Lyndsey Marshal


Lyndsey Marshal is an English actress best known for her performance in The Hours, and as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama Garrow's Law.

Biography

Marshal was born in Manchester, England. After studying the classics at college for a career in archaeology, she applied to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Her first major part was in the play Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre, which she took just before graduation. In 2001 she won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Newcomer in 2001 for her performances in Redundant at the Royal Court Theatre and Boston Marriage at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2003, she won the TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Since then she has performed leading roles in fourteen theatre productions, most recently alongside James McAvoy in the 2009 West End production Three Days of Rain. In 2011 she appeared in Greenland at the National Theatre.
Marshal has appeared in the films The Hours alongside Nicole Kidman, and Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Marshal starred as Cleopatra in HBO's Rome. Since 2009 she has played Lady Sarah Hill in the three series of the BBC One drama Garrow's Law and, with Julie Walters, in the BBC One Drama A Short Stay in Switzerland. She starred also in ITV's new series of Agatha Christie's Marple.
In January 2013 Marshal played Eileen Blair, wife of Eric Blair, in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Real George Orwell – Homage to Catalonia.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2000Peak PracticeNatalie PearceTV series
2002The Gathering StormPeggyTV film
2002Midsomer MurdersEmma TysoeTV series
2002The HoursLottie Hope
2003Sons & LoversMiriam LeiversTV film
2003The Young VisitersEthel MonticueTV film
2004The Calcium KidMags Livingston
2005Stories of Lost SoulsSimon's Girlfriend
2005FrozenTracey
2005Born and BredMary PillingTV series
2005FestivalFaith Myers
2005Snuff-MovieX
2005Agatha Christie: PoirotAnne MeredithTV series
2005RomeCleopatraTV series
2007GreenIzzieTV film
2007The Shadow in the NorthIsabel MeredithTV film
2008Kiss of DeathGeorge AustenTV film
20081234Emily
2008Marple: Murder is EasyAmy GibbsTV film in Agatha Christie's Marple series
2009A Short Stay in SwitzerlandJessicaTV film
200910 Minute TalesGemmaTV series short
2009Garrow's LawLady Sarah HillTV series
2010Being HumanLucyTV series
2010HereafterJackie
2010No PressureSchoolteacherShort produced by climate change mitigation campaign
2012TitanicMabel WatsonTV series
2012The Cricklewood GreatsFlorrie FontaineTV film
2012The ForgottenSarahPost-production
2012BlackoutLucyTV series
2012In the Dark HalfKathy
2012Inside No. 9LauraEpisode "The Understudy"
2014"That Day We Sang"Sal
2016Trespass Against UsKelly Cutler
2016Silent WitnessSasha BlackburnTV series
2017The League of GentlemenEllieTV series
2019HannaRachelTV Series
2019Agatha and the Curse of IshtarAgatha ChristieTV Movie

Theatre

YearTitleRoleCompanyDirectorNotes
2000FirefaceOlgaRoyal Court TheatreDominic Cooke
2001–02Boston MarriageCatherineDonmar Warehouse / West EndPhyllida Lloyd
Top GirlsShona / Kit / WaitressNew Vic TheatreRoxanna Silbert
2001–02RedundantLucyRoyal Court TheatreDominic Cooke
2003A Midsummer Night's DreamHermiaBristol Old VicDavid Farr
BrightPollySoho TheatrePaul Jepson
2004The CrucibleMary WarrenSheffield CrucibleAnna Mackmin
2004–05Sleeping Beauty BeautyYoung Vic / New Victory Theater NYCRufus Norrislead role
2005Blood WeddingWifeAlmeida Theatre CoRufus Norrislead role
2005–06The HypochondriacToinetteAlmeida TheatreLindsay Posner
2007A Matter of Life and DeathJuneOlivier TheatreEmma Rice
2007AbsurdiaLucienne/ Uncle TedDonmar WarehouseDouglas Hodge
2008The PrideSylviaRoyal Court TheatreJamie Lloyd
2009Three Days of RainNan/LidaApollo TheatreLindsay Posner
2013OthelloEmiliaOlivier TheatreNicholas Hytner
2015OresteiaClytemnestraHOME, ManchesterBlanche McIntyre
2018The Wild Duck GinaAlmeida TheatreRobert Icke

Awards