Christina Cole

Christina Cole (born 8 May 1982) is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series Hex.
== Early life ==
Born in London,[1] Cole is the eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister, Cassandra, and a brother, Dominic. Her mother is a telecentre manager and her father is a driving instructor.[2] Cole trained at the Oxford School of Drama,[1]graduating in 2002.[3]
== Career ==
Cole won the role of Clarissa Payne in What a Girl Wants (2003), featuring Colin Firth and Amanda Bynes, while still at drama school. She graduated early to begin filming.[1] She was then cast as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Julietat Clwyd Theatr Cymru.[1]
Cole's first lead role was that of Cassie Hughes in Hex. She portrayed Cassie for the whole of the first season and the first three episodes of the second. Upon her departure, the character was killed off.[4] Co-star Jemima Rooper has stated that the reason for Cole's exit from the series was that she wanted to move on.[5]
After leaving Hex, Cole went on to appear as Blanche Ingram in the critically acclaimed BBC television serial Jane Eyre and guest starred as Lilith in the Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code". She provided an audio commentary for the episode on the DVD release of the series' third series alongside David Tennant.[6]
Other roles include a small part in the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), as the receptionist at the Ocean Club Hotel in Nassau, Bahamas, and Diana Mann in the pilot episode of Cane, Cole's first appearance on American television. She has also appeared as Mel on the ITV sitcom Sold,[7] as Jenny Walker in The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), and as Charlotte Warren in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008).
Cole once again played alongside Jemima Rooper as Caroline Bingley in Lost in Austen.[8]
In 2009, Cole played Dr. Sarah King in Poirot: Appointment with Death.[9] She was also cast in a pilot for Fox[10] in the lead role of Maggie Hill,[11] a brilliant surgeon who endures adult-onset schizophrenia. She also starred in the films Surviving Evil (2009) alongside Natalie Mendoza and Billy Zane, and Doghouse (2009), with Danny Dyer and Billy Murray.
In 2012, Cole appeared in a music video for Cheyenne Jackson's "Before You".
Since 2015, Cole has portrayed Dr. Paula Agard on a recurring basis in the USA Network series Suits and made a one episode appearance in the NBC series The Blacklist. The same year she also portrayed Mrs. Sprot in the BBC's Partners in Crime series, in two episodes adapting Agatha Christie's N or M?.
In 2016, Cole opened at the Playhouse Theatre as Stevie in the world premiere of Matthew Perry's play The End of Longing, starring Perry, Lloyd Owen and Jennifer Mudge.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2003	What a Girl Wants 	Clarissa Payne 	
2006	Casino Royale 	Ocean Club Receptionist	
2007	The Deaths of Ian Stone 	Jenny Walker 	
2008	Surviving Evil 	Phoebe Drake 	
2008	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Charlotte Warren 	
2009	Doghouse 	Candy 	
2011	Blitz 	WPC 	
2013	Mutual Friends 	Beatrice 	
2015	Jupiter Ascending 	Gemma Chatterjee 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2002 	The Project 	Lizzie 	Television film
2003 	Foyle's War 	Violet Davies 	Episode: "Among the Few"
2003 	All About Me 	Sarah 	2 episodes
2004 	He Knew He Was Right 	Nora Rowley 	4 episodes
2004 	Agatha Christie's Marple 	Lettice Protheroe 	Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
2004–05 	Hex 	Cassie Hughes 	Lead role, 9 episodes
2005 	A Most Mysterious Murder 	Rose Harsent 	Television film
2006 	Jane Eyre 	Blanche Ingram 	4 episodes
2007 	Doctor Who 	Lilith 	Episode: "The Shakespeare Code"
2007 	Sea of Souls 	Rebecca Muir 	2 episodes
2007 	Cane 	Diana Mann 	Episode: "Pilot"
2007 	Sold 	Mel 	6 episodes
2007 	Comedy Showcase: Ladies and Gentlemen	Elizabeth 	Television film
2008 	Lost in Austen 	Caroline Bingley 	4 episodes
2008 	Agatha Christie's Poirot 	Sarah King 	Episode: "Appointment with Death"
2009 	Maggie Hill 	Maggie Hill 	Unsold TV pilot
2009 	Emma 	Mrs Elton 	2 episodes
2010 	Human Target 	Princess Victoria of Wales	Episode: "Victoria"
2010 	Midsomer Murders 	Sarah Sharp 	Episode: "The Silent Land"
2011 	CHAOS 	Adele Ferrer 	Main role, 13 episodes
2011 	Breakout Kings 	Lilah Tompkins 	Episode: "Queen of Hearts"
2011 	Lewis 	Claire Gansa 	Episode: "The Mind Has Mountains"
2013 	Silent Witness 	Janice Masters 	2 episodes
2014 	The Assets 	Louisa 	8 episodes
2014 	Rosemary's Baby 	Julie 	2 episodes
2016– 	Suits 	Dr. Paula Agard 	Recurring role
2015 	Partners in Crime 	Mrs. Sprot 	3 episodes ("N or M?" Parts 1,2 and 3)
2015 	New Tricks 	Carmen Creswell 	Episode: "The Russian Cousin"
2015 	The Blacklist 	Alice 	Episode: "The Djinn"
2017 	SS-GB 	Mrs. Sheenan 	Recurring role
2017–present	The Indian Detective 	Robyn "Bob" Gerner 	Main role
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