Robyn Addison is an English

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best known for her roles in television series such as ''

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'', '' Survivors'' and ''

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''. She has numerous other television drama and theatre credits.

Background

Addison became interested in acting whilst studying for a B.A. in English at the

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. During this time she appeared in numerous student productions including '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', '' Singin' in the Rain'' and

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revue

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. She has a sister named Fiona and a brother named Stuart.

Career

Over two series of '' Survivors'', Addison portrayed the character Sarah Boyer as the character metamorphosed from a self-serving person into an integrated member of the core family of characters and eventually a self-less person who sacrificed herself for the good of humanity. In the long running BBC series ''

'' Addison played the character Joanne Coldwell over thirteen episodes. Other television performances by Robyn Addison include ''Lightning Strikes'', ''

Inspector George Gently ''Inspector George Gently'' (also known as ''George Gently'' for the pilot and first series) is a 2008 British television crime drama series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector G ...

'' (Series 2 Episode 3 - " Gently in the Blood"), ''

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'' (Season 2 Episode 6) and ''

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'' (" Demons on Our Shoulders" – Season 12 Episode 1&2). She played Anna, Christopher Mead's "Date", in episode 17 of season 5 in '' Waterloo Road'' and also appeared in episode 18, where Chris ended their relationship, leaving her broken-hearted. Addison portrayed Angela in the Zoo Venues production of ''

Abigail's Party ''Abigail's Party'' is a play for stage and television, devised and directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh. It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the ...

'' at the 2005

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.2005 Edinburgh Festival review
/ref> She played Lydia Languish in ''

The Rivals ''The Rivals'' is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The story has been updated frequently, including a 1935 musical and a 1958 episode of the T ...

'' on tour in the UK between September and November 2010. She started playing Jolene in ''Chalet Lines'' at the Bush Theatre in April 2012. She also voiced the companion Sera in '' Dragon Age: Inquisition''. She has played Janice in series 7-10 of ''

'' which aired in the UK in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.

Filmography

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Derbyshire Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge People from Belper English television actresses {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub