Rebecca Lacey
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Rebecca Lacey is a British
actress, born in Watford
, United Kingdom
. She is the daughter of actor Ronald Lacey
and actress Mela White. She is not the sister of actress Ingrid Lacey
as is often reported.
Lacey is best known for her roles as Irene Stuart
(series 4) in Monarch of the Glen, the feisty Dr. George Woodman in Casualty
and dizzy 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
.
Lacey and her boyfriend Paul Harrison have a son, Charlie, born in November 2002. She has also appeared supporting the One campaign founded by actress Claire Goose
's brother Duncan, selling bottled water in order to fund projects to provide clean drinking water around the world particularly in Africa. The campaign advert featured Lacey, Claire Goose, David Tennant
, Hugo Speer
and Ian Kelsey
. She has also provided a number of TV advertising voiceovers.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress, born in Watford
Watford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. She is the daughter of actor Ronald Lacey
Ronald Lacey
Ronald Lacey was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30 year period and is perhaps best remembered for his villainous roles in Hollywood films, most famously Major Arnold Toht in Raiders of the Lost Ark.-Career:Lacey attended Harrow Weald Grammar School and...
and actress Mela White. She is not the sister of actress Ingrid Lacey
Ingrid Lacey
Ingrid Lacey , is a British actress best known for her role as Helen Cooper in Drop the Dead Donkey. She was born in Surrey, educated at Godalming College and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1981...
as is often reported.
Lacey is best known for her roles as Irene Stuart
Irene Stuart
Irene Stuart is a fictional character in the Scottish BBC drama TV series Monarch of the Glen. Irene is played by actress Rebecca Lacey.Irene comes to Glenbogle to be Head Chef, and she soon has admirers in ghillie Golly Mackenzie and Head Ranger Duncan McKay...
(series 4) in Monarch of the Glen, the feisty Dr. George Woodman in Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
and dizzy but kind-hearted Hilary in May to December
May to December
May to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity....
. She has also played a number of roles in The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
and many other TV series.
In 1992 she appeared in the film Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus
Carry On Columbus is the 31st and last film in the Carry On series, following 1978's Carry On Emmannuelle. The only main series regulars present are Jim Dale , Bernard Cribbins , Leslie Phillips , Jon Pertwee and June Whitfield...
and followed it up in 1996 with an appearance in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
/WGBH comedy Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather (TV)
Heavy Weather was a dramatisation for television by Douglas Livingstone of the novel Heavy Weather by P. G. Wodehouse , set at Blandings Castle...
written by P.G. Wodehouse and starring Peter O'Toole
Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole is an Irish actor of stage and screen. O'Toole achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia, and then went on to become a highly-honoured film and stage actor. He has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most...
. She has appeared in a number of theatre productions including a season with Alan Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE is a prolific English playwright. He has written and produced seventy-three full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their...
in Terry Johnson's Dead Funny in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
and Amy's View
Amy's View
Amy's View was written by British playwright David Hare, and originally premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on June 13, 1997. It was directed by Richard Eyre and starred Judi Dench, Ronald Pickup and Samantha Bond in the title role. It was then performed on...
by David Hare
David Hare (playwright)
Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge...
.
Lacey and her boyfriend Paul Harrison have a son, Charlie, born in November 2002. She has also appeared supporting the One campaign founded by actress Claire Goose
Claire Goose
Claire Goose is a British actress. She is best known for her role as nurse Tina Seabrook in the BBC television drama Casualty and later as DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead.-Life and career:...
's brother Duncan, selling bottled water in order to fund projects to provide clean drinking water around the world particularly in Africa. The campaign advert featured Lacey, Claire Goose, David Tennant
David Tennant
David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...
, Hugo Speer
Hugo Speer
Hugo Speer is an English actor.He was born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, and educated at Harrogate Grammar School. He studied acting at The Arts Educational School....
and Ian Kelsey
Ian Kelsey
Ian Kelsey is a British television actor.Kelsey was born in York, Yorkshire, England, to parents Julie and John . He also has an older brother named David. He trained at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre York and graduated at the Guildford School of Acting...
. She has also provided a number of TV advertising voiceovers.
Television filmography
- The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
2007 (episode 475) - Shiela Morgan - HustleHustle (TV series)Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...
2005 ("Confessions") - Juliette Keyes - Heartbeat 2005 ("Blast From The Past") - Louise Parry
- M.I.T.: Murder Investigation TeamM.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV series)MIT: Murder Investigation Team was a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill. The series is based around the investigations of a London Murder Investigation Team, and is closely styled after the American series CSI:...
2005 (series 2 episode 3) - Ruth Baxter - Murder in SuburbiaMurder in SuburbiaMurder in Suburbia was a British detective drama that ran for two series in 2004 and 2005.-Plot summary:The series focused on various murders in the fictional suburban England town of Middleford; filming took place in North West London, including Northwood.-Regular cast and characters:-Episode...
2004 ("Millionaire's Row") - Hannah Finch - Monarch of the Glen 2004 (Series 4 eps 1-8) - Irene
- Murder in Mind 2002 ("Memories") - Jenny Wilsher
- Badger 1999 (various episodes) - RSPB Officer Claire Armitage
- CasualtyCasualty (TV series)Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
1997-99 (various episodes) - Dr Georgina 'George' Woodman - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
1997 ("Once Bitten") - Diane Holloway - A Touch of FrostA Touch of Frost (TV series)A Touch of Frost is a television detective series produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1992 until 2010, initially based on the Frost novels by R. D. Wingfield....
1996 ("Fun Times for Swingers") - Anne-Marie Pearce - Game On ("Bad Timing") 1995 - Claudia
- Comedy FirstsComedy FirstsComedy Firsts is a short-lived British television series consisting of five unrelated sitcoms and one sketch show that aired in 1995. Two of the episodes later lead onto full series, Barbara and Sometime, Never.-Background:...
1995 (The Smiths) - Carol Smith - The Darling Buds of MayThe Darling Buds of MayThe Darling Buds of May is a British comedy drama which was first broadcast between 1991 and 1993 produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV Network. It is set in an idyllic rural 1950s Kent, among a large, boisterous family. The three series were based on the novels by H. E. Bates. Originally...
1993 (2 episodes) - Marion Winters - May to DecemberMay to DecemberMay to December was a British sitcom which ran for 39 episodes, from 2 April 1989 to 27 May 1994 on BBC1. The series was written by Paul Mendelson and produced by Cinema Verity....
1989-93 (Series 1-5) - Hilary - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
1989 ("Street Games and Board Games") - Debbie - News at TwelveNews at TwelveNews at Twelve is a 1988 British television comedy for children. The series followed 12-year-old Kevin Doyle and his nightly "news bulletins" about the events in his life...
1988 (various episodes) - Sharon Doyle - The Bretts 1987 (various episodes) - Emily
- Home to RoostHome to RoostHome to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew....
1986-89 (3 episodes) - Julie Willows - LovejoyLovejoyLovejoy is a TV series about the adventures of Lovejoy, a British antiques dealer and faker based in East Anglia, a less than scrupulous yet likeable rogue. The episodes were based on a series of picaresque novels by John Grant...
1986 ("To Sleep No More") - Receptionist - Shine on Harvey MoonShine on Harvey MoonShine on Harvey Moon is a British television series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian....
1984 ("Fools Rush In") - Gloria Pelham - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
1984 ("It's Not Such a Bad Job After All") - video shop assistant
Filmography
- Arthur's DykeArthur's DykeArthur's Dyke is a 2001 British film starring Pauline Quirke and Brian Conley. The plot follows a group of ramblers as they attempt to recreate their conquest of the Offa's Dyke path 20 years earlier.-Plot:...
2001 - Phillipa - Heavy WeatherHeavy Weather (TV)Heavy Weather was a dramatisation for television by Douglas Livingstone of the novel Heavy Weather by P. G. Wodehouse , set at Blandings Castle...
1996 - Sue Brown - Carry On ColumbusCarry On ColumbusCarry On Columbus is the 31st and last film in the Carry On series, following 1978's Carry On Emmannuelle. The only main series regulars present are Jim Dale , Bernard Cribbins , Leslie Phillips , Jon Pertwee and June Whitfield...
1992 - Chiquita
Other work
- 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)