Lucy Briers

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yearsactive = 1992-present
spouse = Simon Cox
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parents = Ann Davies and Richard Briers
residence = London, England, UK
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notable role = Mary Bennet in "Pride & Prejudice"
TV Reporter in "Children of Men"
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Lucy Briers (born August 19, 1967) is an English actress. She has received critical praise for her many film, television, and stage roles, including the premiere of "Best Friends & Butterflies". [Smith, Jenny [http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feature.php/9043 Back on song - The New Musical Theatre Festival] , "The Stage" (10 August 2005)]

Personal life

Briers is the daughter of actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. From the age of nine, she knew that she wanted to be an actress.

Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London, from 1978 to 1985; Lancaster University, stuyding theatre and sculpture; and then a three year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.

Career

Briers is best known for playing Mary Bennet in "Pride & Prejudice". Coincidentally, she appeared in an episode of "Game On" with "Pride and Prejudice" cast member Crispin Bonham-Carter, with Victoria Hamilton ("Pride's" Mrs Forster) in a stage production of "As You Like It", and with Tom Hollander (Mr Collins in the 2005 version) in a stage production of "Don Juan".

On TV, Briers narrated the documentary "The Riddle Of Pompeii", the series "Nurses", and currently narrates the series "Ladette to Lady".

In 2007 she appeared in "Some Kind of Bliss", a new one-woman play by Samuel Adamson at the Trafalgar Studios, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season.

In 2008 she appears in the forthcoming BBC drama "Einstein and Eddington" and a West End revival of Chekhov's "Ivanov".

elect Credits

*"Some Kind of Bliss" (2008, stage) as Rachel
*"Sexual Perversity in Chicago" (2008, stage) as Joan
*"Some Kind of Bliss" (2007, stage) as Rachel
*"Doctors"
**"Flying Solo" as Emma Fleet (2007)
*"Rough Crossings" (2007, TV) as Mrs Staniland
*"Ship of Fools" (2007, stage) as various characters
*"Silent Witness"
**"Peripheral Vision" as Darlow (2007)
*"Great News" as Marion (2007)
*"Bonkers"
**Episode #1.3 as Polly Cope (2007)
*"Catch" (2006, stage) as Andrea/ Carol
*"Children of Men" as TV Reporter (2006, feature film)
*"The Voysey Inheritance" (2006, stage) as Honor
*"The Shadow Box" (2005, stage) as Beverley
*"Broken News"
**"Crime" and "Bolivian Crisis" as Sam Henman, Bullet Points Presenter (2005)
*The Last Waltz Season
**"Rose Bernd" (2005, stage) as Frau Grolsch
**"Musik" (2005, stage) as Else
*"The Sold Gold Cadillac" (2004, stage) as Amelia
*"Bodies"
**Episode #1.6 as Nicola Quinn (2004)
*"Poirot"
**"The Hollow" as Beryl Collins (2004)
*"Cloud Nine" (2004, stage) as Edward/ Betty
*"Electra" (2003, stage) as Electra
*"Perks" as Sarah Tidewell (2003)
*"Teeth 'n' Smiles" (2002, stage) as Laura
*"Prince William" as Tiggy Legge-Bourke (2002)
*"Helen West"
**"Shadow Play" as Gemma Harding (2002)
*"The Bill"
**"Long Shadows: Part 1" as Helen Thompkins (2001)
*"Don Juan" (2001, stage) as Charlotte
*"Spike" (2001, stage) as Verity
*"Beast"
**"Frightening Shorts" as Briony's Friend (2000)
*"Keepers" (2000, stage) as Maggie
*"The Winter's Tale" (2000, stage) as Paulina/ Dorcas
*"As You Like It" (2000, stage) as Phebe
*"All That Trouble We Had" (1999, stage) as Margo
*"Wives and Daughters" as Lady Alice (1999)
*"Dangerfield"
**"The Lost Boy" as Adele Griffiths (1998)
*"Imogen's Face" as Janet (1998)
*"Unfinished Business"
**Episode #1.3 as Policewoman (1998)
*"Game-On"
**Episode #3.4 as Lulu (1998)
*"Emma" (1998, stage) as Jane Fairfax
*"Othello" (1998, stage) as Desdemona
*"Henry IV Parts I&II" (1996, stage) as Lady Percy/Doll Tearsheet
*"The Entertainer" (1996, stage) as Jean
*"Pride and Prejudice" as Mary Bennet
*"The 10 Percenters"
**"Feud" as Sarah (1994)
*"The Brittas Empire"
**"Two Little Boys" as Wendy (1993)
*"Mystery!"
**"Unnatural Causes" as Liz Marley (1993)
*"The Tempest" (1993, stage) as Miranda
*"Syme" (1993, stage)
*"The Venetian Twins" (1993, stage) as Rosura
*"The Blackheath Poisonings" as Maid (1992)
*"Fooling About" (1992, stage) as Miranda/ Princess
*"Boon"
**"MacGuffin's Transputer" as Maggie, Temp Secretary (1992)
*"Screaming" as Jennifer (1992)
*"Red Dwarf"
**"Holoship" as Harrison (1992)
*"A Masculine Ending" as Student (1992)

External links

*imdb|id=0108939
*Lucy Briers' [http://pandp2.home.comcast.net/pandp2cast/briers.html biography]
*Lucy Briers at her agent's [http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/page.asp?partid=77 website]

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