Biography
Elizabeth Rider is an English actress. Born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, she trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she received the Gold Medal, and joined the BBC's Radio Drama Company after winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.
Her television career began in 1979 with the role of Nora in Testament of Youth. She is known for appearances in The Lakes (1997) as Sheila Thwaite, Donovan Quick (2000), Murder (2002) as D.S. Wenthworth, Mrs Wilson (2018) as Gladys Wilson, Line of Duty (2012–) as DCC Andrea Wise, Shadow and Bone (2021) as Ana Kuya, and numerous other series including Midsomer Murders, Call the Midwife, Doctor Who, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Marple, and Father Brown.
