Alex Kingston

Born: 1963-03-11

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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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

as Adele
Released: 1989-10-13

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her...

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Alpha Dog

as Tiffany Hartunian
Released: 2006-01-27

Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug...

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The Poseidon Adventure

as Suzanne Harrison
Released: 2005-11-20

A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of...

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Croupier

as Jani De Villiers
Released: 1998-06-25

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack...

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Like Crazy

as Jackie Gardner
Released: 2011-10-28

A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when...

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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as River Song
Released: 2015-12-25

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and...

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Sweet Land

as Brownie
Released: 2005-10-21

Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to...

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Essex Boys

as Lisa Locke
Released: 2000-07-14

Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to...

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Carrington

as Frances Partridge
Released: 1995-05-25

Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton...

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Moll Flanders
Released: 1996-10-13

After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of...

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NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 2002-05-05

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

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The Infiltrator

as Anna
Released: 1995-06-24

In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a...

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Boudica

as Boudica
Released: 2003-10-12

The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest...

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Saint-Ex

as Chic Party Guest
Released: 1996-11-17

Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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Happily Ever After

as Ria
Released: 2016-03-18

When Heather and Sarah Ann were growing up they told each other every secret. But Heather left...

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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith

as Narrator
Released: 2013-12-25

Bid the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, a fond farewell in this retrospective documentary special...

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Ghost Phone

as Sheila
Released: 2013-12-19

William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to...

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Weapons of Mass Distraction

as Verity Graham
Released: 1997-11-10

As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they...

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National Theatre Live: Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth, his wife
Released: 2013-07-19

Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the...

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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2014-08-13

Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion....

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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2013-08-04

Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is...

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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

as Self
Released: 2013-11-23

Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who,...

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Crashing

as Diane Freed
Released: 2007-01-23

It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu,...

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These Foolish Things

as Daniella
Released: 1989-02-28

Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in...

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Dodger Special: Train

as Lucifer
Released: 2022-11-27

Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!

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Foreign Affairs

as Actress
Released: 1993-01-01

Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female...

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Sordid Things

as Eve Manchester
Released: 2009-04-18

A wealthy couple hires their cousin to be the surrogate for the child they are unable to have on...

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The Fall

as Dr. Greta Portius
Released: 2022-07-21

Janet and Liam are happily married until she stops talking to him. And everybody else. In an...

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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

as Schoolgirl (Uncredited)
Released: 1980-09-10

The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

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Doctor Who: Rain Gods

as River Song
Released: 2013-09-24

The Doctor and River Song find themselves at the mercy of the natives of the planet of the Rain...

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The Women of Doctor Who

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2012-08-11

Behind every great time lord there's a great woman. Whether they're busting Daleks or the...

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This Space Between Us

as Peternelle
Released: 1999-05-15

It’s been two years since his wife’s sudden death, and once-promising young filmmaker Alex Harty...

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The Science of Doctor Who

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2012-08-04

Like all great science fiction shows, there are kernels of truth and nuggets of science fact...

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Doctor Who -The Night and The Doctor: Last Night

as River Song
Released: 2012-11-21

The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three...

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Woman of the Wolf

as The Woman
Released: 1994-01-01

This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author...

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Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night

as River Song
Released: 2012-11-21

The night River Song is imprisoned in Stormcage for killing the Eleventh Doctor, she receives a...

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The Destinations of Doctor Who

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2012-08-25

Leave the beach towel at home and take a trip to the end of the earth - literally. From the...

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The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who

as River Song (archive footage)
Released: 2012-08-18

When the Doctor's around, tomorrow is yesterday, yesterday is tomorrow and 18th century France...

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Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel

as River Song
Released: 2011-09-24

A digital clock on a computer screen flickers between 05:02:57 PM and 05:02:58 PM. A series of...

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Deadpan

as Tamara
Released: 2019-05-24

Ollie loves Agnes. Agnes loves Ollie. Agnes can't laugh, or she'll die. Ollie is a comedian....

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Miranda Pond
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Patricia Alwick
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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Doctor Who

as River Song
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Doctor Who

as Professor River Song
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Arrow

as Dinah Lance
First aired: 2012-10-10

Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at...

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Without a Trace

as Lucy Costin
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Blue Bloods

as Commander Sloane Thompson
First aired: 2010-09-24

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....

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FlashForward

as Fiona Banks
First aired: 2009-09-24

When the entire world blacks out for two minutes and seventeen seconds, everyone sees a flash of...

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Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self
First aired: 2004-10-12

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering...

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V Graham Norton

as Self
First aired: 2002-05-06

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring...

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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Vlurgen (voice)
First aired: 2014-12-05

Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his...

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A Discovery of Witches

as Sarah Bishop
First aired: 2018-09-14

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly...

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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

as Naomi Shropshire
First aired: 2016-11-25

Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory...

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Loose Women

as Self
First aired: 1999-09-06

A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to...

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ER

as Elizabeth Corday
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Grange Hill

as Jill Harcourt
First aired: 1978-02-08

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill...

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Doctor Who Extra

as River Song
First aired: 2014-08-23

Doctor Who Extra brings you unprecedented access to the making of Doctor Who... Featuring...

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Hannay

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-01-06

Hannay was a 1988 spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel The Thirty-Nine...

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Lost in Austen

as Mrs. Bennet
First aired: 2008-09-03

Modern Amanda enters through a portal in her bathroom, to join the Bennet family and affect...

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The Widow

as Judith Gray
First aired: 2019-02-28

A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the...

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Treason

as Audrey Gratz
First aired: 2022-12-26

An MI6 deputy's bright future takes a sharp turn after a reunion with a Russian spy forces him...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Ben Hur

as Ruth
First aired: 2010-04-04

The struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends...

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Crocodile Shoes

as Caroline Carrison
First aired: 1994-11-10

Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in...

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Moll Flanders
First aired: 1996-12-01

Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable...

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Chasing Shadows

as Ruth Hattersley
First aired: 2014-09-04

Chasing Shadows follows a team of special operatives who are tracking down serial killers.

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Shoot the Messenger

as Mary Foster
First aired: 2016-10-08

The series follows Daisy Channing, a young reporter trying to balance a messy personal life with...

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Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited

as River Song (archive footage)
First aired: 2013-01-27

As the Doctor's newest companion, Clara Oswald, steps into the TARDIS, take a look back at...

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Marchlands

as Helen Maynard
First aired: 2011-02-03

The gripping story of three different families living in the same house in the 1960’s, 1980’s...

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Hope Springs

as Ellie Lagden
First aired: 2009-06-07

Ellie finds herself in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs along with fellow...

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Dodger

as Lucifer
First aired: 2022-02-06

Dodger follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin's gang as...

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The Read

as Narrator
First aired: 2022-04-10

Creative performance readings of iconic British novels.

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Doctor Who Monster Files

as River Song
First aired: 2008-04-05

Monster Files was an ongoing webcast series of webisodes created by the BBC for its official...

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