Georgie Glen
Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series Call The Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.
Glen is from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England.
She has featured in the BBC One drama series Call the Midwife, Waterloo Road, and Les Misérables as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she appeared in the film Les Misérables as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film Amazing Grace, John Ruskin's mother in the drama Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting to Judi Dench's characters in both Shakespeare in Love and Mrs. Brown.
Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, in Call the Midwife.
Other notable performances include a recurring role in Heartbeat as Sgt Jennifer Noakes, and one of the eponymous Calendar Girls. Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies including Little Britain and Harry Enfield and Chums, as well as a guest role in The Thick of It and one episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
She appeared in series four of Netflix drama The Crown in 2020 playing Ruth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.
She has twin daughters called Holly and Nell.
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Vorname: | Georgie |
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Geburtsdatum: | 20.04.1956 (♈ Widder) |
Geburtsort: | Helensburgh |
Alter: | 69Jahre 2Monate 18Tage |
Nationalität: | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Muttersprache: | Englisch |
Sprachen: | Englisch; |
Geschlecht: | ♀weiblich |
Berufe: | Schauspieler, Filmschauspieler, Bühnenschauspieler, |
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GND: | N/A |
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LCCN: | N/A |
NDL: | N/A |
VIAF: | 233256482 |
BnF: | N/A |
ISNI: | N/A |
LCNAF: | no2012037854 |
Filmportal: | N/A |
IMDB: | N/A |