in Redundant at the Royal Court Theatre and Boston Marriage at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2003, she won the TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She appeared alongside James McAvoy in the 2009 West End production Three Days of Rain. In 2011, she appeared in Greenland at the National Theatre. Marshal has appeared in the films The Hours alongside Nicole Kidman, and Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood. Marshal starred as Cleopatra in HBO's Rome. Since 2009, she has played Lady Sarah Hill in the three series of the BBC One drama Garrow's Law and, with Julie Walters, in the BBC TV film A Short Stay in Switzerland. She starred also in ITV's new series of Agatha Christie's Marple. In January 2013, Marshal played Eileen Blair, wife of Eric Blair, in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Real George Orwell – Homage to Catalonia. She also played Queen Gertrude in the radio drama series "Elsinore".

• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2000 — Peak Practice — Natalie Pearce — Series 10; episode 12: "Masquerade" • 2002 — The — Peggy — Television film • Midsomer Murders — Emma Tysoe — Series 5; episode 3: "Ring Out Your Dead" • 2003 — Sons & Lovers — Miriam Leivers — Television film • The — Ethel Monticue — Television film • 2005 — Born and Bred — Mary Pilling — Series 4; episode 4: "Never Seek to Tell" • Agatha Christie's Poirot — Anne Meredith — Series 10; episode 2: "Cards on the Table" • 2005–2007 — Rome — Cleopatra — Series 1; episode 8, and series 2; episodes 2 and 8–10 • 2007 — Green — Izzie — Television film • The — Isabel Meredith — Television film • 2008 — Kiss of Death — George Austen — Television film. Also known as Breathless and Blood Rush • Agatha Christie's Marple — Amy Gibbs — Series 4; episode 2: "Murder Is Easy" • 2009 — A Short Stay in Switzerland — Jessica — Television film • 10 Minute Tales — Gemma — Episode 3: "Ding Dong" • 2009–2011 — Garrow's Law — Lady Sarah Hill — Series 1–3; 12 episodes • 2010 — Being Human — Prof. Lucy Jaggat — Series 2; episodes 1–8 • Playhouse: Live — Hannah — Episode 2: "Ghost Story" • 2012 — The — Florrie Fontaine — Television film • Titanic — Mabel Watson — Mini-series; episodes 1–4 • Blackout — Lucy Demoys — Mini-series; episodes 1–3 • 2014 — Inside No. 9 — Laura — Series 1; episode 5: "The Understudy" • That Day We Sang — Sal — Television film • 2015 — The — Iona — Episodes 1–5 • From Darkness — Lucy Maxley — Mini-series; episodes 1, 3 and 4 • 2016 — Silent Witness — Sasha Blackburn — Series 19; episodes 5 and 6: "Life Licence: Parts 1 and 2" • 2017 — The — Ellie — Series 4; episodes 1–3 • 2018 — Trauma — Susie Bowker — Mini-series; episodes 1–3 • 2019 — Hanna — Rachel — Series 1; 4 episodes • Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar — Agatha Christie — Television film • 2020 — Dracula — Bloxham — Mini-series; episode 3: "The Dark Compass" • 2022 — Inside Man — Mary Watling — Episodes 1–4 • 2024 — Inside No. 9 — Party Guest — Series 9; episode 6: "Plodding On" • Insomnia — Caroline Mitchell — Episodes 1–6 • 2025 — Death in Paradise — Sadie Jones — Series 14; episode 8

• Year — Title — Role — Company — Director • 2000 — Fireface — Olga — Royal Court Theatre — Dominic • Top Girls — Shona / Kit / Waitress — New Vic Theatre — Roxanna • 2001–02 — Boston Marriage — Catherine — Donmar Warehouse / West End — Phyllida • Redundant — Lucy — Royal Court Theatre — Dominic • 2003 — A — Hermia — Bristol Old Vic — David • Bright — Polly — Soho Theatre — Paul • 2004 — The — Mary Warren — Sheffield Crucible — Anna • 2004–05 — Sleeping Beauty — Beauty — Young Vic / New Victory Theater NYC — Rufus • 2005 — Blood Wedding — Wife — Almeida Theatre — Rufus • 2005–06 — The — Toinette — Almeida Theatre — Lindsay • 2007 — A — June — Olivier Theatre — Emma • Absurdia — Lucienne / Uncle Ted — Donmar Warehouse — Douglas • 2008 — The — Sylvia — Royal Court Theatre — Jamie • 2009 — Three Days of Rain — Nan / Lina — Apollo Theatre — Lindsay • 2013 — Othello — Emilia — Olivier Theatre — Nicholas • 2015 — Oresteia — Clytemnestra — HOME, Manchester — Blanche • 2018 — The (by Robert Icke, after Ibsen) — Gina — Almeida Theatre — Robert • 2021 — Force Majeure — Ebba — Donmar Warehouse — Michael