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Rebecca Lacey

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Rebecca Lacey
Born
Rebecca Jane Lacey

(1965-04-20) 20 April 1965 (age 59)
Years active1981–present
SpousePaul Harrison
Children2
FatherRonald Lacey

Rebecca Jane Lacey (born 20 April 1965) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Dr. George Woodman in Casualty [1] and Hilary in May to December [2] and for her stage work in the West End and The RSC.

Early life

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She was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, the daughter of actor Ronald Lacey[3] and actress Mela White.

Career

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Lacey is best known for her roles as Irene Stuart (series 4) in Monarch of the Glen, the feisty Dr. George Woodman in Casualty (having previously made two guest appearances in the series as patients in 1991 and 1994), and ditzy but kind-hearted Hilary in May to December. She has also played a number of roles in The Bill and many other TV series.

In 1992 she appeared in the film Carry On Columbus and followed it up in 1996 with an appearance in the BBC/WGBH comedy Heavy Weather written by P.G. Wodehouse and starring Peter O'Toole. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a season with Alan Ayckbourn in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny in the West End and Amy's View by David Hare. From 2012 to 2013, she portrayed Laura Tyler in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[4]

Filmography

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Television

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Film

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Other work

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  • Narrator - Anne Of Austria 1998 (Chivers Audio Books)
  • Narrator - The Exorcist (BBC Everyman)
  • Numerous TV adverts (O2, McVities, Tropicana, Oral B, The Sunday Times, Canon, KLM)

Plays

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  • Elmire - Tartuffe (2011) (English Touring Theatre)
  • Sheila - Benefactors (2012) (Sheffield Theatres)
  • Mrs Bennett - Pride and Prejudice (2013) (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre)
  • Siobhan - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (2015) (Gielgud Theatre, London)
  • Patricia - Merit (2015) (Royal Theatre, Plymouth)
  • Margaret Hyman - Broken Glass (2018) (Watford Palace)
  • Mistress Page - The Merry Wives Of Windsor (2018) (Royal Shakespeare company)
  • Sonia - Vanya and Sonia and Marsha and Spike (2019) (Bath Theatre Royal), (2021) (Charing Cross Theatre) [5]
  • The Ghost of Christmas Past - A Christmas Carol (2022/23) (Royal Shakespeare Company) [6]

References

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  1. ^ "Rebecca Lacey | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Rebecca Lacey | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. ^ Lynda Bellingham (28 October 2014). Lost and Found: My Story. Ebury Publishing. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-4464-0795-0.
  4. ^ "Behind Closed Doors". BBC. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ Billington, Michael (12 June 2019). "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike review – Chekhovian comic curio". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  6. ^ "A Christmas Carol | Royal Shakespeare Company". www.rsc.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2023.