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Siobhan Redmond

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Siobhan Redmond
MBE
Born (1959-07-27) 27 July 1959 (age 65)
Glasgow, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present

Siobhan Redmond MBE (/ʃəˈvɔːn/ shə-VAWN; born 27 July 1959) is a Scottish actress, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and known for various stage, audio and television roles such as Anne Marie in Two Doors Down.

Early life

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Siobhan Redmond was born on 27 July 1959[1] in the Tollcross area of Glasgow, the second-eldest of three children to Charlotte Redmond, a drama teacher, and John Redmond, a university lecturer.[2] She attended the Sunshine School of Dance and Park School for Girls in Glasgow's West End.[3]

Redmond studied at the University of St Andrews, where she earned a Master of Arts in English.[4] At university, she has said to have been 'discovered' by playwright Liz Lochhead while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi.[5] Redmond also completed a course in massage and undertook a postgraduate year at the Bristol Old Vic.[6]

Career

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She began appearing on television in the early 1980s, firstly in the sketch show There's Nothing to Worry About! in 1982. She featured in two series of Alfresco in 1983 and 1984, but her first major television success was as George Bulman's assistant Lucy McGinty in Bulman (1985–1987). She played, among other roles, Maureen Connell in Between the Lines (1992–1994); Shona Spurtle in The High Life (1994–1995); Madame Sin in In the Red BBC TV adaptation of the novel (1998); Janice Taylor in Holby City (2000–2002), Sharon in The Smoking Room (2004–2005); Maeve Brown in EastEnders; clinical psychiatrist Pru Plunkett in Midsomer Murders; and Ailsa in Shoebox Zoo. She also appeared on radio including in the 2002 BBC Radio 4 series The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and as Jean Brash in BBC Radio 4's McLevy series.

Redmond is also a stage actress. In 2003, she starred in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with whom she appeared as Maria in Twelfth Night in 2007. She played Titania/Hippolyta for Shakespeare's Globe in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in its summer 2008 season.

In 2004, Redmond starred in the BBC TV series Sea of Souls as twin sisters Carol and Helen. Redmond appeared in the "Gingers for Justice" sketch on The Catherine Tate Show in 2005, and then again in 2006. In 2007, she joined The Bill as Crime Scene Examiner Lorna Hart, and in 2010, played one of the leads in David Greig's play Dunsinane, reprising her role for the BBC Radio 3 adaptation on 30 January 2011.[7]

On 26 June 2014, it was announced that Redmond would play a new incarnation of the Rani, a villainous character in the long-running series Doctor Who, originally portrayed on television by Kate O'Mara, who had died earlier that year. Redmond's version of the Rani is featured in BBC-licensed audio dramas by Big Finish Productions including The Rani Elite (2014)[8] and Planet of the Rani (2015).[9]

In November 2014, Redmond joined Alun Armstrong and William Gaunt in a production of Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King at the Ustinov Studio in Bath.[10]

In 2018, Redmond appeared in three episodes in Series 3 of Unforgotten as Derran Finch, and in 2019, she appeared in the Acorn TV series Queens of Mystery as Jane Stone.[11]

In January 2020, Redmond played the role of the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge in the ITV series Grantchester.[12]

In 2021, Redmond starred in the BBC Scotland comedy pilot Beep alongside Lois Chimimba and Paul Higgins. She played Liz, a woman visiting her comatose husband on their anniversary, the programme exploring their dysfunctional family's dynamics.[13]

In November 2022, Redmond joined the cast of Two Doors Down [14] as Colin's new partner Anne Marie.[15]

She appeared as Grey in the 2023 BBC comedy Rain Dogs.[16]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Half Moon Street Institute Secretary
Duet for One Totter's wife
1994 Captives Sue
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Midwife
1995 Latin for a Dark Room Maria McKillop Short film
1997 Karmic Mothers - Fact or Fiction? Jeanie Short film
1999 Beautiful People Kate Higgins
2013 Mission Carolyn Black Short film
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass Bumalig Hightopp
2018 The Party's Just Beginning Liusaidh's Mum
2:Hrs Lena Eidelhorn
2019 Dark Sense Amelia Watkins
2020 Ghost Light Woman in the Wings Short film
Fare Well (voice) Short film
2021 Creation Stories Barbara McGee
2025 One Night in the Bath Kim Post-production
TBA Hogmany Heather Short film. Post-production

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 There's Nothing to Worry About! Various characters Episodes 1–3
1983–1984 Alfresco Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes
1984 End of the Line Gail Episode 4: "Sweet Nothings"
1985–1987 Bulman Lucy McGinty Series 1 & 2; 20 episodes
1986 Taggart Judy Morris Series 2; episodes 1 & 2: "Knife Edge: Parts One & Two"
1988 Turn on to T-Bag Scoop Shuttleworth Episode 5: "Pyramids"
The Play on One Clare Lafferty Series 1; episode 4: "The Dunroamin' Rising"
Casting Off Gillian Comedy series
1989 Hard Cases Liz Norton Series 2; episode 1
Look Back in Anger Helena Charles Television film
1990 The Gravy Train British Wife Mini-series; episode 1
1991 4 Play Janet Cording Series 2; episode 5: "Ball on the Slates"
Casualty Betty Jones Series 6; episode 12: "Pressure! What Pressure?"
1992 The Bill Sylvia Hannah Series 8; episode 34: "Trial and Error"
The Advocates Janie Naismith Series 2; episodes 1–3
1992–1994 Between the Lines DS Maureen Connell Series 1–3; 35 episodes
1994 Rab C. Nesbitt Presenter Series 4; episode 5: "Eorpa"
1994, 1995 The High Life Shona Spurtle Pilot (1994), and episodes 1–6 (1995)
1995 Sorry About Last Night Julie Cordova Television film
Screen Two Joyce Series 12; episode 4: "Nervous Energy"
1996 A Relative Stranger Alison Fraiman Television film
1997 Throwaways Mother Mini-series
Wokenwell Cheryl Cappler Episode 1
Screen One Jean Brodie Special episode 6: "Deacon Brodie"
1998 In the Red Ms. Sin Mini-series; episodes 1–3
1999 Every Woman Knows a Secret Jess Episodes 1–3
2000–2002 Holby City Janice Taylor Series 3 & 4; 49 episodes
2002 Ed Stone Is Dead Angela Episode 10: "City of Angels"
2004 Sea of Souls Carol Fleming / Helen Reid Series 1; episodes 1 & 2: "Seeing Double: Parts 1 & 2"
Shoebox Zoo Alisa the Adder (voice) Series 1; episodes 1–13
2004–2005 The Smoking Room Sharon Series 1 & 2; 13 episodes
2005 The Afternoon Play Donna Cline Series 3; episode 2: "The Trouble with George
The Catherine Tate Show Ginger Refuge Lady Series 2; episode 1: "Ginger Bigotry"
2006 Midsomer Murders Pru Plunkett Series 9; episode 8: "Last Year's Model"
New Tricks Christine Gascoine Series 3; episode 1: "Lady's Pleasure"
EastEnders Maeve Brown 3 episodes
2007 The Lift Christabel Television film
The Bill CSE Lorna Hart Series 23; 13 episodes
2007–2015 Nina and the Neurons Ollie the Smell Neuron (voice) Series 1, 3 & 7–11; 55 episodes
2009 Boy Meets Girl Psychiatrist Mini-series; episode 3
Theatre Live! Mary Episode 1: "Mind Away"
2010 Taggart Chief Supt. Karen Campbell Series 27; episodes 1–4 & 6
2012 Benidorm Hazel Series 5; episode 5
The Town Kate Nicholas Mini-series; episode 1
2013 Bob Servant Independent Dr. Walker Mini-series; episode 5: "The Debate"
Doctors Carrie Garland Series 14; episode 219: "Tea for Three"
Case Histories Mary Mackie Series 2; episode 2: "Nobody's Darling"
2015 Code of a Killer Joy Blakefield Mini-series; episode 2
2017 The Replacement Beth Mini-series; episodes 1–3
Clique University Dean Series 1; episode 6
2018 Lovesick Janie Witter Series 3; episode 5: "Martha"
Unforgotten Derran Finch Series 3; episodes 4–6
2019–2021 Queens of Mystery Jane Stone Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes
2020 Grantchester Andrea Shaw Series 5; episode 1
The Nest Sheriff Mini-series; episode 5
2021 Beep Liz Television film
Midsomer Murders Ronnie Everett Series 22; episode 1: "The Wolf Hunter of Little Worthy"
2022 Inside No. 9 Matilda Series 7; episode 3: "Nine Lives Kat"
The Scotts Cynthia Series 2; episode 4
Two Doors Down Anne-Marie Series 6; 4 episodes
2023 Rain Dogs Grey Episodes 7 & 8: "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" and "This Is Not an Exit"
Sister Boniface Mysteries Miss Fitz D'Arcy Series 3; episode 1: "The Star of the Orient"
2025 Death in Paradise Francesca Bower Series 14; episode 4

Theatre

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Year Title Role Company Director Notes
1990 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania Renaissance Theatre Company Kenneth Brannagh play by William Shakespeare
King Lear Goneril Renaissance Theatre Company Kenneth Brannagh play by William Shakespeare[17]
2011 Dunsinane Gruach National Theatre of Scotland / Royal Shakespeare Company Roxana Silbert play by David Greig
2014 Exit the King Marguerite Ustinov Studio, Bath Laurence Boswell play by Eugène Ionesco

Honours

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Redmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by her alma mater, the University of St Andrews, in 2000.[18] She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "20 Questions With...Siobhan Redmond - Interviews - 28 Feb 2005". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ McIver, Brian (16 May 2013). "Actress Siobhan Redmond: I grew up watching my mum's cancer battle and she's never far from my mind". Daily Record. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. ^ Griffin, Cheryl (13 January 2010). "Siobhan Redmond". www.holby.tv. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ Davies, Gill. "St Andrews University alumni remember their student days". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Liz Lochhead to be awarded honorary degree". University of St Andrews news. St Andrews University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  6. ^ "20 Questions With...Siobhan Redmond". What's on Stage. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ Profile, bbc.co.uk; accessed 22 August 2014.
  8. ^ "The New Rani". Big Finish Productions. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  9. ^ "205. Planet of the Rani". Big Finish Productions. October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Exit The King". Theatre Royal, Bath. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  11. ^ TV, Acorn (6 September 2018). "CASTING NEWS: QUEENS OF MYSTERY casts Julie Graham, Siobhan Redmond, Sarah Woodward and Olivia Vinall in the leads as the eponymous Queens". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Grantchester Episode #5.1". IMDB. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  13. ^ Scotland, Screen (22 March 2021). "Brand new comedy pilot Beep set for BBC Two and BBC Scotland". Screen Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  14. ^ Smith, Paul T.; Meehan, Abbie (28 October 2022). "Two Doors Down return date confirmed as major star departs hit BBC show". Glasgow Live. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Two Doors Down: What's the secret of the sitcom where nothing happens?". BBC News. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Rain Dogs". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  17. ^ Cast apart, interview with Siobhan Redmond and Richard Briers by Mark Fisher, The List, Issue 126, 27 July - 9 August 1990, p. 45
  18. ^ "Honorary degrees 2000". University of St Andrews news. St Andrews University. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  19. ^ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 21.
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