Lyndsey Marshal - Biography

Last Editor: loa08				Lyndsey Marshal Biography -   Name : Lyndsey Marshal Born : June 16, 1978 (1978-06-16) (age 29)[1] Manchester, England Years active : 2000–Present Notable roles : Cleopatra in Rome Lottie Hope in The Hours

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Lyndsey Marshal (born June 16, 1978) is an English actress who has appeared in plays, television shows and films. Well-known among London theatregoers, she is most famous internationally for her performance in The Hours and as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's Rome. Lyndsey was born in Manchester, England in the summer of 1978. Growing up, her family had very little money: her father had lost sight of one eye after an accident, and was consistently unemployed. Her mother Sheila Marshal was the sole wage-earner, working as a cleaner. Though her father encouraged her to be a lawyer, Lyndsey originally aspired to work as an archeologist, applying to study French and the Classics at a university. This all changed after a teacher persuaded her to apply for a two-week-long National Youth Theater course. She made it to the final audition, and won a place; her school helped her find jobs to cover the £1,000 bill. Her success in the program, and her enjoyment of it, encouraged her to study at the Royal Welsh College of Music in Drama in Cardiff. However, before completing the three-year course, her father died suddenly of a heart attack. Lyndsey went back home and decided to renounce acting; but once again, it was her teachers who pushed to return. “If you don’t come back,� one told her, “I’ll come up and drag you back myself.� She consented, and even before graduating she was cast in Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Lyndsey Marshal has since performed in ten other London plays, starring in two. She also appeared in five movies, including The Hours alongside Nicole Kidman, and has made several television appearances. Most recently, she reprised her role as Cleopatra for season two of HBO’s Rome , currently airing, in which she appears in three episodes. Year Title Role Company Director Snuff-Movie X Sandy Juggernaut Films Bernard Rose Festival Faith Pirate Films Annie Griffin Frozen Tracy Liminal Films Juliette MacOwen The Calcium Kid Mags Working Title Films Alex de Rachov The Gathering Storm Peggy HBO / Labrador Film Richard Loncraine The Hours Lottie Paramount Pictures Stephen Daldry Year Title Role Company Director Green Izzie Granada Television Alex Hardcastle The Shadow in the North Isabel BBC John Alexander Poirot Miss Anne MeredithGranada Sarah Harding 2005/2007 Rome Cleopatra HBO Steve Schill Born and Bred Mary BBC Dermot Boyd The Young Visitors Ethel Monticue BBC David Yates Sons and Lovers Miriam Company Pictures Stephen Whittaker Midsomer Murders Emma Tysoe Bentley Productions Sarah Hellings Peak Practice Natalie Pierce Carlton Television Sue Dunderdale That’s Not Me Julie BBC Belfast Peter Lawrence Year Title Role Company Director Notes A Matter of Life and Death June Olivier Theatre Emma Rice 2005-06 The Hypochondriac Toinette Almeida Theatre Lindsay Posner Blood Wedding Wife Almeida Theatre Co Rufus Norris lead role 2004-05 Sleeping Beauty Beauty Young Vic / Victory Theatre NYC Rufus Norris lead role The Crucible Mary Warren Sheffield Crucible Anna Mackmin A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hermia Bristol Old Vic David Farr Bright Polly Soho Theatre Paul Jepson 2001-02 Redundant Lucy Royal Court Theatre Dominic Cooke 2001-02 The Boston Marriage Catherine Donmar Warehouse / West End Phyllida Lloyd Top Girls Shona / Kit / Waitress New Vic Theatre Roxanna Silbert Fireface Olga Royal Court Theatre Dominic Cooke Miss Julie Miss Julie Caird Studio / Tour Debbie Seymour RWCMD performance, lead role The Maids Solange Venue 13, Edinburgh Catherine Webster RWCMD performance Our Country’s Good Liz Morden Library Theatre Katie O’Reily RWCMD performance