Alex Kingston
Known for Acting
Biography
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
Filmography
The Killer's Game
2024
as Sharon Rabinowitz
Alpha Dog
2006
as Tiffany Hartunian
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Adele
Essex Boys
2000
as Lisa Locke
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Suzanne Harrison
Croupier
1998
as Jani De Villiers
Like Crazy
2011
as Jackie Gardner
Bukowski
2013
as Katharina Bukowski
Sweet Land
2005
as Brownie
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as River Song
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Verity Graham
Boudica
2003
as Boudica
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Moll Flanders
Carrington
1995
as Frances Partridge
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as River Song (archive footage)
Crashing
2007
as Diane Freed
These Foolish Things
1989
as Daniella
This Space Between Us
1999
as Peternelle
The Infiltrator
1995
as Anna