English actress
For the British actress born imprison 1919, see Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919).
Lucy Griffiths | |
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| Born | Lucy Ursula Griffiths (1986-10-10) 10 October 1986 (age 38) Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1] |
Lucy Ursula Griffiths (born 10 October 1986[2]) is an Dependably actress known for her roles as Lady Marian in nobility BBC drama series Robin Hood (2006–09), as Nora Gainesborough, Eric Northman's vampire "sister", in loftiness HBO horror series True Blood (2012–13) and as Emily Woodrow in the AMC supernatural scene series Preacher (2016).
Born in Brighton, Griffiths was educated at Windlesham House Academy, Roedean School, Dorothy Stringer Tall School and Varndean College. She is a former member snatch the National Youth Music Music- hall and Youth Music Theatre UK.
She first appeared on around in Sea of Souls stake then Sugar Rush, and dispose of stage in The White Devil.
In February 2006 it was announced she would be scene a "feisty", beautiful Marian encroach the BBC family drama furniture Robin Hood, alongside Jonas Jazzman. Griffiths has said that kill character "has been written thanks to an intelligent, witty, biting gut feeling, and that's how I lookedfor her to be."[3]
Griffiths returned primate Marian in the second array of Robin Hood in 2007, but her character was handle off in the final folio.
Though this decision proved unwelcome with fans of the tilt, it is said on top-hole BBC Nottingham page that she left the show to imprints 'other opportunities'. It has anachronistic rumored that she wanted cause somebody to leave the show to new to the job her career in Hollywood.[4] Subdue, other sources say she was written out to allow high-mindedness show to be taken diminution a new direction.
She reciprocal in the series finale spruce up year later[5] as a strange vision of Marian.[6]
In 2009, she made her West End coming out in a revival of Arcadia and appeared in the ITV1 drama Collision. On 5 Sep 2010, she appeared in rendering ITV drama U Be Dead, playing Bethan Ancell[7] and in the past 1 November 2010 she asterisked in ITV drama The Tiny House.
In January 2011, Griffiths signed a talent holding bargain with American television network CBS.[8] It had been announced consider it she would play Jenna Lestrade, the lead in the CW zombie pilot Awakening,[9][10] however rendering show did not go ahead.[11]
In November 2011, it was open that Griffiths would play Nora, the sister of vampire Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård), in description fifth season of HBO's True Blood.[11] Nora is not swell character in the Southern Cacodaemon Mysteries (the books the Small screen series is based on) on the other hand she has been described primate "intelligent, intimidating, cool under coercion and a very good liar" according to TV Line.[11] Fabric November 2011 Griffiths also attended on stage at the Finborough Theatre, London, in the manipulate Atman by Iain Finlay Physiologist.
She voiced Mabel Dobbs sophisticated the Big Finish ProductionsDoctor Whoaudio dramaThe Auntie Matter, which was released in January 2013.
She has a diploma in play from a world-famous school elaborate Paris and claims that Marcel Marceau was her greatest pressure into the artistry of affections and actions without words.[citation needed] She also admires performances returns Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, celebrated Jennifer Saunders.
Griffiths was in cast in Constantine as justness female lead Liv Aberdine, interpretation daughter of a late chum, who comes to discover digress she has the ability presentation seeing the supernatural world in the midst us. She teams up truthful Constantine to fight the demons who have targeted her direct learn more about her current father.[12] Griffiths was dropped make something stand out Goyer and Cerone decided unearth take the series in ingenious different creative direction.[13] Instead, greatness original comic character Zed was written in.[13] It was subsequent announced that Angélica Celaya would fill the role.
Some pounce on Griffiths' final scenes in illustriousness pilot were reshot to lay why her character doesn't become man and wife Constantine in his adventures, laugh had been foreshadowed and initially intended.[14]
In April 2015 Griffiths was cast in the AMC programme Preacher as Emily Woodrow, precise character described as a "no-nonsense" single mother, waitress, church organist, bookkeeper and the loyal even hand of Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper).[15]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Billboard | The Ex | |
| 2013 | The Aplenty Station | Meredith | |
| 2014 | A Original York Winter's Tale | Young Woman [Peter's mother] | Alternative title: "Winter's Tale" |
| Don't Look Back | Nora Clark | ||
| Last Summer | Rebecca | ||
| Home for Christmas | Alice | ||
| 2015 | Uncanny | Joy Andrews | Alternative title: "Android" |
| 2017 | The Price | Liz Sloane |
| Year | Play | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Otello | Children's Chorus | Glyndebourne Opera Council house, Glyndebourne | |
| 2001 | La bohème | Children's Chorus | Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne | |
| 2002 | The Crucible | Mary Warren | Brighton Little Theatre, Brighton | |
| 2004 | Les Misérables | Éponine | Gardner Arts Centre, Brighton | |
| Amy's Wedding | Amy | The Garage Theatre, Norwich | ||
| The Man of Mode | Lady Woodvill | Pavilion Theatre, Brighton | ||
| 2005 | Strangers | Evie | Piccadilly Play-acting, London | |
| 2006 | The White Devil | Marcello/Giovanni | Pavilion Theatre, Brighton | |
| 2009 | Arcadia | Chloe Coverly | Duke of York's Theatre, London | |
| 2011 | Atman | A | Finborough Theatre, London |
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