Alex Kingston
Birthday: 1963-03-11
Place of Birth: Epsom, England, UK
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).
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Sweet Land
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be he...
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's re...
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The Women of Doctor Who
Behind every great time lord there's a great woman. Whether they're busting Daleks or the Doctor's e...
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The Science of Doctor Who
Like all great science fiction shows, there are kernels of truth and nuggets of science fact scatter...
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Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed...
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The Destinations of Doctor Who
Leave the beach towel at home and take a trip to the end of the earth - literally. From the Starship...
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What e...
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The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
When the Doctor's around, tomorrow is yesterday, yesterday is tomorrow and 18th century France is in...
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Croupier
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an...
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Woman of the Wolf
This fairy-tale-like drama, based on a 1904 short story by American poet and feminist author Renée V...
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Weapons of Mass Distraction
As two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use ...
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Sordid Things
A wealthy couple hires their cousin to be the surrogate for the child they are unable to have on the...
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Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with ...
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Like Crazy
A British college student falls for an American student, only to be separated from him when she's ba...
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Boudica
The Celtic queen who shook the Roman Empire. Boudica is one of history’s first and fiercest women wa...
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These Foolish Things
Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in love...
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Essex Boys
Billy has just scored an entry-level position with the local crime cartel. His first job is to mind ...
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Crashing
It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and...
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Deadpan
Ollie loves Agnes. Agnes loves Ollie. Agnes can't laugh, or she'll die. Ollie is a comedian. Deadpan...
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This Space Between Us
It’s been two years since his wife’s sudden death, and once-promising young filmmaker Alex Harty has...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century E...
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National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Performing from within the walls of a deconsecrated Manchester church, Kenneth Branagh takes the lea...
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James and Lucia
The last years in the life of James Joyce, as he writes Finnegans Wake and struggles with his fading...
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The Fall
Janet and Liam are happily married until she stops talking to him. And everybody else. In an attempt...
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NBC 75th Anniversary Special
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments....
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Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
The night River Song is imprisoned in Stormcage for killing the Eleventh Doctor, she receives a visi...
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Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
The Doctor's first date with River has gotten more than a little complicated. With three versions of...
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Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel
A digital clock on a computer screen flickers between 05:02:57 PM and 05:02:58 PM. A series of black...
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Doctor Who: Rain Gods
The Doctor and River Song find themselves at the mercy of the natives of the planet of the Rain Gods...
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Bukowski
The story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggl...
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Dodger Special: Train
Dodger reunites with Fagin's gang, and they try their boldest plan yet - a train robbery!...
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The Infiltrator
In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pe...
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A Pin for the Butterfly
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppr...
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Ghost Phone
William Pierce (Nelson Franklin) is a practical, rational man who suddenly finds himself face to fac...
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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comed...
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Alpha Dog
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug deale...
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Carrington
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey....
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
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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Happily Ever After
When Heather and Sarah Ann were growing up they told each other every secret. But Heather left their...
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The Poseidon Adventure
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivo...
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Bid the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, a fond farewell in this retrospective documentary special about...
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Foreign Affairs
Two couples find love and comfort in London. A reserved, but lonely aging American female college pr...
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The Killer's Game
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his ...
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