Kitty Aldridge (born 9 May 1962) is a British actress and writer.
Life and career Aldridge was born in Bahrain. After training as an actress at the Drama Centre London, Aldridge went on to work in film, theatre and television as an actress for 15 years. In her thirties she began to write fiction. Her first novel, Pop,Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd – Literary Agency London, UK published in 2001, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002Orange Prize for Fiction announces 2002 longlist, PR Newswire UK and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, Cryers Hill, was published in March 2007.
Aldridge's short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011.
Her third novel, A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, was published in 2012. It was longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and The Guardian newspaper's Not The Booker Prize 2012.
Aldridge’s most recent novel, The Wisdom of Bones, was published in May 2019.
Aldridge married Mark Knopfler, the former guitarist and frontman of Dire Straits, on Valentine's Day 1997 in Barbados.Wright, M. (1997) The Mirror, London, England. Available from: MARK TIES THE KNOT-FLER AGAIN; TV Kitty is wife No 3 in paradise wedding.(Features)] Retrieved on 15 May 2007. They have two daughters.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1985New Lucy1986Gathering StonesAnnaShort1987MauriceKitty Hall1987Katherine Hastings1988American RouletteKate Webber1988Tyger Tyger Burning BrightTasmin1989SlipstreamBelitski1998Divorcing JackAgnes Brinn
Television Year Title Role Notes1987Porterhouse BlueSerena"1.4"1988Kitty"The Wedding"1989DI Rosy CampbellMain role (series 1)1990SabrinaTV film1990Barbara DanielsTV film1992Downtown LagosAlice HughesTV miniseries1993HeartbeatSarah Collins"Baby Blues"1993To Play the KingSarah HardingTV miniseries1996CadfaelJudith Perle"The Rose Rent"1997Anne CattrellTV miniseries
Bibliography Pop, Cape (Vintage); (2001) Cryers Hill, Cape (Vintage); (1 March 2007) Arrivederci Les; (2011) A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, Cape (Vintage); (5 July 2012) The Wisdom of Bones, Corsair (Little, Brown); (May 2, 2019)
Awards Bridport Short Story Prize 2011
References
External links
Penguin UK Kitty Aldridge, Interview, The Guardian