Question: What actress who began her career in classical theatre starred in Victoria & Albert?
Context: Victoria & Albert is a 2001 British-American historical television serial.  It focused on the early life and marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.  The series starred Victoria Hamilton as Victoria, Jonathan Firth as Prince Albert and Peter Ustinov as King William IV.  It was directed by John Erman. New York Classical Theatre is the only all-free professional (Off Broadway) theatre in NYC.  Founded by Stephen Burdman, the Company has presented more than 600 free performances of works by Shakespeare and other classical playwrights including Aphra Behn, Chekhov, Farquhar, Jarry, Marivaux, Moliere, Schiller, Shaw and Sheridan.  Over the past 17 seasons, nearly 200,000 people have experienced 37 free New York Classical productions outdoors in Central Park, Prospect Park, The Battery, Rockefeller Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Carl Schurz Park and on Governors Island, and indoors at Brookfield Place and One Liberty Plaza. Victoria Hamilton (born 1971) is an English actress.  After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.  In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard. Elizabeth Counsell (born June 7, 1942) is an English actress, best known for starring in the BBC television series "Brush Strokes", and for her work in classical theatre.  She played Lady Macbeth to Michael Gambon's Macbeth at the Forum Theatre in 1968, and was Michael Redgrave's leading lady in his anthology "Shakespeare's People", 1976-77.  In 1983 she took the nominal part in Peter Hall's Jean Seberg (musical) at the Royal National Theatre.  Her film career includes roles in "Hot Millions" (1968), "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1969), "Under the Doctor" (1976), "Killer's Moon" (1978), and "Claudia" (1985).  Her most recent film appearances include the 2012 film "Song for Marion" with Vanessa Redgrave, and the 2014 film "Grace of Monaco" starring Nicole Kidman. Classical Theatre Project is a professional theatre company based in Toronto, Ontario that creates innovative productions of classic plays for a new generation of theatre fans.  The company was founded in 2001 and focuses on producing the works of William Shakespeare.  Since its creation, the CTP has played to more than 500,000 audience members across Canada and the U.S. The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Co. is a Los Angeles-based classical theatre company that was founded in 2006 by Edward Castuera, Jack Leahy and Charles Pasternak.  It is a member organization of the LA Stage Alliance.  The Porters are working their way through the works of Shakespeare, with the goal of becoming the first theatre company in the city of Los Angeles to perform the entire Shakespearean canon.  In addition to classical pieces, the company also occasionally takes on new works, often written or translated by company members. The Lion & Unicorn Theatre is a studio theatre in Kentish Town, London, England.  The Theatre is known for classical theatre, contemporary plays and new writing.  The theatre is run and managed by Cutting The Strings Theatre Company. Mad Duck Theatre Collective is a Vancouver, British Columbia based theatre company that has been presenting classical theatre for the modern stage. PICT (Formerly known as Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre) was founded in 1996 by Andrew S. Paul and Stephanie Riso in Pittsburgh.  PICT has emerged as a significant contributor to the cultural fabric of Pittsburgh with almost 2,000 loyal season subscribers, and annual attendance of over 23,000.  A constituent member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), PICT has garnered a yearly position on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's list of the city's Top 50 Cultural Forces.  The organization's productions are consistently ranked among the year's best by the critics of the Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh City Paper.  PICT was named Theatre of the Year-in both 2004 and 2006 by the critics of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  Following the 2007 season, feature actor David Whalen was named the Pittsburgh Post Gazette's 24th theatrical Performer of the Year.  As of October 15, 2014, PICT has produced 89 main stage shows, including five world premieres, seven U.S. premieres, thirty-eight Pittsburgh premieres and four festivals. The Classical Theatre of Harlem is a professional theatre company founded in 1999 at the Harlem School for the Arts.  CTH remains the only year round theatre company operating on an AEA LORT contract in Harlem, and presents a world repertory ranging from Euripides to Derek Walcott.  Since its founding, the CTH has put on over 40 productions, including "Dutchman" "Waiting for Godot", "Macbeth", "Detroit '67", "The Blacks: A Clown Show", "Henry V", " A Midsummer Night's Dream" and various others for which the company has received numerous AUDELCO, OBIE, Drama Desk, American Theatre Wing and Lucille Lortell nominations and awards.
Answer: Victoria Hamilton