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| birth_place = Epsom, Surrey, England| alma_mater = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art| years_active = 1980–present| occupation = Actress| spouse = {{unbulleted listRalph Fiennes1997|reason=divorced}}Florian Haertel2013|reason=divorced}}Jonathan Stamp|2015}}}}| children = 1| relatives = Walter Renneisen (maternal uncle)}}Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963)WEB,weblink Happy Birthday, Alex Kingston: A River Song Top 10, 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).

Early life

Kingston was born and brought up in Epsom, Surrey, to Anthony Kingston, an English butcher and his German wife, Margarethe (née Renneisen).NEWS, Lee, Veronica, 'I wouldn't say I was strong...', The Daily Telegraph, 9 March 2006,weblinkweblink 12 January 2022, subscription, live, 14 January 2012, London, {{cbignore}}EPISODE,weblink Alex Kingston: Who Do You Think You Are?, 19 September 2012, Who Do You Think You Are?, 29:53, BBC One, 4 July 2013, Kingston's paternal great-great-grandmother was Jewish, an ancestry Kingston explored on the series Who Do You Think You Are?NEWS, Dysch, Marcus, 20 September 2012, Alex Kingston discovers her Jewish Background, Jewish Chronicle,weblink 25 May 2023, WEB, Jon, Bauckham,weblink Alex Kingston, Who Do You Think You Are Magazine, 18 September 2012, 27 July 2014, Kingston's uncle, her mother's younger brother, is actor Walter Renneisen.WEB,weblink (article in German), de, Echo-online.de, 10 April 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081201051112weblink">weblink 1 December 2008, Her younger sisters are Susie, who is mentally and physically disabled as a result of being deprived of oxygen at birth, and Nicola, a former actress who appeared in the 1996 British TV production of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, in which Kingston starred.Kingston was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at Rosebery School for Girls. Kingston auditioned and performed in the Surrey County Youth Theatre production of Tom Jones as Mrs Fitzpatrick, alongside Sean Pertwee as Captain Fitzpatrick and Thwackum played by Tom Davison. She later completed a three-year programme at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and went on to join the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Career

1980–2007: Early career and breakthrough with ER

In 1980, Kingston made her television debut in three episodes of the children's drama series Grange Hill, while also appearing as an uncredited extra in the film The Wildcats of St Trinian's.WEB, Alex Kingston {{!, A Brief History Of Time (Travel) |url=http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/bio/alex-kingston.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.shannonsullivan.com}} From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, she performed on stage in twenty different theatrical productions, working extensively with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.WEB, Search {{!, RSC Performances {{!}} Shakespeare Birthplace Trust |url=https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/rsc-performances/search/rsc_person:kingston-alex-28586 |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=collections.shakespeare.org.uk}} Her classic Shakespearean roles included Calpurnia in Julius Caesar (1987), Cordelia in King Lear (1990), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (1990–1991), Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1992) and Desdemona in Othello (1993).WEB, Alex Kingston {{!, Theatricalia |url=https://theatricalia.com/person/6td/alex-kingston |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=theatricalia.com}}Around the same time, she could be seen playing small parts in television shows like A Killing on the Exchange (1987), Hannay (1989), Covington Cross (1992), Soldier Soldier (1993) and Crocodile Shoes (1994), and also had various guest roles in ITV's long-running police procedural The Bill (1988–1995). In film, she appeared in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) with Helen Mirren, The Infiltrator (1995) with Oliver Platt and Carrington (1995) with Emma Thompson, where she played writer Frances Partridge.WEB, Review by Kate MacDonald,weblink 2022-09-29, www.otago.ac.nz, In April 1996, she got her first regular television role as customs officer Katherine Roberts in the ITV crime drama The Knock, appearing in all thirteen episodes of the second series. In December, she played the lead role opposite Daniel Craig in The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, an ITV adaptation of Daniel Defoe's novel Moll Flanders. She received a nomination for Best Actress for her performance at the following year's British Academy Television Awards.WEB, Television in 1997 {{!, BAFTA Awards |url=https://awards.bafta.org/award/1997/television |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=awards.bafta.org}}File:Alex Kingston (7702442302).jpg|thumb|Kingston at the 2012 Florida SuperconFlorida SuperconIn September 1997, Kingston gained North American television fame after being cast as a main character in the long-running medical drama ER. She made her first appearance as British surgeon Elizabeth Corday in the premiere of the fourth season, the Emmy Award-winning live episode "Ambush". Having appeared in the show for just over seven seasons, she left it in October 2004, in the eleventh-season episode "Fear", after her contract was not renewed. Being 41 at the time, she criticised the move as ageism, stating that "apparently, I, according to the producers and the writers, am part of the old fogies who are no longer interesting."NEWS,weblink ER Can Dr. Corday, Bridget Byrne, E News, 2004-06-07, 2018-01-06, Despite that, she said that she was "very proud of the work [she had] done over the past eight years" and "grateful for the professional associations and friendships [she had] made through ER".The ER role helped propel Kingston's career to new heights, which led to a number of big-screen appearances in films like the Clive Owen neo-noir drama Croupier (1998)NEWS, Maher, Kevin, Croupier (1998) review — Clive Owen's modern noir holds all the cards, The Times, en,weblink 2022-09-29, 0140-0460, WEB, BBC - Films - review - Croupier,weblink 2022-09-29, www.bbc.co.uk, and independent period drama Sweet Land (2005), as well as the crime dramas Essex Boys (2000) and Alpha Dog (2006). In 2003, she battled Romans as the warrior queen of Britain in ITV's biopic Boudica, which was also released in the USA on PBS under the title Warrior Queen and marked the screen debut of Emily Blunt.WEB, Oh, Sheryl, 2021-06-15, An Exploration of The Splendid Allure of Emily Blunt,weblink 2022-09-29, Film School Rejects, en-US, In November 2005, Kingston guest starred as a vacationer whose husband gets kidnapped by a Mexican street gang in an episode of the CBS crime drama Without a Trace, titled "Viuda Negra" and directed by her former ER co-star Paul McCrane. The following year, she returned to the stage after ten years in the West End production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring as Nurse Ratched opposite Christian Slater as Randle McMurphy.WEB,weblink "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" returns with Christian Slater at Garrick from 21 March 2006, 15 February 2006, 3 January 2013, 30 December 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131230233050weblink">weblink dead, She then revealed that she auditioned for the role of Lynette Scavo on ABC's Desperate Housewives but was turned away for being too curvy.NEWS,weblink Alex Kingston slams skinniness of the Desperate Housewives, 23 May 2006, Fametastic, Heather, 2009-09-27,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100127083139weblink">weblink 27 January 2010, dead,

2008–2015: Doctor Who and further television and stage work

In 2008, Kingston guest starred as Professor River Song in the fourth series of the BBC's long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, in the two-part story "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead", starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. She thought it was simply a one-off guest role but was delighted to find out that she would be a returning character after the story's writer, Steven Moffat, succeeded Russell T Davies as the Doctor Who showrunner.WEB,weblink Doctor Who: Alex Kingston interviewed, Andrew, Duncan, 27 August 2011, Radio Times, 29 August 2011, 9 October 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111009094331weblink">weblink dead, She reprised the role in thirteen episodes between 2010 and 2015, appearing on screen opposite two more incarnations of the Doctor played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. Kingston has also portrayed the role in a number of audio dramas from Big Finish Productions, including her solo series The Diary of River Song (2015–2023).WEB,weblink The Diary of River Song, Big Finish, 11 December 2018, File:Catherine Tate, Alex Kingston and Karen Gillan at GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019.jpg|left|thumb|Kingston with her Doctor Who co-stars Catherine Tate and Karen Gillan at the 2019 GalaxyCon Minneapolis ]]In September 2008, Kingston took the part of Mrs. Bennet in ITV's acclaimed four-part drama Lost in Austen, based on Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. In October, she appeared in the episode "" of the police procedural drama as psychiatrist and grief counsellor Patricia Alwick, who helped the team cope with the recent death of one of their members.In both 2009 and 2010, Kingston had recurring roles as MI6 agent Fiona Banks in the ABC science fiction drama FlashForward and defence attorney Miranda Pond in the NBC legal drama (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), in which she reunited with her former ER castmates, Mariska Hargitay and Maria Bello. In spring 2009, Kingston returned to ER itself during its fifteenth and final season for two episodes, "Dream Runner" and the two-hour series finale, "And in the End...".WEB, 2009-04-03, With the 'ER' finale, it's all about endings,weblink 2022-09-29, Los Angeles Times, en-US, In June, she starred as the lead character Ellie Lagden, one of four former convicts, in the BBC One eight-part drama series Hope Springs.File:Alex Kingston (27473695521).jpg|thumb|Kingston at the 2016 Phoenix Comicon ]]In the early 2010s, Kingston played a housewife in the five-part supernatural drama Marchlands (2011), an archaeologist in the second series of the revived Upstairs Downstairs (2012)WEB, BBC One - Upstairs Downstairs - Dr Blanche Mottershead,weblink 2022-09-29, BBC, en-GB, and an analyst working for a missing persons unit in the four-part crime drama Chasing Shadows (2014).WEB, 29 September 2014, Chasing Shadows on DVD - A Chat With Alex Kingston,weblink The Huffington Post UK, In the US, she appeared in the romantic film Like Crazy (2011) and the Grey's Anatomy spin-off series Private Practice (2011), in the guest role of a psychiatrist writing book reviews.WEB,weblink Private Practice Exclusive: Shrink Role Fits ER Alum Alex Kingston, 4 February 2011, Matt Webb, Mitovich, TVLine.com, 21 May 2013, She also starred in the first season of The CW's superhero drama series Arrow (2013) as Professor Dinah Lance, the mother of Laurel and Sara Lance,MAGAZINE,weblink 'Arrow' scoop: 'ER' actress is Laurel's mom, 22 January 2013, James, Hibberd, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2013, and later reprised the role in a few episodes over the next three seasons.WEB, Canary Cry - Arrow,weblink 2022-09-29, www.cbsnews.com, 25 April 2016, en-US, WEB, Trumbore, Dave, 2016-04-28, Arrow Recap: Canary Cry Is a Canary in the Coal Mine,weblink 2022-09-29, Collider, en-US, On stage, she participated in the Donmar Warehouse production of Friedrich Schiller's play Luise Miller (2011), directed by Michael Grandage.In July 2013, she played Lady Macbeth opposite Kenneth Branagh in the Manchester International Festival's production of Macbeth, which was broadcast live in cinemas worldwide as part of the National Theatre Live programme.WEB,weblink Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston "MACBETH", Manchester International Festival, 2014, 27 July 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150921193954weblink">weblink 21 September 2015, dead, Following a nomination for Best Actress at the Manchester Theatre Awards,WEB, 2014-01-14, The 2013 Manchester Theatre Awards nominations,weblink 2022-09-29, There Ought To Be Clowns, en-US, she reprised her role with Branagh at the Park Avenue Armory in June 2014, making her New York stage debut.NEWS,weblink The New York Times, Daniel, Mcdermon, Branagh's 'Macbeth' Coming to New York's Park Avenue Armory in 2014, 20 August 2013, Earlier in April, Branagh and Kingston took other classic Shakespearean lead roles in the two-and-a-half-hour adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as part of its celebration of the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.WEB, BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Antony and Cleopatra,weblink 2022-09-29, BBC, en-GB,

2016–present: Recent work

During the late 2010s, she took a prominent role as Sarah Bishop in Sky's fantasy drama A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022), while also appearing in shows like (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life) (2016),WEB, Who Is Naomi In The 'Gilmore Girls' Revival? Alex Kingston's Character Brings Some Drama For Rory,weblink 2022-09-29, Bustle, 25 November 2016, en, Shoot the Messenger (2016)WEB, Nealon, Sarah, 2016-11-16, Doctor Who star Alex Kingston in new thriller Shoot The Messenger,weblink 2022-09-29, Stuff, en, and The Widow (2019). In 2021, she wrote a River Song novel called Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse for BBC Books,WEB,weblink Alex Kingston pens new Doctor Who novel, Radio Times, 13 February 2021, and reprised the role for pre-recorded elements of the interactive theatrical experience Time Fracture.WEB, Alex Kingston confirmed to reprise River Song role for Doctor Who: Time Fracture,weblink 2022-09-29, Radio Times, en, WEB, 2021-06-15, Doctor Who star returning as River Song for Time Fracture event,weblink 2022-09-29, Digital Spy, en-GB, The following year, she starred as British Prime Minister candidate Audrey Gratz in the Netflix spy miniseries Treason and as the villainous Lucifer in the Oliver Twist-inspired children's television series Dodger, also starring the Ninth Doctor actor, Christopher Eccleston.WEB, Dodger,weblink 2022-09-29, www.bbc.com, en, WEB, 2022-01-19, 'Dodger' starring Christopher Eccleston comes to CBBC in February,weblink 2022-09-29, CultBox, en-US, WEB, TVZone, 2022-09-01, DODGER RETURNS TO CBBC FOR NEW ADVENTURES,weblink 2022-09-29, TVZoneUK, en, In January 2023, she returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company for the first time since the early nineties in the role of Prospero in The Tempest.WEB, New RSC season to include The Tempest starring Alex Kingston {{!, WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/rsc-2023-season-summer_57468.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=www.whatsonstage.com |date=27 September 2022 |language=en-GB}}

Personal life

Kingston met English actor Ralph Fiennes while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. They were together for ten years before marrying in 1993. In 1995, Fiennes began an affair with his Hamlet co-star Francesca Annis and left Kingston the following year; they were divorced in 1997.NEWS, Sheldon, Michael, 'I'm not afraid to take risks', The Daily Telegraph, 14 August 2003,weblinkweblink 12 January 2022, subscription, live, 30 December 2011, London, {{cbignore}} In a 2006 interview, she admitted to considering and nearly attempting suicide after her separation from Fiennes.WEB, Walls, Jeannette, 31 May 2006, Dissing the desperately skinny 'Housewives',weblink 10 April 2010, Today.com, At the end of 1998, Kingston married Florian Haertel, a German writer and freelance journalist, having met him the previous year on a blind date arranged by friends;NEWS, Hilary, Freeman,weblink At my age, if we want to have another child, this is the time to do it, The Guardian, 22 June 2004, 10 April 2010, London, they had a daughter, Salome Violetta Haertel, born 28 March 2001.NEWS, Salome Violetta Haertel, 5 June 2001, Variety (magazine), Variety,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20120627113220weblink">weblink dead, 27 June 2012, 4 June 2012, Kingston and Haertel separated in 2009.WEB, Nick, Curtis, Doctor Who is the closest thing to theatre on TV, 1 June 2011, thisislondon, Evening Standard,weblink 14 January 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110818172841weblink">weblink 18 August 2011, On 30 October 2009, Haertel sued Kingston for dissolution of the marriage, and the divorce was finalised in 2013.WEB,weblink FLORIAN HAERTEL VS ALEXANDRA KINGSTON, UniCourt, 20 December 2018, 20 December 2018,weblink 19 December 2018, Kingston appeared on the BBC genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? in September 2012, investigating the lives of her great-grandfather Will Keevil and her four-times great-grandmother, Elizabeth Braham.EPISODE, Alex Kingston,weblink 5 July 2020, Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC, BBC One, 19 September 2012, 9, 6, 59, en, MAGAZINE, Alex Kingston: The ER and Doctor Who star discovers a forebear who made a small fortune from houses of ill repute, Who Do You Think You Are?,weblink 5 July 2020, In 2015, Kingston married Jonathan Stamp, a television producer, in an Italian ceremony.WEB,weblink Doctor Who star Alex Kingston marries TV producer Jonathan Stamp in romantic Italian ceremony, Mirror.co.uk, 19 July 2015, 16 April 2020, Kingston has lived in the United States,INTERVIEW, Alex Kingston, Craig Ferguson, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, CBS, Los Angeles, 6 January 2011, and moved back to the UK in 2019.WEB,weblink Alex Kingston: 'I don't want to play King Lear – let's create new heavy hitting roles for women', The Stage, 16 September 2019, 16 April 2020,

Filmography

Film{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1980| The Wildcats of St. Trinian's| Schoolgirl| Uncredited| 1989| The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover| Adele|| 1994| A Pin for the Butterfly| Mrs. Solomon|| 1995Carrington (film)>Carrington| Frances Partridge|| 1996| Saint-Ex| Chic Party Guest|| 1998Croupier (film)>Croupier| Jani de Villiers|| 1999| This Space Between Us| Peternelle|| 2000| Essex Boys| Lisa Locke|| 2005| Sweet Land| Brownie||2005The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)>The Poseidon Adventure|Suzanne Harrison|| 2006| Alpha Dog| Tiffany Hartunian|| 2007Crashing (film)>Crashing| Diane Freed|| 2009| Sordid Things| Eve Manchester|2011Like Crazy (2011 film)>Like Crazy| Jackie|| Ghost Phone: Phone Calls from the Dead| Sheila| |2013Charles Bukowski#In film>Bukowski| Katharina Bukowski| Unreleased| 2016 | Happily Ever After| Ria| | 2018| Deadpan| Tamara| Short film">

Television{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! class="unsortable" | Notes| 1980| Grange Hill| Jill Harcourt| 3 episodes| 1986| Henry's Leg| Noreen| Miniseries| 1987| A Killing on the Exchange| Ellen| Miniseries| 1988–1995| The Bill| Dr. Howard / Lisa / Maggie Fisher| 4 episodes 1989Hannay (TV series)>Hannay| Kirsten LarssenHannay (TV series)#Series Two>The Terrors of the Earth"| The Play on One| Daniella| Episode: "These Foolish Things"| 1992| Covington Cross| HelenCovington Cross#ep4>Cedric Hits the Road" 1993Foreign Affairs (TV movie)>Foreign Affairs| Actress| TV film| Soldier Soldier| Ursula KröhlingSoldier Soldier#Series 3>Camouflage" 1994| Woman of the Wolf| Woman (voice)| TV film| Crocodile Shoes| Caroline Carrison| 5 episodes| 1995The Infiltrator (1995 film)>The Infiltrator| Anna| TV film 1996| The Knock| Katherine Roberts| 13 episodes|Last of the Czars|Alexandra (voice)|3 episodes| The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders| Moll Flanders| Miniseries| 1997| Weapons of Mass Distraction| Verity Graham| TV film| 1997–2009ER (TV series)>ERElizabeth Corday>Dr. Elizabeth Corday| 160 episodes| 2003Boudica (2003 film)>Boudica| Boudica| TV film; a.k.a. Warrior Queen 2005The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film)>The Poseidon Adventure| Suzanne Harrison| TV film| Without a Trace| Lucy CostinWithout a Trace (season 4)#ep76>Viuda Negra" 2008Freezing (TV series)>Freezing| Serena Wilson| Episode #1.3| Lost in AustenMrs. Bennet>Mrs. Bennett| Miniseries| | Patricia Alwick| 2008, 2010–2013, 2015| Doctor WhoRiver Song (Doctor Who)>River SongWEBSITE=BBCACCESS-DATE=2 SEPTEMBER 2015, 2 September 2015, | 2009Hope Springs (TV series)>Hope Springs| Ellie Lagden| 8 episodes 2009–2010| FlashForward| Fiona Banks| 3 episodes| (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)| Miranda Pond| 4 episodes| 2010Ben Hur (miniseries)>Ben Hur| Ruth| Miniseries 2011Private Practice (TV series)>Private Practice| Dr. Marla Thomkins| 2 episodesMarchlands#Marchlands>Marchlands| Helen Maynard| Miniseries 2012Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)>Upstairs DownstairsList of Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series) characters#Dr Blanche Mottershead>Dr. Blanche Mottershead| 5 episodesWho Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)>Who Do You Think You Are?| HerselfWho Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)#Series 9 (2012)>Alex Kingston"NCIS (TV series)>NCIS| Miranda PennebakerGone (NCIS)>Gone"| 2013–2016Arrow (TV series)>ArrowList of supporting Arrow characters#Dinah Lance>Dinah Lance| 7 episodes| 2014Chasing Shadows (TV series)>Chasing Shadows| Ruth HattersleyWEBSITE=ITV PRESSCENTRE, 19 July 2014, | 2015| American Odyssey| Jennifer Wachtel| 2 episodes| 2016, 2021Blue Bloods (TV series)>Blue Bloods| Commander Sloane Thompson| 2 episodes2016| (Transformers: Rescue Bots)| Quickshadow (voice)| 5 episodesShoot the Messenger (TV series)>Shoot the Messenger| Mary Foster| 8 episodes| (Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life)| Naomi Shropshire| Miniseries| Crushed| Cricket StellaHulu pilotHTTPS://DEADLINE.COM/2016/02/COLM-FEORE-ALEX-KINGSTON-JACOB-VARGAS-HULU-COMEDY-CRUSHED-1201698952/WEBSITE=DEADLINE HOLLYWOODACCESS-DATE=24 NOVEMBER 2018, | 2017| (Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero)| Vlurgen (voice)Mr. Rippen)"| 2018–2022A Discovery of Witches (TV series)>A Discovery of Witches| Sarah Bishop| 20 episodes| 2019The Widow (TV series)>The Widow| Judith Gray| 8 episodes 2022Dodger (TV series)>Dodger| Lucifer| 2 episodesTreason (TV series)>Treason| Audrey GratzWEBSITE=RADIOTIMESACCESS-DATE=26 DECEMBER 2022, ">

Radio {| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! Production! class="unsortable" | Notes|1992|Père Goriot|Delphine / Victorine|BBC Radio 4|Four-part dramatisation |1994|John Dollar|Charlotte|BBC Radio 3|Self-adapted by author Marianne Wiggins|2006Rebecca (novel)>RebeccaNarrator|BBC Radio 2|Abridged eight-part version|2007|Murder She Thought|BBC Radio 4|Story: "Dear George" by Cathy Ace|2014|Antony and Cleopatra|Cleopatra|BBC Radio 3|Two-and-a-half-hour adaptation starring Kenneth Branagh|2021Nuremberg trials>NurembergMadeleine Jacob|fr}}|BBC Radio 4|Story: "He Pointed to the Sky" by Jonathan Myerson">

Audio {| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! Production! class="unsortable" | Notes|2007Mary Stuart (Schiller play)>Mary StuartMary, Queen of Scots>Mary StuartL.A. Theatre Works|Recorded before an audience at the Skirball Cultural Center|2010|Tartuffe|ElmireWest Hollywood, California>West Hollywood|2012|(The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery)|Narrator|AudioGO||2015–2023|The Diary of River SongRiver Song (Doctor Who)>River Song|Big Finish Productions|Series 1–12|2016|Five Short Stories by Women|Narrator|L.A. Theatre Works|Story: "Once Upon a Time"|2016–2017(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures#Doom Coalition>Doom Coalition)|River Song|Big Finish Productions|5 stories|2017Seven (play)>Seven|Inez McCormack|L.A. Theatre WorksUniversity of California, Los Angeles>James Bridges Theater|2020|Peter Pan|NarratorPenguin Random House>Penguin Audio|2019List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#The Eighth of March (2019–present)>The Eighth of MarchRiver SongBig Finish Productions|Story: "Emancipation"(Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures#Series 3 (2019) 2>Ravenous)|Story: "Companion Piece"(UNIT (audio drama series)#The New Series>UNIT: The New Series)|Story: "The Power of River Song"|Transference|Sam Ross|Non-Doctor Who eight-part psychological thriller List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish#Special Releases (2001–present)>The Legacy of Time|River Song|Story: "Lies in Ruins"|The Other Queen|NarratorSimon & Schuster>Simon & Schuster Audio|2020List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish#The Lives of Captain Jack (2017–2020)>The Lives of Captain Jack|River Song|Big Finish Productions|Story: "R&J"Lovecraft Country>Arkham County|HenriettaAudible (service)>Audible|Original seven-hour drama with Stanley Tucci in the lead role(Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures#The Tenth Doctor and River Song (2020)>The Tenth Doctor and River Song)|River Song|Big Finish Productions|3 stories2021|A Narrow DoorNarratorOrion Publishing Group>Orion Books||Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse|AudioGO|Also writer(Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Adventures#Episodes (2021)>Dalek Universe)River SongBig Finish Productions|Story: "The First Son"2022List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish#Special Releases (2001–present)>Peladon|Story: "The Poison of Peladon"(Miss Marple>Marple: Twelve New Mysteries)|NarratorHarperCollins>HarperAudio|Story: "Evil in Small Places"">

Video games{| class"wikitable unsortable"

! Year! Title! Role| 2012| (Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock)River Song (Doctor Who)>River Song (voice)">

Stage work {| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Title! Role! Venue|{{N/a}}|The Idiot|Nastasya Filippovna|Contact Theatre|1986The Alchemist (play)>The Alchemist|Dol CommonBirmingham Repertory Theatre1987Julius Caesar (play)>Julius CaesarCalpurnia (wife of Caesar)>Culpurnia|Travelling Players|Mad Ophelia1988|Saved|Pam|French Without Tears|Diana Lake|Leicester Haymarket Theatre|The Tutor|Fraulien MullerThe Old Vic>Old Vic Theatre1989'Tis Pity She's a Whore>'Tis A Pity She's A Whore|HippolitaDukes Playhouse|The Country Wife|Marjorie Pinchwife1990–1991|King LearCordelia (King Lear)>CordeliaRoyal Shakespeare Company|Much Ado About NothingHero (Much Ado About Nothing)>HeroLove's Labour's Lost>Love's Labours Lost|Jaquenetta|1991|Curse of the Starving Class|Emma|1991–1992|The Bright and Bold Design|Grace Rhys1992|Bad Blood|DoloresGate Theatre (London)>Gate Theatre|A Midsummer Night's DreamTitania (A Midsummer Night's Dream)>Titania / Hippolyta|Crucible Theatre|1993|Othello|Desdemona|Birmingham Repertory Theatre|1994|Darwin's Flood|Emma Darwin|Bush Theatre|1995|Morning and Evening|Cecilie / Johanne|Hampstead Theatre|1996The Lady from the Sea>The Lady From The Sea|Ellida Wangel|Bridewell Theatre|2006One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)>One Flew Over The Cuckoos NestNurse Ratched>Nurse Rachet|Garrick Theatre|2011Intrigue and Love>Luise Miller|Lady Milford|Donmar Warehouse|2013MacbethLady Macbeth|Manchester International Festival|2014|Park Avenue Armory2019|Admissions|Sherri Rosen-Mason|Trafalgar Theatre|An Enemy of the People|Dr. Stockmann|Nottingham Playhouse|2021|Doctor Who: Time FractureRiver Song (Doctor Who)>River Song|Immersive LDN|2022|The Fall|Dr. Greta Portius|Riverside Studios|2023|The Tempest|Prospero|Royal Shakespeare Company">

Awards and nominations{| class"wikitable sortable"

! Year! Award! Category! Work! Result1997 British Academy Television Awards>1997| British Academy Television AwardsBritish Academy Television Award for Best Actress>Best Actress The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (TV series)>The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders| {{nom}}4th Screen Actors Guild Awards>1998Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (shared with the cast)ER| {{won}}5th Screen Actors Guild Awards>1999| {{won}}6th Screen Actors Guild Awards>2000| {{nom}}7th Screen Actors Guild Awards>2001| {{nom}}| 2008| Doctor Who Magazine Awards| Best Guest Actress| Doctor Who (episodes: "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead")| {{won}}TV Land Award#Recipients>2009| TV Land Awards| Icon Award| ER| {{won}}2010Airlock Alpha#Portal awards>Airlock Alpha Portal Awards|Best Special GuestDoctor Who (episode: "The Time of Angels>Time of Angels")|{{Won}}| Doctor Who Magazine Awards| Best Supporting Actress|Doctor Who| {{won}}|2011|Airlock Alpha Portal Awards|Best Special Guest|Doctor Who (episode: "Day of the Moon")|{{Nominated}} 2012SFX (magazine)>SFX Awards| Best ActressDoctor Who> Doctor Who|{{Won}}|Airlock Alpha Portal Awards|Best Special Guest|Doctor Who (episode: "Let's Kill Hitler")|{{Nominated}} 2013| Anglophenia's Fan Favorites Women's Tournament| Woman of the Year| {{N/a}}| {{won}}|Manchester Theatre Awards|Best Actress|Macbeth|{{Nominated}}42nd Saturn Awards>2016| Saturn AwardsSaturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television>Best Guest Performance in a Television Series| Doctor Who (episode: "The Husbands of River Song")| {{nom}}

Bibliography

Novels

• (Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse) (2021) {{ISBN|978-1-78594-713-1}}

References

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• {{IMDb name|5094|Alex Kingston}}

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