Amanda Abbington

Amanda Abbington

Born: February 28, 1974
in North London, England, UK
Amanda Abbington was born on February 28, 1974 in North London, England as Amanda Jane Smith. She has been acting in television, film, and stage productions since 1993, when she debuted with a small role in British police drama The Bill.

Amanda has two children with former partner Martin Freeman.

Movies for Amanda Abbington...

The Can
Title: The Can
Character: Sarah
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: Movie
The Can, a steel shipping container housing a site office, stands alone in an isolated scrapyard. Shut inside is Joe, an unstable, disillusioned security guard. What should have been another quiet night at work descends into a gruelling test as he must untangle a web of lies in a race against the clock to save a life.
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Title: Lockwood & Co.
Character: Marissa Fittes
Released: January 27, 2023
Type: TV
A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.
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We Are Not Alone
Title: We Are Not Alone
Character: Caroline Grieves
Released: January 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Six weeks after the Gu'un aliens have invaded and completely conquered Earth, hapless Stewart becomes the Gu'uns' official human liaison who ends up saddled with alien Greggs for a housemate. Stewart must help the Gu'uns deliver their message to the masses and win favour with humankind, while also aiding the human resistance and managing his enduring crush on Elodie.
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Title: The Family Pile
Character: Nicole
Released: January 17, 2023
Type: TV
A comedic exploration of one of life's big milestones, four sisters who have lost their parents and are packing up the family home to sell. But even in grief their messy lives go on.
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Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Title: Comedy Classics: The Vicar of Dibley
Character: Self
Released: December 24, 2022
Type: Movie
Celebrating the legendary comedy with clips and insights from the cast and celebrity fans.
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Title: Desperate Measures
Character: Rowan
Released: December 5, 2022
Type: TV
Rowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recouping the money that Finn lost.
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Title: The Net – Prometheus
Character: Erika Green
Released: November 1, 2022
Type: TV
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The Lost King
Title: The Lost King
Character: Sarah Levitt
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: Movie
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
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BEBE A.I.
Title: BEBE A.I.
Character: Aurelia Henderson
Released: March 17, 2022
Type: Movie
A young couple with Down's syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, in order to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. A film about the disposability of disability.
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Title: The Weakest Link
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2021
Type: TV
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
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From A Strange Land
Title: From A Strange Land
Character: Marie
Released: November 2, 2021
Type: Movie
An inquisitive retiree surprises her new neighbours to say hello; what she wasn’t expecting is that they would all be naked. A short about over-stepping the line and how we find common ground.
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Decrypted
Title: Decrypted
Character: Connie
Released: November 1, 2021
Type: Movie
An outrageous and provocative dark comedy about a mismatched NSA team who kidnap the creator of Bitcoin - Satoshi Nakamoto - and attempt to torture him for the information they need to destroy cryptocurrencies.
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Title: Wolfe
Character: Dot
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: TV
The adventures of Professor Wolfe Kinteh, a crime scene investigator in the north of England.
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Three Pints and a Rabbi
Title: Three Pints and a Rabbi
Character: Lisa
Released: April 29, 2021
Type: Movie
When three dazed and confused strangers wake up in a pub to a dead woman lying on the table with hefty chunks of flesh missing, they must figure out what happened to her in order to ensure they don't meet the same fate.
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Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Title: Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple
Character: Self - Actor
Released: October 10, 2020
Type: Movie
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric Belgian private sleuth Hercule Poirot made his debut. Later, in 1927, the first short story starring the gentle spinster Miss Jane Marple appeared. A fascinating journey through popular culture in search of the footprints of two of the most charismatic characters in crime and mystery literature.
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Title: I Hate Suzie
Character: Charon Bander
Released: August 27, 2020
Type: TV
Suzie Pickles, a star on the wane, has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her emerges in an extremely compromising position.
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Make Me Famous
Title: Make Me Famous
Character: Amanda
Released: June 17, 2020
Type: Movie
When Billy succeeds in impressing the producers of a reality series, he thinks his life will change forever. However, 1 year on Billy struggles to balance the fame, social media, tabloid coverage and the assumptions people make about him.
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Six Days of Sistine
Title: Six Days of Sistine
Released: April 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.
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Title: Flack
Character: Alexa
Released: February 21, 2019
Type: TV
Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work as a crisis PR strategist is fast-paced and unpredictable, as she counsels high-profile personalities in entertainment, fashion and sports.
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The Queen and I
Title: The Queen and I
Character: Princess Anne
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: Movie
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
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We the Kings
Title: We the Kings
Character: Rosa
Released: September 28, 2018
Type: Movie
Jack, on the run for attempted murder, hides in the house of a deaf and mute man. A power struggle forms between the two.
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Title: Safe
Character: Sophie
Released: May 10, 2018
Type: TV
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
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Crooked House
Title: Crooked House
Character: Clemency Leonides
Released: September 6, 2017
Type: Movie
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Another Mother's Son
Title: Another Mother's Son
Character: Ivy Forster
Released: March 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.
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Bring Back the Cat
Title: Bring Back the Cat
Character: Mrs. Patricia Ellison
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Novice Private Investigator Joe Smith is called by a wealthy woman living in north London to investigate the disappearance of her family cat. In the course of his investigation, Smith discovers some unexpected and unsettling things.
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Title: Stag
Character: Fran
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: TV
Dark comedy about a group of obnoxious friends who struggle to survive the Stag Weekend from hell, as a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messier than expected.
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Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Title: Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Character: Mary Watson
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
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Title: Cuffs
Character: DS Jo Moffat
Released: October 28, 2015
Type: TV
Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer's wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Dana Beckman
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Title: Catchphrase
Released: April 7, 2013
Type: TV
Stephen Mulhern hosts this remake of the 1980's game show where contestants have to guess a catchphrase based on animated picture clues. The puzzle is revealed one square at a time. It could be a book, a movie or a catch phrase. The winner with the most money can go on to win up to £50,000.
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Title: Mr Selfridge
Character: Miss Josie Mardle
Released: January 6, 2013
Type: TV
Mr. Selfridge recounts the real life story of the flamboyant and visionary American founder of Selfridge's, London's lavish department store. Set in 1909 London, when women were reveling in a new sense of freedom and modernity, it follows Harry Gordon Selfridge ('Mile a Minute Harry'), a man with a mission to make shopping as thrilling as sex. Pioneering and reckless, with an almost manic energy, Harry created a theater of retail where any topic or trend that was new, exciting, entertaining - or just eccentric - was showcased.
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Ghosted
Title: Ghosted
Released: June 24, 2011
Type: Movie
‘GHOSTED’ tells a story of survival inside a British Prison. Jack a model prisoner, has kept his head down and done his time. After his wife confirms that she is leaving him, on the anniversary of their son’s death, the only thing that keeps him from going under is the new prisoner, Paul. Jack’s cell mate Ahmed, attempts to guide him on a path of salvation, a path that involves saving Paul from the clutches of the wing beast, Clay.
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Title: Case Histories
Character: DC Louise Munroe
Released: June 5, 2011
Type: TV
Case Histories is a British drama television series based on the Jackson Brodie detective novels by Kate Atkinson. It stars Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie.
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Swinging with the Finkels
Title: Swinging with the Finkels
Character: Lesbian 2
Released: June 1, 2011
Type: Movie
A suburban couple decide to spice up their lives by swinging with another couple.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Mary Watson
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Sherlock
Character: Mary Morstan
Released: July 25, 2010
Type: TV
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
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Title: Money
Character: Doris Artthur
Released: May 23, 2010
Type: TV
A two-part adaptation of Martin Amis's cult '80s novel with Nick Frost as John Self, a dysfunctional director who goes to America to make his debut movie but ends up speeding towards self-destruction.
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Title: Married Single Other
Character: Babs
Released: February 22, 2010
Type: TV
Married Single Other is a British television drama created and written by Peter Souter. The series is based on the lives of group of people who are either married, single or "other", other being defined as in a relationship. It began airing on Monday 22 February 2010 on ITV and UTV. The drama series was later screened in Scotland on STV from February 2012. The series was filmed on location in various areas of Leeds, while Left Bank Pictures television studios annexed to The Leeds Studios were used for interior shooting.
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Title: Psychoville
Released: June 18, 2009
Type: TV
Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles.
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Title: Being Human
Released: January 25, 2009
Type: TV
Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.
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Title: Harley Street
Character: Susie Linn
Released: July 17, 2008
Type: TV
Harley Street is a British television medical drama shown on ITV in 2008. The series was made by Carnival Films and was set in Harley Street, London. Created by Marston Bloom and written by Howard Overman, Jack Williams and Nicole Taylor, the stories were about the lives of Harley Street specialists and the cases that were presented to them.
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Title: Harley Street
Released: July 17, 2008
Type: TV
Harley Street is a British television medical drama shown on ITV in 2008. The series was made by Carnival Films and was set in Harley Street, London. Created by Marston Bloom and written by Howard Overman, Jack Williams and Nicole Taylor, the stories were about the lives of Harley Street specialists and the cases that were presented to them.
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Title: Sold
Character: Zoe
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: TV
Sold is a British comedy drama television series produced by Touchpaper Television for ITV. The series stars Kris Marshall and Bryan Dick as Matt and Danny, employees of Colubrines Estate Agents. It is written by Steve Coombes and was broadcast between 15 November and 20 December 2007.
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Title: Sold
Released: November 15, 2007
Type: TV
Sold is a British comedy drama television series produced by Touchpaper Television for ITV. The series stars Kris Marshall and Bryan Dick as Matt and Danny, employees of Colubrines Estate Agents. It is written by Steve Coombes and was broadcast between 15 November and 20 December 2007.
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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The Good Night
Title: The Good Night
Character: Vivian Jesson
Released: January 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.
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Title: After You've Gone
Character: Siobhan Casey
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: TV
After You've Gone was a British comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family. The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie Douglas, James Hendie, Danny Robins, Andrea Solomons and Dan Tetsell. Three series and two Christmas specials aired, and work on scripts for a fourth series had already begun when the BBC withdrew the commission in November 2008 and cancelled the series.
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The All Together
Title: The All Together
Character: Sarah
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Title: The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering
Character: Leone
Released: May 21, 2006
Type: Movie
The gang return for their third adventure, this time on a trip to scatter Grace's mother's ashes on the Yorkshire Moors.
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The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Title: The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt
Character: Leoni
Released: December 25, 2005
Type: Movie
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. In this episode the same characters go on a treasure hunt, and end up with their car being washed out to sea on a beach. Marcus (a businessman who deals with Dave's company) first appears in this episode.
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Title: Man Stroke Woman
Released: November 20, 2005
Type: TV
Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. In addition to being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three in the United Kingdom, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website. Series 2 started in January 2007 and is also available for streaming from the BBC website. There is no studio audience or laugh track.
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Title: The Robinsons
Character: Polly
Released: May 5, 2005
Type: TV
The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson, who realises that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life.
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Title: Doc Martin
Character: Isobel
Released: September 2, 2004
Type: TV
Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr. Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film Saving Grace. The show is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, England, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Five series aired between 2004 and 2011, together with a feature-length special that aired on Christmas Day 2006. Series 6 began airing on ITV on 2 September 2013.
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Title: The Booze Cruise
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: TV
The Booze Cruise is a series of three feature length comedy dramas written for British television by Paul Minett and Brian Leveson. The first episode in the series was first shown on ITV in 2003. The three episodes have received mixed reviews, with the Radio Times describing it as "like comedy in 1973" and also "you can see each joke a mile off", but generally liking the show.
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Title: The Debt
Character: Stacey Ross
Released: August 31, 2003
Type: TV
Geoff Dresner is a retired safe-breaker who's turned his back on crime to make an honest living as a baker. But his past comes back to haunt him when he's forced to take on one more job in order to help his family.
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The Debt
Title: The Debt
Character: Stacey Ross
Released: August 31, 2003
Type: Movie
An ex-robber reluctantly agrees to do one last job in order to protect his family.
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Title: 20 Things to Do Before You're 30
Character: Shona
Released: March 27, 2003
Type: TV
A group of friends who are approaching 30 make a list of unusual tasks to perform before they reach that age.
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Men Only
Title: Men Only
Character: Trina
Released: June 3, 2001
Type: Movie
Men Only is a provocative two-part drama about the dark side of modern masculinity. What do men want, what do women want from them, and can the two ever be reconciled? Our men are a five-a-side football team from South London. Only they're too old, too slow, too under the thumb at home to waste their precious Tuesday nights kicking a ball around and losing every time. So the football stops and the excitement starts. They begin in lap-dancing bars, but soon they want more. Porn. Violence. Sex. Class A's. What happens on Tuesday nights should never go home. But one night they finally go too far, and the two worlds look set to collide
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Title: Teachers
Released: March 21, 2001
Type: TV
The chaotic lives, loves and drinking sessions of a group of hapless teachers. They might be qualified to teach, but they've still got a lot to learn...
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Doc Martin
Title: Doc Martin
Character: Isobel Green (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Doc Martin tells the tale of Martin Clunes' character in the film, in the months leading up to the Saving Grace story. Martin Bamford is a heart-broken London obstetrician, in a jealous rage after he finds out that his wife has been sleeping with three of his buddies. He escapes to a small Cornish fishing village, which he grows surprisingly attached to, and is extremely reluctant to return with his cheating wife when she comes to pick him up. Although he has only been looking for a week's R & R, Dr Bamford stumbles across a network of secrets in the village of Port Isaac, and finds himself embroiled in the most exciting scandal the village has seen for centuries.
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Title: Coupling
Character: Nicola (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: TV
Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.
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Title: Coupling
Character: Nicola
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: TV
Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.
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Title: Hearts and Bones
Character: Mia
Released: April 30, 2000
Type: TV
Hearts and Bones is television drama series, about a group of friends who move from Coventry to London, starring Damian Lewis, Dervla Kirwan, Sarah Parish and Andrew Scarborough which aired on BBC One in 2000. A second series followed in 2001. It featured the first screen appearance of Michael Fassbender. The complete DVD set was released in 2007
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Carnivale
Title: Carnivale
Character: Ginger (voice)
Released: February 9, 2000
Type: Movie
A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.
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Title: Plotlands
Character: Maude
Released: May 18, 1997
Type: TV
Sold a small plot of land for a tiny outlay, Cockney widow Chloe Marsh and her two daughters flee the slums of post-war London for a better life in the country. But rural life in 1922 is hard. Chloe and her fellow pioneers have no mains water, no gas, no electricity, and no jobs. Forced to live in tents until they can afford a shack, they carve a community out of the hostile countryside.
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The Bill: Target
Title: The Bill: Target
Character: Lady car driver
Released: March 11, 1996
Type: Movie
Feature length episode of the popular TV series. WPC Ackland finds herself the target of an assassin's bullet.
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Title: Wycliffe
Character: Local WPC
Released: July 24, 1994
Type: TV
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Jen Reynolds
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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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.