Alexandra Dowling


Alexandra Dowling is an English actress best known for her lead role as Queen Anne in the BBC One historical action drama series The Musketeers, which is based on the characters in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. She is also known for her guest starring role as Roslin Frey in HBO's Game of Thrones.

Early life

In 2012, Dowling graduated from Oxford School of Drama with a Diploma in Professional Acting.

Career

In 2012, Dowling made her television debut in "The Drawing of the Dark", the eleventh episode of the final series of the BBC fantasy drama series Merlin, as a druid girl named Kara. She also appeared in the music video for "Love Is All I Got" by Feed Me and Crystal Fighters.
Dowling guest starred in "The Rains of Castamere", the ninth episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones as Roslin Frey. She also starred in "Elephants Can Remember" in the thirteenth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot, adapted from Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. This episode was aired on 9 June 2013, and starring Zoë Wanamaker, Vanessa Kirby and David Suchet.
Dowling played the female lead Agnes in the epic action film Hammer of the Gods, also starring James Cosmo. The film is directed by Farren Blackburn and was released on 5 July 2013. The film tells the story of a dying Viking king who sends his son on a quest to seek out his older brother, the clan's only hope for defeating an approaching enemy horde.
She is known for her role as Queen Anne in the BBC One drama series The Musketeers, based on Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, about French political intrigues in the early 17th century.
On 15 December 2014 it was announced that Dowling was in the running for the female lead role in the upcoming of Pirates of the Caribbean, alongside Kaya Scodelario, Gabriella Wilde, Lucy Boynton and Jenna Thiam, who are also in the running for that role. The role, however, went to Scodelario, as confirmed by producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Dowling portrayed Bertha in Joshua Stamp-Simon's stage adaption of St. John Emile Clavering Hankin's The Last of the De Mullins, which opened at Jermyn Street Theatre, London on 5 February and ended on 28 February 2015.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012MerlinKaraEpisode: "The Drawing of the Dark"
2013Game of ThronesRoslin FreyEpisode: "The Rains of Castamere"
2013Agatha Christie's PoirotMarie McDermottEpisode: "Elephants Can Remember"
2014–16The MusketeersQueen AnneMain cast

YearTitleRoleTheatre
2015The Last of the De MullinsBerthaJermyn Street Theatre
2016I Have Been Here BeforeJanet OrmundJermyn Street Theatre
2016While The Sun ShinesLady ElizabethTheatre Royal Bath
2017A Lie of the MindBethSouthwark Playhouse
2018Richard III and Romeo & JulietLady Anne and JulietShakespeare's Rose Theatre
2019VassaAlmeida Theatre