Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston
Kingston at the 2019 GalaxyCon Minneapolis
Born
Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston

(1963-03-11) 11 March 1963 (age 61)
Epsom, Surrey, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1993; div. 1997)
  • Florian Haertel
    (m. 1998; div. 2013)
  • Jonathan Stamp
    (m. 2015)
Children1
RelativesWalter Renneisen (maternal uncle)

Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston (born 11 March 1963)[1] 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).

  1. ^ "Happy Birthday, Alex Kingston: A River Song Top 10".