Amelia Bullmore
Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964)[1][2] is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright.[3] She is known for her roles in Coronation Street (1990–1992, 1995), I'm Alan Partridge (2002), Ashes to Ashes (2008–2009), Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and Scott & Bailey (2011–2014). Bullmore began writing in 1994.[4][5] Her writing credits include episodes of This Life,[6] Attachments,[7] Black Cab,[8] and Scott & Bailey.[5]
Early life and education
Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London,[1][9] to Jeremy Bullmore, an advertising executive, and Pamela Bullmore (née Green), a gardening writer.[10] She has two older brothers, neuropsychiatrist and neuroscientist Edward Bullmore and documentary filmmaker Adam Bullmore.[11]
She studied drama at Manchester University.[1][3]
Career
Acting
Bullmore was part of a cabaret group named Red Stockings, along with Helen Edmundson.[12] While performing at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, a casting director for Coronation Street saw her performance. Bullmore played Steph Barnes in Coronation Street, and was a regular on the show from February 1990 to September 1991. She made brief returns in April 1992 and September 1995.[3][11][13] She worked and lived in Manchester for 10 years, moving to London in 1995.[11]
Bullmore appeared in the first series of the BBC comedy series Big Train broadcast in 1998.
Bullmore appeared opposite Steve Coogan as Sonja, the Ukrainian girlfriend of Alan Partridge in the series two of the BBC2 comedy series I'm Alan Partridge.[13] She also appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line.[14]
From 2011 to 2014, Bullmore co-starred in the crime drama Scott & Bailey. She also wrote seven episodes of the show.[1][5]
In 2016, she starred in the second series of Happy Valley, playing jealous mistress Vicky Fleming.[15]
Writing
In 2005, Bullmore wrote her first play, Mammals, which was staged at Bush Theatre and went on to tour the UK regionally.[16][17]
In 2013, Bullmore wrote a second play, Di and Viv and Rose, which was staged at Hampstead Theatre.[18] Di and Viv and Rose is about the friendship of three women over the course of 30 years, from 1983 when they are in university to 2013.[19] The play eventually transferred to the West End in early 2015,[20] where it ran at the Vaudeville Theatre before closing in March.[21][22]
Personal life
In 1993, Bullmore married Scottish actor Paul Higgins.[13][23] They met in Manchester in 1992 while they were performing A View from the Bridge.[9] The couple have two daughters.[1]
Awards
Year | Award | Work | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Original TV Drama Serial (shared) | This Life | Won |
2005 | Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (co-winner) | Mammals | Won[25][26] |
2009 | Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance | The Norman Conquests | Won[27] |
2012 | Writer's Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (shared) | Scott & Bailey | Nominated |
2013 | Crime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actress Dagger | Won[28] | |
2018 | BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Supporting Actor/Actress | The Beard | Nominated[29] |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Mrs. Dalloway | Rezia Warren Smith | |
2002 | Bookcruncher | Bookshop Manageress | Short film |
2003 | Hello, Friend | Friend | Short film |
2005 | Festival | Micheline Menzies | |
2006 | The Truth | Candy's Mother | |
2009 | Endgame | Gill | |
2014 | What We Did on Our Holiday | Margaret McLeod | |
2018 | Take Rabbit | Rabbit | Short film |
2019 | Motto | Linda | Short film |
2022 | Beware of Trains | Voice | Short film |
Television
Actor | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1990–1992, 1995 | Coronation Street | Steph Barnes | 131 episodes |
1991 | Give Us a Clue | Herself - Contestant | 1 episode |
1993 | Comedy Playhouse | Beth | 1 episode: "Stuck on You" |
Cracker | Catriona Bilborough | 2 episodes: "One Day a Lemming Will Fly": Parts 1 & 2 | |
1994 | Woman of the Wolf | Madame Plaisir | TV short film |
Faith | Ros | Mini-series; 4 episodes | |
1996 | Frontiers | Caroline Poole | 6 episodes |
1997 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Karen Parmenter | 1 episode: "Woman of the Year" |
Insiders | Paula Green | 1 episode: "Guilty" | |
Turning World | Social worker | 2 episodes: #1.1 and #1.3 | |
The Bill | Tracy Cooper | 1 episode: "In the Dark" | |
1997–2001 | Brass Eye | Various roles | 3 episodes: "Science", "Sex" and "Paedophilia" |
1998, 2002 | Big Train[30] | Various roles | 7 episodes |
1999 | Tilly Trotter | Eileen Sopwith | Mini-series; 2 episodes |
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story | Horse Jockey | TV Special | |
2000 | Jam | Various roles | Mini-series; 6 episodes |
Attachments | Lin | 1 episode: "Dot Bomb" | |
2001 | Linda Green | Lucy Cooper | 1 episode: "Rest in Peace" |
2002 | The Gist | Freda Cooper | TV film |
I'm Alan Partridge | Sonja | 6 episodes | |
2003 | Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge | Mary (voice) | TV film |
State of Play | Helen Preger | Mini-series; 6 episodes | |
Coming Up | Psychiatrist | 1 episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show" | |
2004 | I Am Not an Animal | Winona the Dog (voice) / Additional voices | 6 episodes |
2005–2006 | Donovan | Evie Strauss | 3 episodes |
2006 | Sorted | Claire Hill | 3 episodes |
2006–2007 | Suburban Shootout | Joyce Hazledine | 11 episodes |
2007 | Director's Debut | Tara Vaughan | 1 episode: "Baby Boom" |
Dalziel and Pascoe | Frances Cunningham | 2 episodes: "Project Aphrodite": Parts 1 & 2 | |
The IT Crowd | Helen Buley | 1 episode: "Smoke and Mirrors" | |
2008 | The Whistleblowers | Helen Millard | 1 episode: "No Child Left Behind" |
Mrs. In-Betweeny | Emma | TV film | |
2008–2009 | Ashes to Ashes [31] | Caroline Price | 9 episodes |
2009 | Cutting Edge | Herself - Narrator | 1 episode: "The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World" |
2010 | Bellamy's People | Various characters | 3 episodes |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Judith Butler | 1 episode: "Hallowe'en Party" | |
Little Crackers | Helen | 1 episode: "Jo Brand's Little Cracker: Goodbye Fluff" | |
2011 | Shameless | Mildred Fletcher | 3 episodes |
Lewis | Caroline Hope | 1 episode: "Wild Justice" | |
2011–2012 | Twenty Twelve | Kay Hope | 13 episodes |
2011–2014 | Scott & Bailey | DCI Gill Murray | 30 episodes |
2012 | Sherlock | Dr. Stapleton | 1 episode: "The Hounds of Baskerville" |
2013 | Common Ground | Becky | 1 episode: "Floyd" |
It's Kevin | Various roles | 4 episodes | |
2015 | Jekyll and Hyde | Renata Jezequiel | Mini-series; 3 episodes |
2016 | Happy Valley | Vicky Fleming | 3 episodes |
Power Monkeys [32] | Lauren | Mini-series; 6 episodes | |
The Crown | Kathleen Sutherland | 1 episode: "Assassins" | |
2018 | Deep State | Olivia Clarke | 4 episodes |
2019, 2022 | Gentleman Jack | Eliza Priestley | 10 episodes |
2019–2024 | Vienna Blood [33] | Rachel Liebermann | 11 episodes |
2021–2022 | The Larkins | Miss Edith Pilchester | 13 episodes |
2022 | I Hate You | Naomi | Mini-series, 1 episode: "Jazz" |
2023 | The Buccaneers | The Dowager Duchess of Tintagel | Main role; 6 episodes |
2024 | The Jetty | Sylvia | 4 episodes |
Writer | |||
1997 | This Life | N/A | 2 episodes: "When the Dope Comes In", "She's Gotta Get It" |
1998 | Big Train | Additional material (6 episodes) | |
2000 | Jam | 1 episode: "fussfussfussfussfussfussfuss" | |
Black Cab | Ten 10-minute TV films (series deviser); 3 episodes: "Busy Body", "Marriage Guidance", "Tom & Marianne"[8] | ||
Attachments | 2 episodes: "Plug & Play"[7] and "Hot Mail" | ||
2012–2014 | Scott & Bailey | 7 episodes: "Sidelines" (2012), "Undermined" (2013), "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" (2013), "Superficial" (2014), "Tough Love" (2014), "Fatal Error" (2014), "Lost Loyalty" (2014) | |
2019–2022 | Traces [34] | 10 episodes |
Theatre work
Actor | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1987 | Breaking Rank: Oh Yes We Can by Helen Edmundson | Red Stockings Theatre Company (Manchester)[35] | |
1988 | Ladies in the Lift by Helen Edmundson | Sarah | |
1989 | The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse | Pascal | Contact Theatre (Manchester)[36] |
Be Bop a Lula by Bill Morrison | Sharon Sheeley | Liverpool Playhouse (Liverpool)[37] | |
1991 | The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht | Birmingham Repertory Theatre[38] | |
1992 | A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller | Catherine | Royal Exchange (Manchester)[9] |
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | Lady Capulet | Royal Exchange (Manchester)[39] | |
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw | Barbara Undershaft | Citizens Theatre (Glasgow)[40] | |
Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams | Heavenly Finley | Citizens Theatre (Glasgow)[41] | |
1993 | How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn | Mary | Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham)[42] |
All My Sons by Arthur Miller | Ann Deever | ||
Inadmissible Evidence by John Osborne | Liz | Lyttelton Theatre (London)[43] | |
1994 | The Queen and I by Sue Townsend | Leanne/Trish | Royal Court Theatre (London)[44] |
Road by Jim Cartwright | Louise/Linda/Claire | Royal Court Theatre (London)[45] | |
1996 | The Thickness of Skin by Clare McIntyre | Laura | Royal Court Theatre (London)[46] |
2004 | Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare | Ensemble | The National Theatre (London)[47] |
The Crucible by Arthur Miller | Elizabeth Proctor | Sheffield Crucible (Sheffield)[48] | |
2008 | The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn | Ruth | The Old Vic (London)[49] |
2009 | Circle in the Square Theatre (New York)[50] | ||
2010 | Really Old, Like Forty Five by Tamsin Oglesby | Cathy | The National Theatre (London)[51] |
2015 | A Christmas Carol | Noël Coward Theatre (London)[52] | |
2018 | Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker | Marty | HOME (Manchester)[53] |
Playwright | |||
2005 | Mammals | N/A | Bush Theatre (London) |
2007 | Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen adaptation) | Gate Theatre (Dublin) | |
2011 | Di and Viv and Rose | Vaudeville Theatre (London)[20] |
Radio work
Actor
- 2012: "Sweet Tooth," Book at Bedtime, BBC Radio 4 – Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan[54]
- 2016: "Delamere's Meadow," First for Radio, BBC Radio 4 – Delamere's Meadow by Nina Stibbe[55]
- 2017: "The Beard," Drama,BBC Radio 4 – The Beard by Timothy X Atack[56]
Writer
- 2007: "Down the Line," BBC Radio 4 – January 2007
- 2007: "Cash Flow," From Fact to Fiction, BBC Radio 4
- 2009: "The Bat Man," Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4
- 2009: "The Middle," Saturday Drama, BBC Radio 4
- 2009-2014: "Craven," 15 Minute Drama, BBC Radio 4 – Series 1 (2009), Series 2, 3 & 4 (2012), Series 5 (2013), Series 6 (2014)
- 2007: "County Lines (radio play], " BBC Radio 4 – June 2018
Works and publications
Plays
- Bullmore, Amelia (2005). Mammals. London: Methuen Pub. ISBN 978-0-413-77522-1. OCLC 82367220.
- Ibsen, Henrik; Bullmore, Amelia (new translation by) (2007). Ghosts. London: Methuen Drama. ISBN 978-0-713-68577-0. OCLC 891562141.
- Bullmore, Amelia (2013). Di and Viv and Rose. London: Bloomsbury Methune Drama. ISBN 978-1-472-50857-7. OCLC 843806192.
Radio
- Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Davis, Julia; McQuarrie, Stuart; Rabbit, Anne; Treves, Simon; Marinker, Peter (2007). "Cash Flow" (Radio program (15 min)). From Fact to Fiction. BBC Radio 4.
- Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Nighy, Bill; Parkinson, Katherine; Agutter, Jenny; Baker, Sean; Peate, Mary (directed by) (2009). "The Bat Man" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.
- Bullmore, Amellia (written by); Peate, Mary (directed by); Cunniffe, Emma; Miles, Ben (2009). "The Middle" (Radio program (1 hr)). Saturday Drama. BBC Radio 4.
- Bullmore, Amelia (created by, written by); Peake, Maxine (2009). "Craven" (Radio program (15 min)). 15 Minute Drama. BBC Radio 4.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Bullmore, Amelia (written by); Crook, Mackenzie (2011). "Family Tree" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.
- Bullmore, Amelia (written by) (2012). "Craven: Looking for Mr King" (Radio program (45 min)). Afternoon Drama. BBC Radio 4.
Other writing
- Bullmore, Amelia (17 January 2015). "Amelia Bullmore: How I wrote my latest play with a little help from my friends". The Independent.
References
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- ^ Walsh, Alyson (13 June 2016). "Creative women at work: Amelia Bullmore". Thatsnotmyage.com.
- ^ a b c Gilbey, Ryan (15 January 2015). "Amelia Bullmore: 'I love choppy waters'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Amelia Bullmore". United Agents. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Anthony, Andrew (28 April 2012). "Amelia Bullmore: 'I like to think that I don't look like those people'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Writers' Guild Awards 1996 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain". Writersguild.org.uk. 26 October 1997. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Attachments". World Productions. BBC Worldwide. 2000.
- ^ a b "Black Cab". World Productions. BBC Worldwide. 1999.
- ^ a b c Wylie, Ian (29 June 2011). "Back 'home' – former Coronation Street star Amelia Bullmore turned Scott & Bailey cop". Manchester Evening News.
- ^ Hume, Lucy, ed. (2017). "Bullmore, Prof Edward Thomas". Debrett's People of Today 2017. London, UK: Debrett's Peerage Limited. ISBN 978-1-786-84310-4. OCLC 985347513.
- ^ a b c Gilbert, Gerard (4 March 2012). "Amelia Bullmore: 'My brother calls me the family pornographer'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Creative women at work: Amelia Bullmore - That's Not My Age". Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Sonja bags a partridge". The Scotsman. 9 November 2002.
- ^ Cumming, Michael (2006). "Down The Line - Behind The Microphone". BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
- ^ Carson, Sarah (10 November 2017). "Meet the cast of Happy Valley series two". Radio Times.
- ^ Billington, Michael (11 April 2005). "Mammals, Bush Theatre, London". The Guardian.
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- ^ Masters, Tim (13 February 2013). "Amelia Bullmore explores female friendship in Di and Viv and Rose". BBC News.
- ^ Gruber, Fiona; Bullmore, Amelia (2 August 2017). "MTC Talks: Interview with Amelia Bullmore" (Audio interview). Melbourne Theatre Company.
- ^ a b Billington, Michael (30 January 2015). "Di and Viv and Rose review – female friendship explored with wit". The Guardian.
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- ^ Editorial Staff (20 February 2015). "Di and Viv and Rose announces early closure". WhatsOnStage.
- ^ "Amelia M Bullmore: England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005". FamilySearch. 1993.
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- ^ "The List of 2018 Winners". BBC Radio 4. 2018.
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- ^ Wylie, Ian (29 June 2011). "Scott and Bailey: Amelia Bullmore". Life of Wylie.
- ^ McNally, Kevin; Bullmore, Amelia (16 June 2016). "Power Monkeys' Kevin McNally And Amelia Bullmore on EU Referendum Satire" (Video interview). Good Morning Britain. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
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- ^ "British Newspaper Archive (includes The Threepenny Opera production info". Genes Reunited. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Romeo and Juliet". Neil Stuke. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Amelia Bullmore". The Stage. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Sweet Bird of Youth (1992)". University of Glasgow Scottish Theatre Archive. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "British Newspaper Archive (includes How the Other Half Loves and All My Sons production info)". Genes Reunited. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Osborne, John (4 April 2013). Inadmissible Evidence (1993). Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571300853. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "The Queen & I". Theatricalia. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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- ^ Taylor, Paul (5 April 1996). "The Thickness of Skin Royal Court Upstairs, London". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Amelia Bullmore CV" (PDF). Troika Talent. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Spencer, Charles (12 February 2004). "When a flawed classic becomes a must-see". The Telegraph.
- ^ "The Norman Conquests". The Old Vic. 2008.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (23 April 2009). "Unrequited Love, in Triplicate". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ "Tamsin Oglesby's Really Old, Like Forty-Five opens at London's National Theatre". Playbill. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
- ^ Shenton, Mark (9 December 2015). "A Christmas Carol, Starring Jim Broadbent, Opens on the West End Tonight". Playbill.
- ^ "Circle Mirror Transformation". HOME. 2018.
- ^ McEwan, Ian (novel by); Bullmore, Amelia (read by); Hall, Christine (abridged and produced by) (7 September 2012). "Sweet Tooth (episode 5)" (Radio program (15 min)). Book at Bedtime. BBC Radio 4.
- ^ Stibbe, Nina (written by); Bullmore, Amelia (reader) (11 March 2016). "Delamere's Meadow" (Radio program (15 min)). First for Radio. BBC Radio 4.
- ^ Atack, Timothy X (written by); Bullmore, Amelia (14 September 2017). "The Beard" (Radio program (45 min)). First for Radio. BBC Radio 4.
External links
- Amelia Bullmore at the British Film Institute
- Amelia Bullmore at IMDb
- Amelia Bullmore at British Comedy Guide