Juliet Aubrey


Juliet Emma Aubrey is an English actress of theatre, film, and television. She won the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for playing Dorothea in the BBC serial Middlemarch. She is also known for her role as Helen Cutter in the ITV series Primeval. Her film appearances include Still Crazy, The Constant Gardener and The Infiltrator.

Career

Born in Fleet, Hampshire, Aubrey attended King's College London from 1984, where she studied Classics and Archaeology. While there, however, her love of acting grew, and during a year studying in Italy where she joined a traveling theatre company, Aubrey decided to apply for drama school on her return. She did, and went on to train for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Her first job was with the Oxford Stage Company playing Miranda in The Tempest. The Italian director Roberto Faenza gave Juliet her first film role playing opposite Jean-Hugues Anglade in Look to the Sky, a film produced by Elda Ferri, and set during the Nazi Holocaust. Juliet won the Davide Donatelli award for Best Actress for her role as Hannah. Antony Page and Louis Marks then cast Juliet as Dorothea in the BBC adaptation of Middlemarch opposite Rufus Sewell, for which she won a BAFTA for Best Actress, and the Broadcasting Press Guild for Best Actress. She then joined Haris Pasovic's Sarajevo Theatre Company. She appeared in several plays with the company, all created through the actors' improvisation. She continued to build her career as a theatre actress, appearing next in Trevor Nunn's Summerfolk and Katie Mitchell's Ivanov at The National, Tim Crouch's An Oak Tree for Karl James at The Soho Theatre, and Three Sisters, Twelfth Night and The Collection all for Chris White. Michael Winterbottom then cast her opposite Robert Carlyle and James Nesbitt in the much acclaimed film Go Now.
Aubrey's subsequent films include Winterbottom's Welcome to Sarajevo, Stephen Poliakoff's Food of Love — for which she won Best Actress at La Baule European Film Festival — Faenza's Lost Lover, Giacomo Campiotti's Time to Love, Richard Eyre's Iris, Fernando Meirelles's Constant Gardener and Brian Gibson's Still Crazy, nominated for two Golden Globes. Other features include Matt Lipsey's Caught in the Act, and Mat Cod's Super Eruption. Television work includes The Village; The White Queen, Criminal Justice, Vera, Hunted, and the highly acclaimed Five Daughters. Her recent feature films are Scott Hicks's Fallen; Mitch Davis's Stuck; Fabio Guaglione's Mine; and Brad Furman's Infiltrator. Juliet is currently playing Lily Hill in a new TV series for Sony called "SNATCH".

Personal life

Aubrey was born and brought up in Fleet, Hampshire, the daughter of Dr. Roland and Sylvia Aubrey. She is half Welsh and half English. She had two siblings; her elder sister Sian, who died in 2011, and her older brother Jonathan.
In 2001, Aubrey married production designer Steve Ritchie, who she met several years earlier while filming in Newcastle upon Tyne. They have two daughters, Blythe and Lola-Blue. She is a cousin of David Howell Evans, guitarist of the band U2.
Aubrey is an Ambassador for Women for Women International, the charity that helps women survivors of war rebuild their lives. She is an active campaigner, working to highlight global violence against women. She is also a patron of The Camberley International Arts Festival.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirector / Notes
1992Shining ThroughBrunette at dance David Seltzer
1992The Big BattalionsSusanTV series
1993The Case-Book of Sherlock HolmesDoloresTV series
1993Jona che visse nella balenaHannahRoberto Faenza
1994MiddlemarchDorothea BrookeTV series
Bafta, Best TV Actress Award
Broadcasting Press Guild Award — Best Actress
1994JacobLeahPeter Hall, TV film
1995Go NowKaren WalkerMichael Winterbottom
1995PerformanceIsabellaDavid Thacker, TV series
1996Take PityCarolinashort
1996Death of a SalesmanMiss ForsytheDavid Thacker, TV film
1997The MothSarah ThormanRoy Battersby, TV film
1997Supply and DemandChomskyLinda La Plante, TV film
1997Welcome to SarajevoHelen HendersonMichael Winterbottom
1997For My BabyLilian GlassRudolf van den Berg
1997Food of LoveMadelineStephen Poliakoff
1998Still CrazyKaren KnowlesBrian Gibson, Golden Globe nomination
1998The Unknown SoldierSophia CareyDavid Drury, TV film
1999Il tempo dell'amoreMarthaGiacomo Campiotti
1999The Lost LoverAsyaRoberto Faenza
1999Extremely DangerousAnnieTV series
2000The Canterbury TalesVoiceTV series
2001CyclopsEsther PowellBharat Nalluri, TV film
2001Once Seenshort
2001IrisYoung Janet StoneRichard Eyre
2002Bertie and ElizabethQueen ElizabethGiles Foster, TV film
2002Ella and the MothersMadelineGavin Millar, TV film
2003The Mayor of CasterbridgeSusan HenchardDavid Thacker, TV film
2005Dalziel and PascoeDr. Eleanor BrownTV series
2005The Constant GardenerGloria WoodrowFernando Mereilles
2006A Good MurderKayGraham Theakston, TV film
2006Midsomer MurdersGinny LamingtonTV series
2007Judge John DeedFran PavelyTV series
2007A Class ApartOlivia TrothNick Hurran, TV film
2007City of ViceJane FawklandJustin Hardy, TV series
2007PrimevalHelen CutterTV series
2008Caught in the ActMarleneSteven Speirs
2008Criminal JusticeMary CoulterTV mini-series
2009StormNickyshort
2009Emma SandbrookTV series
2010Five DaughtersMarie AldertonTV series
2010LewisSelina MortmaigneTV series
2010FHelen AndersonJohannes Roberts
2011OutcastsJosie HunterTV series
2011Super EruptionKateMatt Cod, TV film
2011VeraFelicity CalvertTV series
2012HuntedOrla FantaTV series
2012LilyhammerKaren SokolowskyTV series
2012Silent WitnessMiriam WadeTV series
2012The White QueenAnne Beauchamp, Countess of WarwickTV series
2014The VillageJoy DangerfieldTV series
2015Christmas EveMartaMitch Davis
2016FallenDoreen PriceScott Hicks
2016The InfiltratorEvelyn MazurBrad Furman
2016MineMike's motherFabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro