- Christina Cole
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Christina Cole 
Cole in September 2010Born 8 May 1982
London, EnglandYears active 2002-present Christina Cole (born 8 May 1982) is an English actress known for portraying Cassie Hughes in the Sky One supernatural television series Hex.
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Background
Born in London,[1] Cole is the eldest of three siblings. She has a younger sister, Cassandra, and a brother, Dominic. Her mother is a telecentre manager and her father is a driving instructor.[2] Cole trained at the Oxford School of Drama,[1] graduating in 2002.[3]
Cole won the role of Clarissa Payne in What A Girl Wants (2003), starring opposite Colin Firth and Amanda Bynes, while still at drama school. She graduated early to begin filming.[1] She was then cast as Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet at Theatr Clwyd.[1]
Cole’s first lead role was that of Cassie Hughes in Hex. She portrayed Cassie for the whole of the first season of Hex and the first three episodes of the second. Upon her departure the character was killed off.[4] Co-star Jemima Rooper has stated that the reason for Cole’s exit from the show was that she wanted to move on.[5]
After leaving Hex, Cole went on to appear in the critically acclaimed Jane Eyre TV serial, for the BBC, and guest starred as Lilith in the Doctor Who episode "The Shakespeare Code". She provided an audio commentary for the episode on the DVD release of the show’s third series, alongside David Tennant.[6]
Other roles include a cameo in the James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006) as the receptionist of the Ocean Club hotel in Nassau where Bond checks in, and Diana Mann in the pilot episode of Cane. This was Cole’s first appearance on American television. She has also appeared in Sold, a sitcom broadcast on ITV, playing Mel,[7] The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007), as Jenny Walker, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), as Charlotte Warren.
Cole also played Caroline Bingley in Lost in Austen, once again alongside Jemima Rooper.[8]
In 2009 Cole played Dr Sarah King in Poirot: Appointment with Death,[9] and was cast in the lead role of Maggie Hill,[10] a brilliant surgeon who endures adult-onset schizophrenia, in a pilot for Fox.[11] She also starred in the films Surviving Evil (2009), alongside Natalie Mendoza and Billy Zane, and Doghouse (2009), with Danny Dyer and Billy Murray. Cole stars in the upcoming noir science fiction action thriller film The Scribbler, which is directed by Jake West.[12]
Filmography
Television
Year Show Role Notes 2002 The Project Lizzie Television film 2003 Foyle's War Violet Davies
- Among the Few (2003)TV series All About Me Sarah
- Quiet Night In (2003)
- Look Who's Talking (2003)Sitcom 2004 He Knew He Was Right Nora Rowley TV serial Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage Lettice Protheroe Television film Hex Cassie Hughes
(2004–2005)TV series 2005 Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder Rose Harsent
- The Case of Rose Harsent (2005)TV series 2006 Jane Eyre Blanche Ingram TV series 2007 Doctor Who Lilith
- The Shakespeare Code (2007)TV series Sea of Souls Rebecca Muir
- The Prayer Tree: Part One (2007)
- The Prayer Tree: Part Two (2007)TV series Ladies and Gentlemen Elizabeth Sitcom Cane Diana Mann
- Pilot (2007)TV series Sold Mel Sitcom 2008 Lost in Austen Caroline Bingley TV series Poirot: Appointment with Death Sarah King Television film 2009 Maggie Hill Maggie Hill Pilot Emma Mrs Elton TV serial 2010 Human Target Princess Victoria of Wales
- Victoria (2010)TV series Midsomer Murders: Silent Land Sarah Sharp TV serial 2011 CHAOS Adele Ferrer TV series 2011 Breakout Kings Lilah Tompkins (S01E05) "Queen Of Hearts" TV series 2011 Lewis Claire Gansa
- The Mind Has MountainsTV series Films
Year Film Role Notes 2003 What a Girl Wants Clarissa Payne 2006 Casino Royale Ocean Club Receptionist 2007 The Deaths of Ian Stone Jenny Walker 2008 Surviving Evil Phoebe Drake Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Charlotte Warren 2009 Doghouse Candy 2011 Blitz WPC Theatre
- Romeo and Juliet, Theatr Clwyd, October 2002 to November 2002 (playing Juliet)[13]
- The Tempest, Pegasus Theatre, February 2003 (role unknown)[14]
- The Lightning Play, Almeida Theatre, November 2006 to January 2007 (playing Tabby Morris)[15]
References
- ^ a b c d Demetriou, Danielle. "Unknown to star with Darcy". Evening Standard. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-171899/Unknown-star-Darcy.html. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ He Knew He Was Right Press Pack BBC Press Office. 2004-03-30
- ^ Foyle’s War “Among The Few” Publicity Release
- ^ Virginia Heffernan (2007-07-01). "Witchy Girls on a Mission: The Dark Side of Cliques". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/arts/television/01hex.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/H/Heffernan,%20Virginia. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ "Hew Factor". Northern Echo. 2005-10-15. http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2005/10/15/208893.html. Retrieved 2008-06-30.
- ^ Doctor Who - The Complete Third Series (2007)
- ^ The Stage / News / ITV launches estate agents-based comedy
- ^ ITV | Period Drama | Lost in Austen
- ^ "ITV: Agatha Christie's Poirot: Appointment With Death". A2MediaGroup. 2008-05-24. http://www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=176&a=22845.[dead link]
- ^ Shows A-Z - maggie hill on fox | TheFutonCritic.com
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2009-02-26). "Christina Cole set to star in Fox drama pilot". The Hollywood Reporter: p. 6. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3iaeb1c24de37000acf70cd1aa388c4dcc. Retrieved 2009-03-04.[dead link]
- ^ First Art and Cast for Jake West's 'The Scribbler'
- ^ Romeo and Juliet, Directory of Performance Listings | Arts Archive
- ^ The Tempest, Directory of Performance Listings | Arts Archive
- ^ The Stage / Reviews / The Lightning Play
External links
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Alumni of the Oxford School of Drama
- Actors from London
- Shakespearean actors
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