Alex Kingston
Biography
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Miranda Pond
- NCIS (2003) as Miranda Pennebaker
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Patricia Alwick
- Arrow (2012) as Dinah Lance
- Private Practice (2007) as Dr. Marla Thomkins
- Doctor Who (2005) as River Song
- Doctor Who (2005) as River Song / Professor River Song
- Blue Bloods (2010) as Commander Sloane Thompson
- Without a Trace (2002) as Lucy Costin
- ER (1994) as Elizabeth Corday
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Late Show with David Letterman (1993) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Grange Hill (1978) as Jill Harcourt
- The Bill (1984)
- A Discovery of Witches (2018) as Sarah Bishop
- Soldier Soldier (1991) as Ursula Kröhling
- Loose Women (1999) as Self
- Strictly Come Dancing (2004) as Self - Contestant
- FlashForward (2009) as Fiona Banks
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
- V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014) as Vlurgen (voice)