Morven Christie

Morven Christie is a Scottish performer and filmmaker who was born in Helensburgh and raised in Glasgow, and trained in method acting at the Drama Centre London. Her stage work has included Shakespeare and Chekhov, and in 2006 she appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing and King John. In 2009 she joined Sam Mendes' Bridge Project, playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard and Perdita in The Winter's Tale in New York and London. On television she played Amanda Hopkins in Grantchester in 2014, Ellen Rooney in The Replacement in 2017, and Alison Hughes in The A Word from 2016 to 2020, earning BAFTA Scotland nominations for the latter two. She led the ITV crime series The Bay as DS Lisa Armstrong, which began airing in 2019 and brought a third BAFTA Scotland nomination. Later credits include Payback in 2023.