Lucy Ann Cohu (born 2 October 1968) is an English stage and film actress, known for portraying Princess Margaret in The Queen's Sister, Evelyn Brogan in Cape Wrath and Alice Carter in Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Early life Lucy Ann Cohu was born in Wiltshire in 1968. She attended a boarding school, Stamford High School, as a child, and went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career Before she made a living from acting, she used to perform for children's parties. She has been quoted as saying that had she not found success as an actress she would have gone into children's nursing.

Television Cohu's first acting job after graduating from drama school was at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, in a production of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She made her television debut in an episode of Casualty. She went on to work extensively in television, including playing the role Major Jessica Bailey in the popular ITV show Soldier Soldier followed by many parts in British television. In 2005, she portrayed Princess Margaret in the semi-fictional version of her life, The Queen's Sister, for Channel 4, for which she was nominated for Emmy and BAFTA awards. She was widely praised for the role; for example, Variety disliked the "somewhat tawdry biopic", but said that "Cohu makes it all worth watching". Cohu herself said she played Margaret like a proper woman with an insatiable and tremendous energy for life: previous images in her mind had been of a bloated and sick elderly princess who used a wheelchair. She hoped the production hadn't offended anyone as she really liked the Queen.

Cohu has also appeared in Cape Wrath, Ballet Shoes, as Theo Danes,All-star cast dance onto BBC One in Ballet Shoes BBC Press Office. 2007-08-11, and Torchwood: Children of Earth, as Alice Carter, the daughter of Captain Jack Harkness. She played Madame Maigret in the ITV television series Maigret starring Rowan Atkinson.

Film Cohu has appeared in several films, including Gosford Park and Becoming Jane.

Theatre work In 2018, Cohu appeared in a production of Speaking in Tongues at the Duke of York's Theatre, opposite John Simm, Ian Hart and Kerry Fox. Cohu received positive reviews for this performance. In February 2010 she began a five-week run in a production of An Enemy of the People at the Crucible Theatre, starring alongside Sir Antony Sher as Katrina Stockmann, and later appeared in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre. She appeared in Dawn King's play The Trials at the Donmar Warehouse in London in August 2022.

Personal life Cohu lives in Kensal Green in Brent, London. Cohu was married to the actor Corey Johnson, but later divorced."I still pine for my lost love:interview Lucy Cohu : The Secret House of Death", The Mirror, 15 March 1996

Awards In November 2008, Cohu won an International Emmy award for Best Actress for her role in the true-life drama Forgiven.

Filmography

Television Year Show Role Notes 1991 Casualty Theresa Johnson One episode: "Beggars Can't Be Choosers" 1992 The Good Guys Lucy Howells One episode: "Relative Values" Sam Saturday Jill Connor One episode: "On the Other Hand" 1993 Agatha Christie's Poirot Marianne Deroulard One episode: "The Chocolate Box" 1994 A Very Open Prison Reporter The Dwelling Place Isabelle Fischel Three episodes: Episode 1.1, Episode 1.2, Episode 1.3 1995 Loving Violet Pie in the Sky Miss Watson One episode: "Swan in His Pride" 1996 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Magdelene Heller Two episodes: "The Secret House of Death: Part 1", "The Secret House of Death: Part 2" 1997 Peak Practice Gina Johnson Three episodes: "State of Mind", "Running to Hide", "Borrowed Time" Rebecca Rebecca de Winter Casualty Jayne Bazeley Five episodes Queen: Made in Heaven Woman Soldier Soldier Major Jessica Bailey Seven episodes 1998 Wycliffe Sophie Cattran One episode: "Standing Stone" 1999 RKO 281 Dolores del Río Uncredited 2000 Reach for the Moon Amelia Marchant Six episodes 2002 In Deep Elinor Two episodes: "Blood Loss: Part 1", "Blood Loss: Part 2" The Real Jane Austen Cassandra Austen 2003 Red Cap Megan Rhodes One episode: "Cold War" Sweet Medicine Anna Winterson Five episodes 2004 The Bill Philippa Manson Nine episodes (2004–2005) 2005 The Queen's Sister Princess Margaret 2006 Bombshell Valerie Welling Coup! Amanda Mann 2007 Cape Wrath Evelyn Brogan Forgiven Liz Won 2008 International Emmy award for Best Actress Ballet Shoes Thea Dane 2008 Einstein and Eddington Mileva Einstein 2009 Torchwood: Children of Earth Alice Carter Agatha Christie's Marple Pat FortescueMurderland Sally 2010 Silent Witness Rebecca Connelly Two episodes: "Intent: Part 1", "Intent: Part 2" Midsomer Murders Jenny Russell One episode: "The Sword of Guillaume" 2012 Lewis Marion Hammond One episode: "Fearful Symmetry" (Series 6)2012, 2016 Ripper Street Deborah Goren2013 Atlantis CirceTwo episodes: "Songs of Siren", "Touched by the Gods (Part 1)" Inspector George Gently Margaret Turner (Series 6)2015 Broadchurch Tess Henchard Charlie Terry Keane RTÉ mini-series; 3 episodes Erotic Adventures Of Anaïs Nin Anaïs Nin Sky Documentary with Dramatic Reconstructions of events from her life.2016 Death in Paradise Caroline BamberEpisode 5.22016–17 Maigret Madame MaigretFour episodes: "Maigret Sets a Trap", "Maigret's Dead Man", "Maigret: Night at the Crossroads", "Maigret in Montmartre"2019Summer of RocketsMiriam Petrukhin6 episodes2020COBRA Rachel SutherlandSeries regular

Film Year Film Role Notes 1992 Pressing Engagement 2001 Gosford Park Lottie 2007 Becoming Jane Eliza de Feuillide 2011 The Awakening Constance Strickland 2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Nikki2016Maigret's Dead ManMadame Maigret2016Maigret Sets a TrapMadame Maigret

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