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'', Mel Debrou in '' Moving Wallpaper'', and Dawn Stevenson in '' The Syndicate''. She has also featured in British television series such as ''

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'', '' Doctor Who'', '' The Office'', '' Casualty'', '' The Lakes'', '' The Grimleys'', and '' Rose and Maloney''.

Career

From 1996 to 1999 Berrington appeared alongside Emma Wray and

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in the ITV comedy-drama ''My Wonderful Life''. In 1999 she played

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in '' Let Them Eat Cake'', starring

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and

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. In cinema Berrington has featured in many films, such as '' The Little Vampire'' and, more recently, '' Nanny McPhee'' with

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and '' In Bruges'' alongside

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and

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. In 2008 and 2009 she played Mel in '' Moving Wallpaper'', and was in the 2008 ''Poirot'' episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". Berrington also featured in the 1993

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film ''

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'', and had a role in Leigh's 1996 drama film '' Secrets & Lies'', starring

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and

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. In 2009 Berrington and actress Shirley Henderson were the stars of the popular ITV drama ''May Contain Nuts'' in which she played Ffion, a snobbish suburban mother. Berrington also played Nicola, a nurse, in the BBC Two comedy '' Psychoville''. She appeared as Food Technology teacher Ruby Fry in the BBC TV series '' Waterloo Road'' from 2009 to 2011, departing after two series. She played "Auntie" in " The Doctor's Wife", an episode in

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of '' Doctor Who''. In 1997 she appeared in a TV Licence advert. In 2012 she was in an episode of ''

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'', playing a murderer called Grace. From 2012 to 2013 she portrayed Paula Kosh in the

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comedy series ''

''; in 2015 she returned for two episodes. In 2011 Berrington appeared in the BBC Christmas show ''

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'' as Paula, a role which she reprised in the six-part spin-off series '' Being Eileen'', which aired from February 2013. Berrington appeared on stage in the 2013 play '' The Low Road''. Later, in August 2014, she appeared in Series 2, Episode 4 of ''

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'' as Sandra. In 2016 Berrington appeared in " Hated in the Nation", the sixth episode of the third season of the

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original, ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Berrington, Elizabeth 1970 births Living people English television actresses English film actresses People from Wallasey 21st-century English actresses 20th-century English actresses