Beverley Cressman

Beverley Cressman is a British actress, best known for being the first person cast as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. She starred in two unofficial direct-to-video Doctor Who spin-offs, Downtime (1995), and Dæmos Rising (2004).

In 1995 Cressman played Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in the Reeltime Pictures film Downtime. The film also starred Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. In 1999 Cressman appeared as a driving instructor in the TV series Grange Hill. In the same year Cressman played Debbie Hunter in the Pig Heart Boy episode Losing It. Cressman played the role of Kate Lethbridge-Stewart again in the 2004 film Dæmos Rising. She starred in this film alongside her former husband Miles Richardson. In 2012, the then current Doctor Who production team decided to re-introduce Cressman's character. The role was re-cast and given to Jemma Redgrave. Cressman also works as a voice over artist and a QVC guest presenter. Furthermore she voiced Clarissa Jones in Big Finish's Death and the Daleks and Doctor Carnive in The Mirror Effect.