Amelda Brown

Biography

Amelda Brown is a British actress of stage, film, and television. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1980, and became known for her work in fringe theatre. She played leading roles in the premieres of Caryl Churchill's Fen (1983) and A Mouthful of Birds (1986) as well as appearing in leading roles in revivals of Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the Royal National Theatre (1996) and Heart's Desire at the Orange Tree Theatre (2016). Her other stage roles have included Lady Macbeth for the Royal National Theatre's 1989 US tour of Macbeth; Maudlin in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside at Shakespeare's Globe in 1997; and Gibb in the 2014 world premiere of Tim Crouch's Adler and Gibb at the Royal Court theatre. Amongst her television roles are Brenda Parkin in Backup, Mrs. Roach in Soldier Soldier, Pauline Cook in A Touch of Frost, and Sue Barnes in Peak Practice, and she has also appeared in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Morse, The Bill, Lovejoy, Holby City, The Story of Tracy Beaker, and Doctors. In 2009, she appeared in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Mrs. Cole. Her other film work includes Fanny in Little Dorrit (1987), and the small roles of Hope in Hope and Glory (1987) and the Visitor in Sister My Sister (1994). (wikipedia)

Most Known For

Call the Midwife

as Mrs. Fraser

Minder

as Heather

Casualty

as Irene Richards

Casualty

as Linda

Sherlock Holmes

as Jennie Horner

Spooks

as Bag Lady

Waking the Dead

as Elsa Geiger

Peak Practice

as Sue Barnes

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

as Mrs Cole

The Bill

A Touch of Frost

as Pauline Cook

Fleabag

as Gina

V for Vendetta

as Wardrobe Mistress

Pie in the Sky

as Vicky Reynolds

Soldier Soldier

as Mrs. Roach

Ashes to Ashes

as Elaine Bonds

Lovejoy

as Maureen Sullivan

Bleak House

as Landlady

The Thin Blue Line

as Mrs. Bludger

Ellen

as Nan