Alex Kingston

Alex Kingston achieved global recognition as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER, where she appeared for over seven seasons from 1997 to 2004. Her performance earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in both 1998 and 1999, with further nominations in 2000 and 2001. Kingston was later honored with a TV Land Icon Award for her work on ER in 2009.

Bennet in Lost in Austen (2008), MI6 agent Fiona Banks in FlashForward (2009–2010), and defense attorney Miranda Pond in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009–2010). She additionally portrayed Boudica in ITV’s 2003 biopic of the same name and appeared in the film Alpha Dog (2006). On stage, she played Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (2013) at the Manchester International Festival, earning a Manchester Theatre Award nomination for Best Actress. More recently, Kingston has taken on compelling roles such as Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022) and Audrey Gratz in Netflix’s Treason (2022).

She also voiced Lucifer in the children’s series Dodger in 2022. Expanding her creative endeavors, Kingston published the novel Doctor Who: The Ruby’s Curse in 2021. In 2023, she returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company to undertake the significant role of Prospero in The Tempest. Looking ahead, Alex Kingston was announced in 2025 as a contestant on the popular ITV entertainment show Strictly Come Dancing.