Английская Википедия:Flora Montgomery

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Flora Anne Selina Montgomery (born 4 January 1974) is a Northern Irish actress.

Early life and family

Montgomery was born at her family's ancestral home in Greyabbey, County Down, the daughter of William Howard Clive Montgomery, OBE, of Rosemount House and of Greyabbey, and his second wife, Daphne Bridgeman. Her maternal grandfather was Geoffrey Bridgeman. She is a descendant of the 1st Viscount Montgomery. She was educated at Rockport School, County Down, and Downe House School, Berkshire. She then studied drama at The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. She graduated in 1994.

Career

She won the Irish Times Best Actress Award for her role as the lead in Strindberg's Miss Julie. Other roles include Yelena in Chekov's Uncle Vanya, Ophelia in Hamlet and Katherina in The Taming of The Shrew. She has worked with contemporary playwrights such as Neil LaBute who directed her in Bash . She performed in the world premiere of The Reckoning, a two-hander with Jonathan Pryce, and also in the award winning Dinner, both in the West End. Flora has also recorded numerous radio plays, most recently Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes.

In 2003, she was named as one of European film's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion. Her notable TV appearances include The Bill as Emma, Urban Gothic, Pulling Moves and Midsomer Murders. She also acted in the 2001 film The Discovery of Heaven and in 2006 in Basic Instinct 2.

Montgomery also appeared in an episode of the medical series "Body Story 2" in 2001. In 2012 she had a role in the pilot episode of ITV's Endeavour.

Filmography

• The Governor (1 episode, "#1.5", 1995) - Susan Fisher
• The Perfect Blue (1997) - Film Student #2
• Bugs (1 episode, "Renegades", 1997) - Joanne
• The Tale of Sweeney Todd (TV movie) (1997) - Young Woman in Waxworks
• Heat of the Sun - Dorothy Michaeljohn (episode: "The Sport of Kings")
• The Bill - Carol Chambers / Emma Roberts (4 episodes)
• Mosley - Baba/Lady Alexandra Metcalfe (4 episode)
• A Certain Justice (1998) - Octavia Aldridge (3 episodes)
• Wuthering Heights (1998) - Isabella Linton
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (2000) - Flora Ackroyd (episode: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd")
• Metropolis (2000) - Sophie Hamilton
• Urban Gothic (2000) - Jane (episode: "Turn On")
• When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) - Trudy
• Monarch of the Glen - Tanya Conway (episode: "#2.4")
• An Unsuitable Job for a Woman ( 2001) - Laura Fergusson (episode: "Playing God")
• The Discovery of Heaven (2001) - Ada
• Body Story 2 (2001) - Phoebe (episode: "Allergy")
• The Last (2002) - Kitty Rose
• Kelly (2003) - Herself (episode: "7 March 2003")
• Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003) - Peggy Shippen
• Goldfish Memory (2003) - Angie
• Friday Night In (2003) - Cheryl
• Ultimate Force (2003) - Suzi Brown (episode: "Wannabes")
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2003) - Jenny Lind
• Pulling Moves (2004) - Carol (4 episodes)
• Murdoch Mysteries - Ettie Weston (3 episodes)
• Man to Man (2005) - Abigail McBride
• Murphy's Law (2005) - Laura (episode: "The Goodbye Look")
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006) - Michelle Broadwin
• Rabbit Fever (2006) - Georgia
• After... (2006) - Addy
• Midsomer Murders (2007) - Sophie Baxter (episode: "King's Crystal")
• Speed Dating (2007) - Jennifer
• Anner House (2007) - Ruth Maguire
• The Daisy Chain (2008) - Orla Gannon
• The Fabulous Food Adventure (2008) - Herself (1 episode)
• 6th Irish Film & Television Awards (2009) - Herself (Award Presenter)
• The Search (short) (2009) - Laura
• Father & Son (2009) - Anna Crowman (4 episodes)
• The Waiting Room (short) (2011) - Anna / Nurse (completed)
• Endeavour (2012) - Rosalind Stromming
• The Crown (Season 5, 2022) - Norma Major

Personal life

On 30 August 2014, Montgomery married Søren Jessen, a Danish restaurateur, at Greyabbey on the Montgomery estate in Northern Ireland.

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Profile, thepeerage.com; retrieved 17 November 2014.