Andrée Bernard is an English actress best known for her major role as
Liz Burton in the British
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...
''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on sister channel E4 a da ...
''. She was a recurring guest artist in Holby City and has had West End lead roles in Hair and Kiss Me Kate. She has also worked with Steven Berkoff, playing Sarah in The Actors Lament and Eve in 6 Actors In Search Of A Director.
Born as Andree Barnard, she started acting in her early teens and, by the age of 17 in 1983, was appearing in episodes of ''
The Two Ronnies
''The Two Ronnies'' is a British television comedy sketch show starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. It was created by Bill Cotton and aired on BBC1 from April 1971 to December 1987. The usual format included sketches, solo sections, seria ...
'' and playing one of the two leading characters in the 1984
television film
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''Sharon & Michelle''. She also starred in ''
Only Fools and Horses
''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...
'' as Nervous Nerys
In 1991 she played
Gordon Brittas' secretary Angie throughout the first series of ''
The Brittas Empire
''The Brittas Empire'' is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie played titular character Gordon Brittas, the well-intended but hugely incompetent manager of the fictional Whitbury New T ...
'' and appeared as Nervous Nerys, barmaid in the Nag's Head, in ''
Only Fools and Horses
''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas ...
''. In 1995 she appeared as Terri Gordon in The Black Orchid an episode of "
Taggart
''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries "Killer" from 6 until 20 September ...
". She appeared in episodes of ''
Lovejoy
''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...
'', ''
Silent Witness
''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel Mc ...
'' and ''
Agatha Christie's Poirot
''Poirot'' (also known as ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'') is a British mystery drama television programme that aired on ITV from 8 January 1989 to 13 November 2013. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional H ...
'' and has made various, multiple appearances in ''
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983.
The programme focused on ...
''. She appeared as "Dolly" in the ''
Doctor Who'' episode "
The Shakespeare Code
"The Shakespeare Code" is the second episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It was broadcast on BBC One on 7 April 2007. According to the BARB figures this episode was seen by 7.23 mi ...
". Most recently appeared in
Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director.
As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style eponymously ...
's play ''6 Actors in Search of a Director'', together with
Neil Stuke
Neil Robert Stuke (born 22 February 1966 in Deal, Kent) is an English actor best known for his role of Matthew in the TV sitcom ''Game On'' and more recently for playing Billy Lamb in the BBC legal drama ''Silk''.
Career
Stuke played Matthew in ...
("Silk"). Bernard also provided the voice of Nancy Hamilton in the video game, ''
Clock Tower 3
is a survival horror video game co-produced by Capcom and Sunsoft for the PlayStation 2. Released in 2002, it is the fourth installment in the ''Clock Tower'' series, and the first and only video game directed by Japanese film director Kinji ...
.''
She has also starred in Holby City (2015-2017), Playing Dead (2018), The Bill playing various roles between 1992-2009, Crossroads (2002), Casualty (1993 and 1997), Taggart (1995)
References
External links
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Official website
English television actresses
Living people
English soap opera actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
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