Rebecca Saire

British actress and writer (born 1963)

Rebecca Saire
Born (1963-04-16) 16 April 1963 (age 61)
London, England
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1968–present
SpouseRoger Allam
Children2

Rebecca Saire (born 16 April 1963) is a British actress and writer who gained early attention when, at the age of fourteen, she played Juliet for the BBC Television Shakespeare series.

Stage

  • Sybil in Private Lives (National Theatre)
  • Eliante in The Misanthrope (Piccadilly Theatre)
  • Mabel in An Ideal Husband (Gielgud Theatre)
  • Gwendolen in Travesties (RSC and Savoy Theatre)
  • Diana in All's Well That Ends Well (RSC)
  • Audrey Walsingham in The School of Night (RSC)
  • Rachel in A Jovial Crew (RSC)
  • She was "a beautiful and truly tragic Ophelia" (Time Out) to Mark Rylance's Hamlet at the RSC in 1989
  • Princess Mary in Crown Matrimonial (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/Tour)

Filmography

Television

  • Romeo and Juliet (1978)
  • Quatermass (1979, TV)
  • Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial, 1980), as Victoria
  • A.D. (1985), TV film
  • Vanity Fair (1987, TV)
  • Jeeves and Wooster (1991, TV)
  • Dr. Jenkins in My Dad's the PM
  • Aline Hemmingway in Jeeves and Wooster
  • Theresa Nolan in A Taste for Death
  • Shona, the high-flying executive wife of DC Duncan Lennox in the long running ITV Drama The Bill
  • She also made guest appearances in A Bit of Fry and Laurie
  • Midsomer Murders Season 7, Episode 3 (2004)
  • Lady Alexandra Curzon in episode 6, season 2 ("Vergangenheit") of The Crown (2017)
  • Mrs. Radowicz in Episode 4 Season 5, Episode 2 Series 7 of Endeavour (2019)
  • Killing Eve (2020, BBC TV), as Bertha Kruger, Series 3, Episode 4
  • Miriam Heartley-Reade in Season 7, Episode 3 - The Fisher King of Midsomer Murders
  • Jonquil Heathcote in Doctors (2022)[1]

Films

Radio

Writing

Saire has written three plays for BBC Radio 4, all produced by Eoin O'Callaghan:

  • Standing on Tiptoe
  • The Detox
  • Clapham Junction (Radio Times - Pick of the Week)

References

  1. ^ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Halloween HORROR in Letherbridge!". What to Watch. (Future plc). Retrieved 29 October 2022.

External links

  • Rebecca Saire at IMDb
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