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Kate Ashfield
Kate Ashfield (born 28 May 1972) is an English actress, who has appeared in stage, TV and film roles, most famously in her role as Liz in the 2004 zombie comedy ''Shaun of the Dead''. She is the co-writer of the 2017 TV series ''Born to Kill''. Filmography * ''Princess Caraboo'' (1994, film) – Ella * ''Blasted'' (1995, stage) – Cate * ''Shopping and Fucking'' (1996, stage) – Lulu * ''Soldier Soldier'' (1996, TV) – Cate Hobbs * ''Woyzeck'' (1997, stage) – Marie * '' Closer'' (1998, stage) – Alice * ''Guest House Paradiso'' (1999, film) – Ms Hardy * ''The War Zone'' (1999, film) * ''Watership Down'' (1999, TV series) – Primrose (Series 1/2 only) * ''Storm Damage'' (2000, TV) – Kay * ''The Low Down'' (2000) – Ruby * ''Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (2000) – Carol * ''Late Night Shopping'' (2001, film) – Jody * ''Pure'' (2002, film) – Helen * ''Crime and Punishment'' (2002, miniseries) – Dounia * '' Beyond Borders'' (2003, film) – Kat * ''Pollyanna' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 237,110 in 2019. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world,. producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998. The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure (2002 Film)
''Pure'' is a 2002 British film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. It stars Molly Parker, Harry Eden, and Keira Knightley. Cast * Molly Parker as Mel * Harry Eden as Paul * David Wenham as Lenny * Keira Knightley as Louise * Vinnie Hunter as Lee * Marsha Thomason as Vicki * Geraldine McEwan as Nanna * Karl Johnson as Grandad * Gary Lewis as Detective Inspector French * Kate Ashfield as Social Worker Helen Awards Berlin International Film Festival *Won: Manfred Salzgeber Award (Gillies MacKinnon) *Won: Manfred Salzgeber Award - Special Mention (Harry Eden) Emden International Film Festival *Won: Emden Film Award British Independent Film Awards 2003 The 6th British Independent Film Awards, given on 4 November 2003 at the Hammersmith Palais, London, honoured the best British independent films of 2003. Winners *Best Actor: **Chiwetel Ejiofor - '' Dirty Pretty Things'' *Best Actress: **Olivia W ... *Won: Most Promising Newcomer(Harry Eden) External links * *Official website(arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Smile
''Secret Smile'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British drama television series, serial in two parts shown by ITV (TV network), ITV in December 2005. It is set in Acton, London and is based on the 2003 Nicci French book of the same name, directed by Christopher Menaul and starring David Tennant, Claire Goose and Kate Ashfield. Overview When Miranda (Kate Ashfield) meets attractive and confident Brendan (David Tennant), a seemingly harmless fling ensues. But her attempt at breaking it off with him leads to a passionate web of lies, deception and death. Plot summary While attending a friend's birthday party, Miranda Cotton meets the handsome Brendan Block. The two sleep together that night and begin a relationship. Ten days later, Miranda arrives home to find that Brendan has let himself in and gone through her belongings. She promptly ends the relationship, causing Brendan to storm out of her flat after verbally abusing her. A month later, Miranda is contacted by her sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Man (2005 Film)
''The Best Man'' (known in the US as ''Best Man, Worst Friend'' (on television) and ''Unhitched, may the best man win'' (on home video)) is a 2005 comedy film starring Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart, Seth Green and Kate Ashfield. It was directed by Stefan Schwartz from a script by Schwartz and Ed Roe. Plot Childhood friends Olly Pickering and Murray go their separate ways when Olly goes to university. While there, Olly meets James. Murray vomits all over James, creating instant enmity between them. Olly writes the two first chapters of a novel and an editor pays him $50,000 to finish it. But he gets writer's block, so loses all his money. He finds a job in London as assistant to Dana, an editor of self-help books for women. James is going to marry in London and throws a party which he invites Olly to. Olly arrives late and gets covered in pigeon droppings in Trafalgar Square. He changes into some women's trousers. James wants Olly to be his best man and write a funny speech. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random Quest
"Random Quest" is a science fiction short story, which is also a love story, by British writer John Wyndham. It was included in his 1961 collection '' Consider Her Ways and Others''. It has been dramatised three times, twice under its original name and once as '' Quest for Love''. Plot summary The frame story deals with the elderly Dr Harshom, who lives in Herefordshire and has a very rare family name, all of whose bearers are in one way or another related and are in some contact with each other. In the early 1950s the Harshoms, scattered throughout England, are greatly mystified by the appearance of a young man named Colin Trafford, who systematically and persistently meets each and every one of them, asking about a young woman named Ottilie Harshom whom none of the Harshoms has ever heard of and who is evidently very important to him. Dr Harshom decides to talk to Trafford and the story consists mainly of what Trafford eventually tells him. Trafford is a physicist who was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baker (film)
''The Baker'' is a 2007 British comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Gareth Lewis and starring Damian Lewis, Kate Ashfield and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. An ex-assassin retires to a small Welsh village and opens a bakery but is unable to escape his former associates. It was known in the USA by the alternative title ''Assassin in Love''. The film premiered at the 2007 Tremblant Film Festival, where Lewis was awarded Best Director. Plot Milo (Damian Lewis) is a dissatisfied professional assassin. Cornering his latest target at his home, Milo has a change of heart and offers the man the chance to escape and assume a new identity, only for Bjorn (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), a rival assassin working for the same organization, to arrive and kill the man anyway. Bjorn makes it clear that he plans to use Milo's lapse in protocol to have his bosses order Milo's termination; they do so, assigning the kill to Bjorn. Milo narrowly escapes Bjorn's first attack, and after a conversation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spivs (film)
''Spivs'' is a 2004 British crime film directed by Colin Teague, who also co-wrote the screenplay along with screenwriters Gary Young (screenwriter), Gary Young, and Mike Loveday. It is the second of three undertakings by Teague and Young, the others being '' Shooters'' and ''The Last Drop'', respectively. Incidentally, director Glenn Durfort, who worked with Teague on ''Shooters'', appears briefly in all three of these films. Plot summary Jack, Steve and Goat are East End London "spivs" (British slang for a black marketeer) who spend their days wheeling and dealing whenever and wherever they can. But not until they are landed with the juicy payoff they have been waiting for, involving a shady character who calls himself Villa, do they realize the trouble they have got into. After opening a truck door they discover they were not smuggling merchandise, rather they were smuggling people. The people run out of the cargo area. Jack is mad at Steve for not checking. Then suddenl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakers
''Fakers'' is a 2004 United Kingdom, British film directed by Richard Janes and starring Matthew Rhys as con-man with a big debt to pay off to wanna-be crime lord Art Malik. It was produced by Richard Janes Claire Bee and Todd Kleparski, three graduates from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication. Completely funded via independent routes the film cost $1,500,000 to make and has opened theatrically in the United Kingdom, America and Japan as well as other territories. The title track was written and performed by Andrea Britton and produced by Andrew J Jones. Plot In this crime caper set in the eccentric London art world, Nick Edwards (Rhys) owes £50,000 to the super-smooth, yet brutal, crime lord Foster Wright (Malik) and has four days to find the cash. Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini, he believes he's in the clear. The problem is, it's only worth 15 grand. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trouble With Men And Women
''The Trouble with Men and Women'' is a 2005 film written and directed by Tony Fisher and starring Joseph McFadden and Kate Ashfield. Plot Serious and intense Matt is tired of mooning over a woman who has deserted him for a life in the United States. After enduring the bar room philosophising of his friends as they vainly try to cheer him up, he starts dating various women, desperate for an understanding of the opposite sex. Yet he may well harbour the notion that it is his best mate's girlfriend that he is destined to be with. Cast * Joseph McFadden – Matt * Kate Ashfield Kate Ashfield (born 28 May 1972) is an English actress, who has appeared in stage, TV and film roles, most famously in her role as Liz in the 2004 zombie comedy ''Shaun of the Dead''. She is the co-writer of the 2017 TV series ''Born to Kill''. ... – Susie * Matthew Delamere – Vinnie Music * Matt Cattell Innovation of Sound - Sam Gibb – External links * 2005 films 2005 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Little Life
''This Little Life'' is a 2003 TV film drama starring Kate Ashfield, Peter Mullan and Linda Bassett. The story follows the life of a married couple following the premature birth of their son. The film was produced by Stewart Mackinnon (Headline Pictures), directed by Sarah Gavron and written by Rosemary Kay who was awarded the Dennis Potter Award for the script and a BAFTA for Best New Writer for the film. The film score was composed by Dario Marianelli. Reception Shown to critical acclaim at International Festivals, the film was awarded the Jury Prize for Best Debut Feature at the Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ..., won Best Film at the Banff TV awards, in Canada, and was awarded a special Prix Europa. At the Royal Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killing Hitler
''Killing Hitler'' is a BBC drama examining the ''Operation Foxley'' plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Written and directed by Jeremy Lovering, it was first broadcast on 30 March 2003. Cast * Peter McDonald as LB/X * Kenneth Cranham as Brigadier Sir Stewart Menzies * Kate Ashford as Rachel Cathcart * Keith Allen as Major General Colin Gubbins External links''Killing Hitler''by Professor Duncan Anderson at ''BBC History ''BBC History Magazine'' is a British publication devoted to both British and world history and aimed at all levels of knowledge and interest. The publication releases thirteen editions a year, one per month and a Christmas special edition, an ...''Characters in ''Killing Hitler''at ''BBC History'' * BBC television dramas Failed assassins of Adolf Hitler {{BBC-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
