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Debra Gillett

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Debra Gillett
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children3

Debra J.[1] Gillett is an English actress who has appeared in productions including The Witches, Chimera, Truckers, Casualty, Just William, Dalziel and Pascoe, Spooks, Doctor Who, Soul Music, and Cranford.

Career

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Gillett's stage work includes Limehouse (2017). In 2018 she played The Nurse ("a cartoonish delight"[2]) in Patrick Marber's adaptation of Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King at the Royal National Theatre, and was a "sympathetic"[3] Queen Charlotte in Adam Penford's adaptation of The Madness of George III at the Nottingham Playhouse.

Personal life

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Gillett is the wife of playwright Patrick Marber. They married in 2002 and have three children.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Witches Waitress
1991 Riff-Raff Singer
1991 Young Soul Rebels Jill
2000 Breathtaking Julie
2006 Notes on a Scandal Lorraine
2014 A Small Family Business Poppy McCracken
2016 Bridget Jones's Baby Daisy
2018 National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III Queen Charlotte

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Chimera Julie Episode #1.1
1991 G.B.H. Sylvia 3 episodes
1991 Casualty Reporter Episode: "Judgement Day"
1991 Stay Lucky Receptionist Episode: "Poetic Justice"
1992 Truckers Grimma 12 episodes
1992 Between the Lines Mary Shibden Episode: "Lies and Damned Lies"
1993 Screen Two Pat McVurrich Episode: "The Long Roads"
1995 The Bill Nina Episode: "Expert Witness"
1995 Eleven Men Against Eleven Jenny Television film
1995 Just William Peggy Episode: "William and the Old Man in the Fog"
1995 Coogan's Run Maud Episode: "The Curator"
1996 Wales Playhouse Alison Episode: "A Skip Day in Splott"
1997 Soul Music Susan Sto Helit 7 episodes
1997 Mr. White Goes to Westminster Kath Television film
2001 Cold Feet Georgina Episode #4.2
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Sonia Wingate 2 episodes
2004–2005 Spooks Debra Langham / Psychologist 3 episodes
2005 Footprints in the Snow Val Television film
2006 Doctor Who Rita Connolly Episode: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2007–2009 Cranford Mrs Johnson 6 episodes
2011 The Many Faces of... Mrs Johnson Episode: "Dame Judi Dench"
2014 Call the Midwife Mrs Harper Episode #3.5
2021 Inside No. 9 Penny Episode: "Last Night of the Proms"

References

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  1. ^ Reunited, Genes. "Debra Gillett - Marriages & Divorces [1] - Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.co.uk.
  2. ^ "'Exit the King' review". Time Out. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "The Madness of George III starring Mark Gatiss review at Nottingham Playhouse – 'Gatiss rises to the challenge'". The Stage. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ Holden, Anthony (16 November 2003). "Reasons to be cheerful". The Observer. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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