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Alexandra Gilbreath (born 28 March 1969) is an English actress, born in Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Alexandra Gilbreath is an English actress and director, born in 1969. She has appeared in TV shows such as Monarch of the Glen, EastEnders and Casualty, and films such as Warhol, The Art of Love and Lair.
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Alexandra Gilbreath is a British actress and director, born in 1969. She has appeared in Warhol, The Art of Love (2022) and Monarch of the Glen (2000), among other projects.
- March 28, 1969
Jan 26, 2004 · Actress Alexandra Gilbreath, who stars in the RSC’s historic pairing of The Taming of the Shrew & The Tamer Tamed, shares her views on sexual equality, unconditional love, wonky doors & wearing Peggy Ashcroft’s cardie.
- Finding The Voice of Queen Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour’s Relationship
- Redemption For Catherine Parr
- Exploring The Alleged Sins of Elizabeth’s Mother, Anne Boleyn
To find the voices of Elizabeth (played by Alicia von Rittberg) and the other royals, Reiss read lots of letters and speeches from the era. She recalls that one note from Edward Seymour, the Duke of Somerset who served as his nephew King Edward VI’s head of state, to the Royal Army in Scotland really unlocked these characters for her. “He kept sayi...
Becoming Elizabethfocuses on exploring the young future queen’s relationship with the older Sir Thomas Seymour, brother of her dad’s third wife, Jane Seymour, and the uncle of King Edward VI, who went on to marry Henry’s fourth and final wife, Catherine Parr. Elizabeth and Seymour were said to have had a romantic affair while the future queen lived...
Catherine Parr (played by Jessica Raine) was the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII, and the Queen Consort of England and Ireland. Over the course of her four-year marriage to Henry VIII, she became very close to Elizabeth, and was personally involved in her education. Considering their close relationship, Reiss wanted to portray Catherine wit...
Elizabeth lost her mother, Anne Boleyn, when she was just two years old, when her father had his second wife beheaded for crimes of incest and adultery. “She was known as the great whore,” Reiss says, noting she was shocked that the English public was allowed to refer to the the former Queen this way. “Anne is kind of ground zero for that kind of h...
Alexandra Gilbreath was first introduced to Shakespeare by her reception teacher - whom she lived with - when she was four or five. Her teacher had a passion for Shakespeare, and was committed to introducing it in the early years of primary school. Alexandra Gilbreath as Angellica in The Rover.
Award-winning English actress Alexandra Gilbreath is widely known for her work both on stage and screen. An Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, she has appeared in numerous RSC productions, including The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, The Tamer Tamed, The Winter's Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Love's ...
