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name: "Alex Kingston"
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born: "11 March 1963"
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# Alex Kingston

Actor. Born 11 March 1963 in Epsom, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 March 1963, Epsom, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston, Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston, 알렉스 킹스턴, الکس کینگستون

## Biography

Alex Kingston is an English actress. Born on 11 March 1963 in Epsom, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the early 1980s. She gained attention in Britain for her title role in the 1996 ITV miniseries *The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders*, which earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.

Kingston became known in the United States for playing Dr Elizabeth Corday in the NBC series *ER* from 1997 to 2004. Later credits include the recurring role of River Song in *Doctor Who* (2008–2015), Dinah Lance in *Arrow* (2013–2016) and Sarah Bishop in *A Discovery of Witches* (2018–2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Elizabeth Corday — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Also known for

- *Arrow* (2012), Dinah Lance
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Miranda Pond
- *Doctor Who* (2005), River Song, River Song / Professor River Song
- *NCIS* (2003), Miranda Pennebaker
- *Alpha Dog* (2006), Tiffany Hartunian
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Patricia Alwick
- *Like Crazy* (2011), Jackie Gardner
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), Commander Sloane Thompson

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