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Lucy Ursula Griffiths (born 10 October 1986) is an English actress known for her roles as Lady Marian in the

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's vampire "sister", in the

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'' (2012–13) and as Emily Woodrow in the

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'' (2016).

Life and career

Born in

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, Griffiths was educated at

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Roedean School Roedean School is an independent day and boarding school founded in 1885 in Roedean Village on the outskirts of Brighton, East Sussex, England, and governed by Royal Charter. It is for girls aged 11 to 18. The campus is situated near the Sus ...

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and Varndean College. She is a former member of the

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and

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. She first appeared on television in ''

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'' and then '' Sugar Rush'', and on stage in '' The White Devil''. In February 2006 it was announced she would be playing a "feisty", beautiful Marian in the

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family drama series ''

'', alongside

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. Griffiths has said that her character "has been written as an intelligent, witty, biting character, and that's how I expected her to be." Griffiths returned as Marian in the second series of ''Robin Hood'' in 2007, but her character was killed off in the final episode. Though this decision proved unpopular with fans of the series, it is said on a BBC Nottingham page that she left the show to pursue 'other opportunities'. It has been rumored that she wanted to leave the show to further her career in Hollywood. However, other sources say she was written out to allow the show to be taken in a new direction. She returned in the series finale a year later as a spectral vision of Marian. In 2009, she made her West End debut in a revival of ''

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'' and appeared in the

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''. On 5 September 2010, she appeared in the ITV drama ''

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'', playing Bethan Ancell and on 1 November 2010 she starred in ITV drama ''The Little House''. In January 2011, Griffiths signed a talent holding deal with American television network

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. It had been announced that she would play Jenna Lestrade, the lead in the CW zombie pilot ''Awakening'', however the show did not go ahead. In November 2011, it was revealed that Griffiths would play Nora, the sister of vampire Eric Northman (

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), in the fifth season of

's ''

''. Nora is not a character in the ''

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'' (the books the TV series is based on) but she has been described as "intelligent, intimidating, cool under pressure and a very good liar" according to TV Line. During November 2011 Griffiths also appeared on stage at the

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, in the play ''Atman'' by

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. She voiced Mabel Dobbs in the

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'', which was released in January 2013. She has a diploma in

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from a world-famous school in Paris and claims that

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was her greatest influence into the artistry of emotions and actions without words. She also admires performances of

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, and

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. Griffiths was originally cast in ''

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'' as the female lead Liv Aberdine, the daughter of a late friend, who comes to discover that she has the ability of seeing the supernatural world among us. She teams up with Constantine to fight the demons who have targeted her and learn more about her late father. Griffiths was dropped after Goyer and Cerone decided to take the series in a different creative direction. Instead, the original comic character Zed was written in. It was later announced that

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would fill the role. Some of Griffiths' final scenes in the pilot were reshot to explain why her character doesn't join Constantine in his adventures, as had been foreshadowed and originally intended. In April 2015 Griffiths was cast in the

series ''

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre roles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Lucy 1986 births 21st-century English actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Living people People educated at Roedean School, East Sussex Actresses from Brighton Alumni of British Youth Music Theatre People educated at Varndean College People educated at Windlesham House School