Morven Christie


Morven Christie is a Scottish actress. She played Amanda Hopkins in the ITV drama Grantchester and Alison Hughes in the BBC drama The A Word.

Early life and education

Born in Helensburgh, Christie grew up in Glasgow and Aviemore. She studied acting at the Drama Centre London, under Reuven Adiv, an associate of Lee Strasberg.

Career

Christie has worked on stage, film and television drama.
In 2006, she played Juliet and Hero for the Royal Shakespeare Company in their Complete Works season.
In 2008 Christie was cast in Sam Mendes's first Bridge Project theatre company, playing Anya in Tom Stoppard's new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, and Perdita in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale which finished at The Old Vic in London, after a sellout run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City and a world tour.
Among her many television roles, she played Ellen Rooney in the 2017 BBC drama The Replacement, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland award.
She also played Amanda Hopkins in the ITV drama Grantchester for its first three seasons, Alison Hughes in the critically acclaimed BBC drama The A Word, for which she was again nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award, playing the mother of an autistic child. In 2018 she also played Kirsten Lindstrom in Sarah Phelps' production of Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence alongside a cast that included Bill Nighy.
Christie has most recently starred as DS Lisa Armstrong, the lead role in the ITV crime drama series The Bay, filmed through the latter months of 2018, and aired on ITV from 20 March 2019.

Personal life

Christie was married to film director Scott Graham from 2012 to 2015, and the couple lived in North London. She moved back to Scotland after her divorce, and presently lives in Glasgow with her partner, musician Iain Cook.

Credits

Film