Lisa Palfrey

Lisa Palfrey

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Men Up
Title: Men Up
Character: Teresa Rigby
Released: December 29, 2023
Type: Movie
In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994 a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world's first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra.
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Prey for the Devil
Title: Prey for the Devil
Character: Sister Euphemia
Released: October 23, 2022
Type: Movie
In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister Ann. Thrust onto the spiritual frontline with fellow student Father Dante, Sister Ann finds herself in a battle for the soul of a young girl and soon realizes the Devil has her right where he wants her.
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Title: Chloe
Character: Pam Green
Released: February 6, 2022
Type: TV
Outsider Becky obsesses over influencer Chloe – until tragedy pulls her in deeper than she ever dreamed possible.
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The Feast
Title: The Feast
Character: Mair
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
A wealthy family hosts a sumptuous dinner, only for a mysterious young server to chillingly unravel their lives with terrifying consequences they could never see coming.
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Title: The Pact
Character: Beth
Released: May 17, 2021
Type: TV
Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat have had enough of their tyrannical young boss Jack Evans, and make a drunken snap decision at a work function that has shocking repercussions.
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Make Up
Title: Make Up
Character: Shirley
Released: July 31, 2020
Type: Movie
After Ruth moves in with her boyfriend in a remote holiday park, tensions rise as she makes an unsettling discovery that lures her into a spiral of obsession.
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Title: COBRA
Character: Eleanor James
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: TV
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
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Title: Wild Bill
Character: Audrey Merrick
Released: June 12, 2019
Type: TV
U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it's Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston?
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Title: Sex Education
Character: Cynthia
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
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National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Title: National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Released: February 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly limited season in London’s West End in 2017. An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
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Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Title: Aberfan: The Green Hollow
Released: October 21, 2016
Type: Movie
A film poem to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster, written by Owen Sheers and performed by a stellar cast of Wales's best-known acting talent, including Michael Sheen, Jonathan Pryce, Sian Phillips, Eve Myles and Iwan Rheon, with some contributions from the local community.
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Under Milk Wood
Title: Under Milk Wood
Character: Mrs. Dai Bread 1
Released: June 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Two versions of Dylan Thomas' classic play "Under Milk Wood" were shot, with the same cast, one in Welsh, "Dan y Wenallt", and one in English. Directed by Kevin Allen, narrated by and starring Rhys Ifans, the films were shot largely in the Pembrokeshire village of Solfa during the summer of 2014. This surreal and erotic interpretation of Dylan Thomas' work is the first theatrical production of the brilliant, haunting radio play since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's 1972 film. Certain to astonish and excite in equal measures, this production reunites director Kevin Allen with actor Rhys Ifans over 15 years after the release of their cult classic "Twin Town". An ensemble Welsh speaking cast of familiar faces is led by Ifans as First Voice and Captain Cat, with Charlotte Church as Polly Garter.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Maureen
Released: September 12, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.
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Otherworld
Title: Otherworld
Character: Arianrhod (voice)
Released: June 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Whilst celebrating Lleu's 18th birthday, Lleu and two friends go for a boat ride, when they discover beneath the water the golden doorway to the Mabinogi (the Otherworld). They swim down and are transported back in time many centuries to the Mabinogi. There they encounter some problems with mediaeval life, and they have to deal with the conflict between fate personal choice and magic
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Title: High Hopes
Released: October 2, 2002
Type: TV
High Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys called Cwm-Pen-Ôl. It stars Margaret John as widow Elsie Hepplewhite, Robert Blythe as her son Richard Hepplewhite, Steven Meo as Hoffman and Oliver Wood as Charlie. It revolves around Elsie's son Richard and his dodgy business ventures, assisted by the two boys, who attempted to rob the Hepplewhites' house in the first episode. The pilot was shown on BBC all over the UK in 1999, with slight differences to future cast and plot. The series started in 2002. The sixth and final series, consisting of six episodes, was first shown on BBC1 Wales weekly from Tuesday 11 November 2008. But, before it aired a report in the South Wales Echo, titled 'Welsh sitcom set to be axed', confirmed that: A three part 'Best Bits' special was shown on BBC1 Wales, starting 20 September, the third episode was on Sun 4 October 2009.
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Living In Your Skin
Title: Living In Your Skin
Character: Sara
Released: November 1, 2001
Type: Movie
For the first time in thirty years a successful businessman returns to his childhood home in Pembrokeshire for his mother's funeral. He has to face the ghosts of the past and looks at his marriage in a new light. This is further complicated when he meets Sara, a young widow and friend of his mother.
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Mind Games
Title: Mind Games
Character: DC Rebecca Longton
Released: January 6, 2001
Type: Movie
A former nun turned criminal profiler is called in to investigate the horrific ritualistic murders of two middle aged women. Her unorthodox approach means that she has to deal not only with solving a murder but also winning the trust of her sceptical colleagues.
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Maybe Baby
Title: Maybe Baby
Character: Jan
Released: June 2, 2000
Type: Movie
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want more—a baby.
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Guest House Paradiso
Title: Guest House Paradiso
Character: Mrs. Nice
Released: December 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Richie and Eddie are in charge of the worst hotel in the UK, Guest House Paradiso, neighbouring a nuclear power plant. The illegal immigrant chef has fled and all the guests have gone. But when a famous Italian filmstar, Gina Carbonara, who is in hiding from a fiance she doesn't want to marry, arrives at the hotel, things get very interesting!
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Cut
Title: Cut
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A difficult night out sparks a traumatic memory for a woman whose way out is to ritualistically harm, then fix herself. Intercutting the two states of the protagonist's psyche, rich golden sweeps from the past begin to bleed into the reds and blues of the film's present.
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The Deadness of Dad
Title: The Deadness of Dad
Character: Mam
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A little boy who doesn't want to resign to his father's death believes that his father's twin brother is his dad....
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The Investigator
Title: The Investigator
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
1989: Caroline Meagher is a sergeant with the Royal Military Police, with 12 years' experience, stationed in Northern Ireland. Two men from internal affairs grill her for four days: someone has accused her of being a lesbian. It's an offense that leads to court martial. In a series of flashbacks, we see her enthusiasm when she joins the force, her various assignments including investigating suspected lesbians, and her own slow discovery of her sexual nature. She, like others in her situation, must go to great lengths to avoid detection. Once reported, will she withstand the interrogation? Meagher herself comments on camera at the end of the film.
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House of America
Title: House of America
Character: Gwenny
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"House of America" is a 1997 film directed by Marc Evans. The film, set in a depressed Welsh mining town, centres on a dysfunctional family unit of brothers Boyo and Sid, their sister Gwenny and their controlling mother. The film tackles issues such as Welsh identity, its need for indigenous heroes and the nation's perceived inferiority complex.
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Title: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Character: Blod Jones
Released: May 12, 1995
Type: Movie
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
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Thicker Than Water
Title: Thicker Than Water
Character: Young Mother
Released: July 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Debbie and Jo are identical twins. After Jo is killed in a car accident, Debbie starts to act increasingly like Jo. Mysterious circumstances lead Jo's widower Sam to suspect that the accident wasn't an accident at all.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: Doctor Who
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.