Alex Kingston

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1. Big break

   Kingston was cast as British surgeon Elizabeth Corday in ER in September 1997, making her first appearance in the Emmy-winning live episode "Ambush". She left the show in October 2004 after her contract was not renewed.

2. First role

   Kingston made her television debut in 1980, appearing in three episodes of the children's drama Grange Hill. That year she also had an uncredited extra role in the film The Wildcats of St Trinian's.

3. Beyond film

   Kingston played Lady Macbeth opposite Kenneth Branagh in July 2013 at the Manchester International Festival, and the production was shown live in cinemas worldwide through National Theatre Live. In June 2014 she took the same part with Branagh at the Park Avenue Armory, which was her New York stage debut.

4. Behind the camera

   Kingston wrote Doctor Who: The Ruby's Curse, a River Song novel for BBC Books, in 2021. That same year she returned to the role for pre-recorded parts of Time Fracture, an interactive theatrical experience.

5. Beyond film

   Kingston came back to the Royal Shakespeare Company in January 2023, her first time there since the early nineties, taking the part of Prospero in The Tempest.