Siobhan Redmond, ( ; born 27 July 1959) is a
Scottish actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...
, a member of the
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...
, and known for various stage, audio and television roles.
Early life
Siobhan Redmond was born on 27 July 1959 in the
Tollcross area of
Glasgow
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as the second-eldest of three children to Charlotte Redmond, a drama teacher, and John Redmond, a university lecturer. She attended the Sunshine School of Dance and
Park School for Girls
Park School for Girls was an independent all-girls school situated in Glasgow, Scotland. The school merged with Laurel Bank School and the resulting Laurel Park School was absorbed into Hutchesons' Grammar School in 2002.
History
The school was ...
in
Glasgow's West End.
Redmond studied at the
University of St Andrews
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, where she earned a
Master of Arts
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in English. At St Andrews University, she has said to have been 'discovered' by playwright
Liz Lochhead
Liz Lochhead Hon FRSE (born 26 December 1947) is a Scottish poet, playwright, translator and broadcaster. Between 2011 and 2016 she was the Makar, or National Poet of Scotland, and served as Poet Laureate for Glasgow between 2005 and 2011.
E ...
while performing in a student Mermaids society production written by Marcella Evaristi. Redmond also did a course in massage and did a postgraduate year at the
Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a fin ...
.
Career
Her first television appearances were in the early 1980s, the first of these being in 1982 in the sketch show ''
There's Nothing To Worry About!'' After appearing in the two series of ''
Alfresco
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* ''Al fresc ...
'' in 1983 and 1984, her first major television success was as
George Bulman's assistant Lucy McGinty in ''
Bulman
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'' (1985–1987). She played, among other roles, Maureen Connell in ''
Between the Lines'' (1992–1994); Shona Spurtle in ''
The High Life'' (1994–1995); Madame Sin in ''
In The Red'' BBC TV (1998) adaptation of the novel; Janice Taylor in ''
Holby City
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'' (2000–2002), Sharon in ''
The Smoking Room
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'' (2004–2005);
Maeve Brown
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in ''
EastEnders
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''; clinical psychiatrist Pru Plunkett in ''
Midsomer Murders
''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...
''; and Ailsa in ''
Shoebox Zoo
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''. She also appeared on radio including in the 2002
BBC Radio 4
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series ''
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
''The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' is a series of radio dramas based on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective Sherlock Holmes. Written by Bert Coules as a pastiche of Doyle's work, the series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002, 2004, 2008 ...
'' and as Jean Brash in
BBC Radio 4
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's ''
McLevy
''McLevy'' is a British radio crime drama series, written by David Ashton, about the 19th century Edinburgh police detective James McLevy. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as part of its '' Afternoon Drama'' slot, the drama stars Brian Cox and Siobha ...
'' series.
Redmond is also a stage actress, having starred in such theatre productions as ''
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' in 2003, and is a member of the
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...
, with whom she appeared as Maria in ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vio ...
'' in 2007. She played Titania/Hippolyta for
Shakespeare's Globe
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in ''
A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a comedy written by William Shakespeare 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict amon ...
'', in its summer 2008 season.
In 2004, Redmond starred in the BBC TV series
Sea of Souls
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as twin sisters Carol and Helen. Redmond appeared in the "
Gingers for Justice" sketch on ''
The Catherine Tate Show
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'' in 2005 and then again in 2006. In 2007 she joined ''
The Bill
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The programme focused on ...
'' as Crime Scene Examiner
Lorna Hart and in 2010 played one of the leads in David Greig's play ''
Dunsinane'', reprising her role for the
BBC Radio 3
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adaptation on 30 January 2011.
On 26 June 2014, it was announced that Redmond would play a new incarnation of
the Rani
The Rani is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. She was played by Kate O'Mara.
The Rani is a renegade Time Lord, an amoral scientist who considers everything secondary to her research; she h ...
, a villainous character in the long-running series ''
Doctor Who
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'', originally portrayed on television by
Kate O'Mara
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, who had died earlier that year. Redmond's version of the Rani is featured in
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beginning with ''The Rani Elite'', which was released in December 2014.
In November 2014 Redmond joined
in the ITV series ''Grantchester''.
In November 2022, Redmond joined the cast of
as Colin's new partner Anne Marie.
Redmond was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by her alma mater, the
, in 2000. She was appointed
(MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to drama.
holby.tv; accessed 22 August 2014.
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