Tamsin Greig | |
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Greig in 2010
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Born |
Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig 12 July 1966 Maidstone, Kent, England |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Tamsin Leaf |
Education | Bachelor of Arts |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1990–present |
Television |
Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books Alice Chenery in Love Soup Debbie Aldridge in The Archers Beverly Lincoln in Episodes Mum (Jackie) in Friday Night Dinner |
Spouse(s) | Richard Leaf (1997-present) |
Children | 3 |
Awards |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards: Comedy Performance 2004 Green Wing Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 2007 Much Ado About Nothing Whatsonstage.com Best Supporting Actress in a Play 2011 The Little Dog Laughed |
Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (/ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress. She played Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing. She currently stars in as Beverly Lincoln in the transatlantic sitcom Episodes, and as Jackie in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress; she won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated again in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.