# Lyndsey Marshal

Lyndsey Marshal (born 16 June 1978) is an English actress best known for her performance in The Hours, as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama Garrow's Law.

## Biography

Marshal was born in Manchester, England. She attended Old Trafford Junior School and Lostock High School. After studying the classics at college for a career in archaeology, she applied to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Her first major part was in the play Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre, which she took just before graduation. In 2001 she won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Newcomer in 2001 for her performances in Redundant at the Royal Court Theatre and Boston Marriage at the Donmar Warehouse. In 2003, she won the TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She appeared alongside James McAvoy in the 2009 West End production Three Days of Rain. In 2011 she appeared in Greenland at the National Theatre.
Marshal has appeared in the films The Hours alongside Nicole Kidman, and Hereafter, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Marshal starred as Cleopatra in HBO's Rome. Since 2009 she has played Lady Sarah Hill in the three series of the BBC One drama Garrow's Law and, with Julie Walters, in the BBC TV film A Short Stay in Switzerland. She starred also in ITV's new series of Agatha Christie's Marple.
In January 2013 Marshal played Eileen Blair, wife of Eric Blair, in the BBC Radio 4 drama The Real George Orwell – Homage to Catalonia. She also played Queen Gertrude in the radio drama series “Elsinore”.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Natalie Pearce | TV series (Episode: "Masquerade") |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Peggy | TV film |
| 2002 | Midsomer Murders | Emma Tysoe | TV series (Episode: "Ring Out Your Dead") |
| 2002 | The Hours | Lottie Hope | |
| 2003 | Sons & Lovers | Miriam Leivers | TV film |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Ethel Monticue | TV film |
| 2004 | The Calcium Kid | Mags Livingston | |
| 2005 | Stories of Lost Souls | Simon's Girlfriend | (segment: "Standing Room Only") |
| 2005 | Frozen | Tracey | |
| 2005 | Born and Bred | Mary Pilling | TV series (Episode: "Never Seek to Tell") |
| 2005 | Festival | Faith Myers | |
| 2005 | Snuff-Movie | X | |
| 2005 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Anne Meredith | TV series (Episode: "Cards on the Table") |
| 2005 | Rome | Cleopatra | TV series (5 episodes: 2005–2007) |
| 2007 | Green | Izzie | TV film |
| 2007 | The Shadow in the North | Isabel Meredith | TV film |
| 2008 | Kiss of Death | George Austen | TV film |
| 2008 | 1234 | Emily | |
| 2008 | Marple: Murder is Easy | Amy Gibbs | TV film in Agatha Christie's Marple series |
| 2009 | A Short Stay in Switzerland | Jessica | TV film |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Gemma | TV series short (Episode: "Ding Dong") |
| 2009 | Garrow's Law | Lady Sarah Hill | TV series (8 episodes 2009–2011) |
| 2010 | Being Human | Lucy | TV series (8 episodes) |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Jackie | |
| 2010 | No Pressure | Schoolteacher | Short produced by climate change mitigation campaign 10:10 |
| 2012 | Titanic | Mabel Watson | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2012 | The Cricklewood Greats | Florrie Fontaine | TV film |
| 2012 | The Forgotten | Sarah | Post-production |
| 2012 | Blackout | Lucy | TV series |
| 2012 | In the Dark Half | Kathy | |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Laura | Episode "The Understudy" |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang | Sal | |
| 2016 | Silent Witness | Sasha Blackburn | TV series (Episode: "Life Licence", 2 parts) |
| 2016 | Trespass Against Us | Kelly Cutler | |
| 2017 | The League of Gentlemen | Ellie | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2019 | Hanna | Rachel | TV series |
| 2019 | Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar | Agatha Christie | TV movie |
| 2020 | Dracula | Bloxham | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2022 | Inside Man | Mary Watling | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2024 | Restless | Nikki | |
| 2024 | Insomnia | Caroline Mitchell | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2024 | To Love a Narcissist | Charlotte | |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director |
| 2000 | Fireface | Olga | Royal Court Theatre | Dominic Cooke |
| 2001–02 | Boston Marriage | Catherine | Donmar Warehouse / West End | Phyllida Lloyd |
| | Top Girls | Shona / Kit / Waitress | New Vic Theatre | Roxanna Silbert |
| 2001–02 | Redundant | Lucy | Royal Court Theatre | Dominic Cooke |
| 2003 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Bristol Old Vic | David Farr |
| | Bright | Polly | Soho Theatre | Paul Jepson |
| 2004 | The Crucible | Mary Warren | Sheffield Crucible | Anna Mackmin |
| 2004–05 | Sleeping Beauty | Beauty | Young Vic / New Victory Theater NYC | Rufus Norris |
| 2005 | Blood Wedding | Wife | Almeida Theatre Co | Rufus Norris |
| 2005–06 | The Hypochondriac | Toinette | Almeida Theatre | Lindsay Posner |
| 2007 | A Matter of Life and Death | June | Olivier Theatre | Emma Rice |
| 2007 | Absurdia | Lucienne/ Uncle Ted | Donmar Warehouse | Douglas Hodge |
| 2008 | The Pride | Sylvia | Royal Court Theatre | Jamie Lloyd |
| 2009 | Three Days of Rain | Nan/Lida | Apollo Theatre | Lindsay Posner |
| 2013 | Othello | Emilia | Olivier Theatre | Nicholas Hytner |
| 2015 | Oresteia | Clytemnestra | HOME, Manchester | Blanche McIntyre |
| 2018 | The Wild Duck (by Robert Icke, after Ibsen) | Gina | Almeida Theatre | Robert Icke |
| 2021 | Force Majeure | Ebba | Donmar Warehouse | Michael Longhurst |

## Awards

* 2001 Critics' Circle Theatre Award Best Newcomer (Redundant / The Boston Marriage)
* nomination 2002 Evening Standard Award Best Newcomer (Redundant / The Boston Marriage)
* nomination 2002 Olivier Award Best Supporting Actress (The Boston Marriage)
* 2003 TMA Theatre Award Best Supporting Actress (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
* nomination 2006 Ian Charleson Award (The Hypochondriac)
* 2016 1st International Film Festival & Awards – Macao Best Actress (Trespass Against Us)