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Alex Kingston
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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).
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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).
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Blue Bloods
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Private Practice
The Graham Norton Show
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Chelsea Detective
Without a Trace
Grange Hill
Arrow
Treason
The Read
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Alpha Dog
Doctor Who
Dodger Special: Train
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
ER
A Discovery of Witches
The Killer's Game
Like Crazy
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
The Infiltrator
The Widow
Shoot the Messenger
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: Rain Gods
Hope Springs
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