Selina Giles (born 5 March 1972) is an English actress and writer. She is best known for playing Valerie Stowe in ''

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'' (2007) and Evey's mother in ''

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'' (2005).

Film and television

Giles began her acting career with a minor role in a 1993 episode of '' The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'', followed with minor roles in ''

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'' (1995) and a 1995 episode of '' Highlander: The Series''. She went on to star in the

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directed British film ''The Truth Game'' (2001); the Canadian television miniseries ''

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'' (2007–2008); the vampire horror film ''

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'' (2012); and '' The Confusion of Tongues'' (2014). She then appeared in the John Mckay directed 2004 film ''

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'', a 2007 episode of the BBC series ''Holby Blue'', and a 2013 episode of the children's series '' The Dumping Ground''. In 2015 she wrote produced and acted in the short film ''Pickled''. She played Ryan Woods, whose death is a driving plotline in the Netflix series '' Greenhouse Academy'', which ran from 2017 to 2020.

Theatre

On the stage, she has played the role of Renee in

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's ''M Butterfly'' at the

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and Miss Julie in the August Strindberg play ''Miss Julie'' at the Tristian Bates Theatre. In 2013, she established Two Shillings and Six Pence Productions which is a company of actors who meet weekly perform quarterly and raise money for a local charity. Giles wrote, produced and acted as Shelly Long in the play ''The Two Faces of Agent Lacey'', directed by Simon Fellows and staged at

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in the ' Above The Arts' space. In 2015, she appeared as Claire Macneill in the play ''Bluebird'' by Simon Stephens at the

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. In 2016, she appeared as Lisa in the play ''Wastwater by Simon Stephens'' at the

. In 2017, she appeared as Heather in the play ''The'' ''Wasp'' by Morgan Lloyd Malcom at The

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