Alex Kingston
Born	March 11, 1963 (1963-03-11) (age 45) Epsom, Surrey
Spouse(s)	Ralph Fiennes (1993-1997) Florian Haertel (1998-)

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Early life

Kingston was born and raised in Epsom, Surrey, on the outskirts of London, the eldest of three daughters of a butcher and his German wife. Her mother's younger brother is actor Walter Renneisen.^[1] She was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at the all-girls grammar school, Rosebery School. She later completed a two-year program at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and went on to join the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company. , See also Epsom, New Hampshire, and Epsom, New Zealand. ... This article is about the English county. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Walter Renneisen (b. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Performing arts education in London ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ...

Career

Kingston has appeared in a number of British produced television dramas, including Grange Hill, Crocodile Shoes, Moll Flanders and The Knock. She has also guest starred on The Bill. In 1997, Kingston gained American television fame after being cast on the medical drama ER at the start of the fourth season. Her character Elizabeth Corday was a British surgeon fellow arriving from England. This role she played for just over seven seasons until leaving in 2004, four episodes into Season 11. For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... Grange Hill is a British childrens television drama series which is shown on BBC One. ... Crocodile Shoes is a British television drama made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... The Knock was a UK television drama, running from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majestys Customs and Excise. ... This article is about the British TV series. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... For the soap opera producer, see Betty Corday. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Her film credits include The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), A Pin for the Butterfly (1994), Croupier (1998), and Boudica (Warrior Queen in the USA) (2003) in which she played Boudica. In 2006, she starred opposite Christian Slater in the West End (London, England) production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, playing Nurse Ratched to Slater's Randle Patrick McMurphy (characters famously portrayed by Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson in the 1975 film of the same name). The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (punctuated onscreen as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) is a 1989 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles. ... Croupier is a 1998 film starring Clive Owen as a croupier. ... A sculpture depicting Boudica, the warrior queen of the Iceni who led the revolt against the Romans in AD 61, and her daughters, commissioned by Prince Albert and executed by Thomas Thornycroft, stands near Westminster Pier, London Boudica (also spelt Boudicca, formerly better known as Boadicea) (d. ... Christian Slater(born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. ... West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre in London, England, or sometimes more specifically for shows staged in the large theatres of Londons Theatreland. Along with New Yorks Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1962) is a novel written by Ken Kesey. ... Louise Fletcher as Winn Adami on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Louise Fletcher (born July 22, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... John Joseph Nicholson (born April 22, 1937), known as Jack Nicholson, is a three time Academy Award-winning American actor internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. ... One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman. ...

In 2006, Kingston claimed she was turned down for a role on ABC's Desperate Housewives for being too curvy.^[2] In the same article, she admits to considering and nearly attempting suicide after her split with ex-husband Ralph Fiennes. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. ... Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962) is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated British actor. ...

On May 31 and June 7, 2008 she guest stared in the fourth series of the long running science fiction television programme Doctor Who in the two-part story "Silence in the Library"/"Forest of the Dead" as Professor River Song. This article is about the television series. ...

Family

Kingston met actor Ralph Fiennes while both were students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. They were together for ten years before marrying in 1993. They divorced in 1997, after Fiennes left her for actress Francesca Annis, 18 years his senior. Kingston married her second husband, German writer and freelance journalist Florian Haertel, in 1998. They met the previous year on a blind date arranged by friends.^[3] They have one child together, Salome Violetta, born March 28, 2001. Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962) is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated British actor. ... Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanskis Macbeth (1971). ...

References

External links

• Alex Kingston at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial Alex Kingston Page
• Alex Kingston Picture Galleries