Alex Kingston
Actor
Biography
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
Filmography
Like Crazy
as Jackie Gardner 2011
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Adele 1989
The Killer's Game
as Sharon Rabinowitz 2024
Croupier
as Jani De Villiers 1998
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as River Song 2015
The Poseidon Adventure
as Suzanne Harrison 2005
Carrington
as Frances Partridge 1995
Essex Boys
as Lisa Locke 2000
Sweet Land
as Brownie 2005
Boudica
as Boudica 2003
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as Moll Flanders 1996
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Verity Graham 1997
Crashing
as Diane Freed 2007
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Schoolgirl (Uncredited) 1980
Happily Ever After
as Ria 2016
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as River Song (archive footage) 2014