Lucy Jane Briers (born 19 August 1967) is an English actress. Her film, stage and television roles have included appearances in '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995) and sitcom '' Game On''.

Early life

Briers was born on 19 August 1967 in

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, London. She is the daughter of the actor

Richard Briers Richard David Briers (14 January 1934 – 17 February 2013) was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in ''Marriage Lines'' (1961–66), but ...

and actress Ann Davies. She wanted to be an actress from an early age. Briers attended

St Paul's Girls' School St Paul's Girls' School is an independent day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England. History St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part o ...

, London (1978–85);

Lancaster University Lancaster University (legally The University of Lancaster) is a public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several pla ...

(where she studied

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and

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); and then a three-year acting course at the

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is a drama school in Bristol, England. The institution provides training in acting and production for careers in film, television and theatre. BOVTS is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama. ...

and she was a member of the National Youth Theatre.Maureen Pato
"Lucy Briers: 'Emphysema robbed my father of his laughter’"
, telegraph.co.uk, 2 November 2013 As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.

Career

Briers played Mary Bennet in the BBC's television adaptation of '' Pride & Prejudice'' (1995). She has narrated the documentary ''The Riddle of Pompeii'', the 2001 series ''Nurses'' and ''

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''. In 2007, Briers appeared in ''Some Kind of Bliss'', a one-woman play by

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at the

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, a role she reprised in the 2008 Brits off Broadway season. She appeared in the

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'' (2008) and a West End revival of Chekhov's '' Ivanov''. In 2011 she appeared in

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's ''

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'' first as Anna Mitchell, one of the three candidates for the post of curator of the Cultural Olympiad, then with her face blurred as Laura, Ian Fletcher's wife. In 2017 she appeared in Father Brown “The tree of Truth” as Prudence Bovary and in 2020 in Jane Austen's Emma as Mrs Reynolds.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briers, Lucy 1967 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Alumni of Lancaster University Alumni of Cartmel College, Lancaster English film actresses English Shakespearean actresses English stage actresses English television actresses National Youth Theatre members People educated at St Paul's Girls' School People from Hammersmith