Elizabeth Berrington


Elizabeth Ann Berrington is an English actress and graduate of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she is best known for her roles as Ruby Fry in Waterloo Road, Paula Kosh in Stella, Mel Debrou in Moving Wallpaper and Dawn Stevenson in The Syndicate. She has also featured in British television series such as The Bill, Doc Martin, Doctor Who, The Office, Casualty, The Lakes, The Grimleys and Rose and Maloney.

Career

From 1996 to 1999, Berrington starred alongside Emma Wray and Tony Robinson in the ITV comedy-drama My Wonderful Life. In 1999, she played Marie Antoinette in Let Them Eat Cake, starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders.
In cinema, Berrington has featured in many popular films such as The Little Vampire and, more recently, Nanny McPhee with Emma Thompson and In Bruges alongside Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. In 2008 and 2009, a she played Mel in Moving Wallpaper. She was in the 2008 Poirot episode "Cat Among the Pigeons". Berrington also featured in the 1993 Mike Leigh film Naked, and had a role in Leigh's 1996 drama film Secrets & Lies, starring Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Timothy Spall.
In 2009, Berrington and actress Shirley Henderson were the stars of the popular ITV drama May Contain Nuts in which she played Ffion, a snobbish suburban mother. Berrington also played Nicola, a nurse in the BBC Two comedy, Psychoville. She appeared as Food Technology teacher Ruby Fry in the BBC TV series Waterloo Road from 2009 to 2011, departing after two series. She played "Auntie" in "The Doctor's Wife", an episode in series 6 of Doctor Who. In 1997, she appeared in a TV Licence advert. In 2012, she was in an episode of New Tricks, playing a murderer called Grace. From 2012–13 she portrayed Paula Kosh in the Sky 1 comedy series Stella, in 2015 she returned for two episodes.
In 2011, Berrington starred in the BBC Christmas show, Lapland as Paula, a role which she reprised in the six-part spin-off series Being Eileen, which aired from February 2013.
Berrington appeared onstage in the 2013 play The Low Road. Later, she appeared on Series 2, Episode 4 of Cuckoo as Sandra in August 2014.
In 2016, Berrington appeared in "Hated in the Nation", the sixth episode of the third season of the Netflix original, Black Mirror.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993NakedGiselleOn-Screen Debut
1996Secrets & LiesJane
1996The MoonstoneLimping LucyTV film
1998Urban Ghost StoryMrs. Ash
19998½ WomenCeleste, Emmenthal Maid
1999OneginMile Volkonsky
1999Mad CowsPru
2000The Little VampireElizabeth McAshton
2000QuillsCharlotte
2001LargeDog Therapist
2003The DealCherie BlairTV film
2004Vera DrakeCynical Lady
2004SpivsNigel's Secretary
2005A Cock and Bull StoryDebbie
2005Nanny McPheeLetitia
2006MissingNurse PetersTV film
2006Love Lies BleedingJoanna SymsTV film
2006ScoopAntique Shop Woman
2006Are You Ready for Love?Debbie
2007The Dinner PartyThe ShrewTV film
2007Fred ClausLinda Elf
2008In BrugesNatalie
2009May Contain NutsFfion RussellTV film
2011LaplandPaula CooperTV film
2012Hard Boiled SweetsJackie
2012EggboxNurseTV film
2013Bettie
2014Mr. TurnerLady Critic
2016Swallows and AmazonsMrs. Blackett
2018Teen SpiritLorene
2019YesterdayHazel

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes-
1994Between the LinesPamela HewittEpisode: "Shoot to Kill"-
1996Staying AliveLeah Howes1 episode-
1996The BillAvril StoneEpisode: "Hard Enough"-
1997-1999The LakesRuthSeries regular-
1997-1999My Wonderful LifeMarinaSeries regular-
1998CasualtyJune WhiteEpisode: "Degrees of Separation"
1998Silent WitnessJane NelsonEpisode: "Brothers in Arms"-
1999Let Them Eat CakeMarie Antoinette3 episodes-
2000The ViceJulie EvansEpisode: "Betrayed"-
2000Nature BoyMiss Owthwaite1 episode-
2000RhonaRoxanneEpisode: "The Haircut"-
2001The GrimleysMrs. RobinsEpisode: "An Inspector Calls"-
2001The BillLynn RobertsEpisode: "A Week of Nights"-
2001Sam's GameIreneEpisode: "Slogan"-
2001ChambersTina StentEpisode: "Survival Trek"-
2002Rescue MeMary Hope1 episode-
2002Bodily HarmBelinda Chalk2 episodes-
2003The OfficeAnneEpisode: "Christmas Special"-
2004Family BusinessJessica BrookerSeries regular-
2004ShaneMyrtleSeries regular-
2004Where the Heart IsJemma HarperEpisode: "Never Can Say Goodbye"-
2005The Rotters' ClubIrene AndertonMini-series-
2005Rose and MaloneyMaggieEpisode: "Annie Johnson"-
2006-2007Drop Dead GorgeousVal DugganSeries regular-
2007Annually RetentiveMake Up Artist1 episode-
2008-2009Moving WallpaperMel DebrouSeries regular-
2008A Touch of FrostBabs SellwoodEpisode: "Mind Games"-
2008Agatha Christie's PoirotMiss SpringerEpisode : "Cat Among the Pigeons"-
2008ApparitionsKim Portman1 episode-
2009The StreetJane MillerEpisode: "Smoke"-
2009PsychovilleNicola5 episodes-
2009-2011Waterloo RoadRuby FrySeries regular-
2010Little CrackersTerryEpisode: "Goodbye Fluff"-
2011The Crimson Petal and the WhiteLady Constance BridgelowMiniseries-
2011Doctor WhoAuntieEpisode: "The Doctor's Wife"-
2012-2017StellaPaula KoshSeries regular-
2012New TricksGrace CusackEpisode: "Blue Flower"-
2013Being EileenPaula CooperSeries regular-
2013Playhouse PresentsJillEpisode: "Stage Door Johnnies"-
2013Midsomer MurdersLibs PearceEpisode: "The Christmas Haunting"-
2014PramfaceHesterEpisode: "A Proper Little Family"-
2014The SmokePauline PynchonMini-series-
2014W1AElaine Pearson1 episode-
2014Trying AgainGailSeries regular-
2014CuckooSandraEpisode: "Funeral"-
2014BabylonVanessa Peters1 episode-
2015The SyndicateDawn StevensonSeries regular-
2016-2017Tracey Ullman's ShowVarious RolesSeries regular-
2016CampingKerrySeries regular-
2016DoctorsNic Katchevski5 episodes-
2016The Living and the DeadMaud HareSeries regular-
2016WastedDeniseEpisode: "Come Down Day"-
2016Black MirrorJo PowersEpisode: "Hated in the Nation"-
2016Marley's GhostsJill2 episodes-
2017Father BrownMargaret CartwrightEpisode: "The Lepidopterist's Companion"-
2017Little Boy BlueDebra TaylorMini-series-
2017LoadedCarlyEpisode: "The Boat"-
2017BorderlineMary ParfittEpisode: "Inspection"-
2018Death in ParadiseDiane SmithEpisode: "Murder from Above"-
2018Brenda QuintasEpisode: "This Promised End"-
2018Patrick MelroseFleurEpisode: "At Last"-
2018Vanity FairLady Bareacres3 episodes-
2019VeraPaulaEpisode: "Cold River"-
2019Good OmensDagon, Lord of Files2 episodes-
2019SanditonMrs. GriffithsSeries regular-