Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright. She is known for her roles in Coronation Street (1990–1992, 1995), I'm Alan Partridge (2002), Ashes to Ashes (2008–2009), Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and Scott & Bailey (2011–2014). Bullmore began writing in 1994. Her writing credits include episodes of This Life, Attachments, Black Cab, and Scott & Bailey.

Early life and education Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London, to Jeremy Bullmore, an advertising executive, and Pamela Bullmore (née Green), a gardening writer. She has two older brothers, including Edward Bullmore.

She studied drama at Manchester University.

Career Acting Bullmore was part of a cabaret group named Red Stockings, along with Helen Edmundson. While performing at the Contact Theatre in Manchester, a casting director for Coronation Street saw her performance. Bullmore played Steph Barnes in Coronation Street, and was a regular on the show from February 1990 to September 1991. She made brief returns in April 1992 and September 1995. She worked and lived in Manchester for 10 years, moving to London in 1995.

Bullmore appeared in the first series of the BBC comedy series Big Train, broadcast in 1998.

Bullmore appeared opposite Steve Coogan as Sonja, the Ukrainian girlfriend of Alan Partridge in series two of the BBC2 comedy series I'm Alan Partridge. She also appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line.

From 2011 to 2014, Bullmore co-starred in the crime drama Scott & Bailey. She also wrote seven episodes of the show.

In 2016, she starred in the second series of Happy Valley, playing jealous mistress Vicky Fleming.

Bullmore plays Yvonne in the BBC One drama Riot Women. The show saw her reunite with Happy Valley writer Sally Wainwright.

Writing In 2005, Bullmore wrote her first play, Mammals, which was staged at Bush Theatre and went on to tour the UK regionally.

In 2013, Bullmore wrote a second play, Di and Viv and Rose, which was staged at Hampstead Theatre. The play eventually transferred to the West End in early 2015, where it ran at the Vaudeville Theatre before closing in March.

Personal life In 1993, Bullmore married Scottish actor Paul Higgins. They met in Manchester in 1992 while they were performing A View from the Bridge. The couple have two daughters.

Awards YearAwardWorkResult1997Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Original TV Drama Serial (shared)This Life2005Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (co-winner) Mammals2009Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance The Norman Conquests 2012Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Television Drama Series (shared)Scott & Bailey2013Crime Thriller Awards Best Supporting Actress Dagger2018BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Supporting Actor/ActressThe Beard

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Mrs. Dalloway Rezia Warren Smith 2002 Bookcruncher Bookshop Manageress Short film 2003 Hello, Friend Friend Short film 2005 Festival Micheline Menzies 2006 The Truth Candy's Mother 2009 Endgame Gill 2014 What We Did on Our Holiday Margaret McLeod 2018 Take Rabbit Rabbit Short film 2019 Motto Linda Short film 2022 Beware of Trains Voice Short film

Television Actor Year Title Role Notes 1990–1992, 1995 Coronation Street Steph Barnes 131 episodes 1991 Give Us a Clue Herself - Contestant 1 episode 1993 Comedy Playhouse Beth 1 episode: "Stuck on You" Cracker Catriona Bilborough 2 episodes: "One Day a Lemming Will Fly": Parts 1 & 2 1994 Woman of the Wolf Madame Plaisir TV short film Faith Ros Mini-series; 4 episodes 1996 Frontiers Caroline Poole 6 episodes 1997 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Karen Parmenter 1 episode: "Woman of the Year" Insiders Paula Green 1 episode: "Guilty" Turning World Social worker 2 episodes: #1.1 and #1.3 The Bill Tracy Cooper 1 episode: "In the Dark" 1997–2001 Brass Eye Various roles 3 episodes: "Science", "Sex" and "Paedophilia" 1998, 2002 Big Train Various roles 7 episodes 1999 Tilly Trotter Eileen Sopwith Mini-series; 2 episodes The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story Horse Jockey TV Special 2000 Jam Various roles Mini-series; 6 episodes Attachments Lin 1 episode: "Dot Bomb" 2001 Linda Green Lucy Cooper 1 episode: "Rest in Peace" 2002 The Gist Freda Cooper TV film I'm Alan Partridge Sonja 6 episodes 2003 Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Mary (voice) TV film State of Play Helen Preger Mini-series; 6 episodes Coming Up Psychiatrist 1 episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show" 2004I Am Not an Animal Winona the Dog (voice) / Additional voices 6 episodes 2005–2006 Donovan Evie Strauss 3 episodes 2006 Sorted Claire Hill 3 episodes 2006–2007 Suburban Shootout Joyce Hazledine 11 episodes 2007 Director's Debut Tara Vaughan 1 episode: "Baby Boom" Dalziel and Pascoe Frances Cunningham 2 episodes: "Project Aphrodite": Parts 1 & 2 The IT Crowd Helen Buley 1 episode: "Smoke and Mirrors" 2008 The Whistleblowers Helen Millard 1 episode: "No Child Left Behind" Mrs. In-Betweeny Emma TV film 2008–2009 Ashes to Ashes Caroline Price 9 episodes 2009 Cutting Edge Herself - Narrator 1 episode: "The Schoolboy Who Sailed the World" 2010 Bellamy's People Various characters 3 episodes Agatha Christie's Poirot Judith Butler 1 episode: "Hallowe'en Party" Little Crackers Helen 1 episode: "Jo Brand's Little Cracker: Goodbye Fluff" 2011 Shameless Mildred Fletcher 3 episodes Lewis Caroline Hope 1 episode: "Wild Justice" 2011–2012 Twenty Twelve Kay Hope 13 episodes 2011–2014 Scott & Bailey DCI Gill Murray 30 episodes 2012 Sherlock Dr Stapleton 1 episode: "The Hounds of Baskerville" 2013 Common Ground Becky 1 episode: "Floyd" It's Kevin Various roles 4 episodes 2015 Jekyll and Hyde Renata Jezequiel Mini-series; 3 episodes 2016 Happy Valley Vicky Fleming 3 episodes Power Monkeys Lauren Mini-series; 6 episodes The Crown Kathleen Sutherland 1 episode: "Assassins" 2018 Deep State Olivia Clarke 4 episodes 2019, 2022 Gentleman Jack Eliza Priestley 10 episodes 2019–2024 Vienna Blood Rachel Liebermann 11 episodes 2021–2022 The Larkins Miss Edith Pilchester 13 episodes 2022 I Hate You Naomi Mini-series, 1 episode: "Jazz" 2023 The Buccaneers The Dowager Duchess of Tintagel Main role; 6 episodes 2024 The Jetty Sylvia 4 episodes 2025–present Riot Women Yvonne Vaux 6 episodesWriter1997This Life N/A2 episodes: "When the Dope Comes In", "She's Gotta Get It" 1998Big TrainAdditional material (6 episodes)2000Jam1 episode: "fussfussfussfussfussfussfuss"Black CabTen 10-minute TV films (series deviser); 3 episodes:"Busy Body", "Marriage Guidance", "Tom & Marianne"Attachments2 episodes: "Plug & Play" and "Hot Mail"2012–2014Scott & Bailey7 episodes: "Sidelines" (2012), "Undermined" (2013),"Wrong Place, Wrong Time" (2013), "Superficial" (2014),"Tough Love" (2014), "Fatal Error" (2014), "Lost Loyalty" (2014)2019–2022Traces 10 episodes

Theatre work ActorYearTitleRoleNotes1987Breaking Rank: Oh Yes We Can by Helen EdmundsonRed Stockings Theatre Company (Manchester)1988Ladies in the Lift by Helen EdmundsonSarah1989The Red Balloon by Albert LamorissePascalContact Theatre (Manchester)Be Bop a Lula by Bill MorrisonSharon SheeleyLiverpool Playhouse (Liverpool)1991The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt BrechtBirmingham Repertory Theatre1992A View from the Bridge by Arthur Miller CatherineRoyal Exchange (Manchester)Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Lady CapuletRoyal Exchange (Manchester) Major Barbara by George Bernard ShawBarbara UndershaftCitizens Theatre (Glasgow)Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams Heavenly FinleyCitizens Theatre (Glasgow)1993How the Other Half Loves by Alan AyckbournMaryEveryman Theatre (Cheltenham)All My Sons by Arthur MillerAnn DeeverInadmissible Evidence by John Osborne Liz Lyttelton Theatre (London)1994The Queen and I by Sue TownsendLeanne/TrishRoyal Court Theatre (London)Road by Jim CartwrightLouise/Linda/Claire Royal Court Theatre (London)1996The Thickness of Skin by Clare McIntyre Laura Royal Court Theatre (London)2004Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Ensemble The National Theatre (London)The Crucible by Arthur MillerElizabeth ProctorSheffield Crucible (Sheffield)2008The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn RuthThe Old Vic (London)2009Circle in the Square Theatre (New York)2010Really Old, Like Forty Five by Tamsin Oglesby Cathy The National Theatre (London)2015A Christmas Carol Noël Coward Theatre (London)2018 Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker MartyHOME (Manchester)Playwright2005MammalsN/ABush Theatre (London)2007Ghosts (Henrik Ibsen adaptation)Gate Theatre (Dublin)2011Di and Viv and RoseVaudeville Theatre (London)

Radio work Actor 2012: "Sweet Tooth," Book at Bedtime, BBC Radio 4 – Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan 2016: "Delamere's Meadow," First for Radio, BBC Radio 4 – Delamere's Meadow by Nina Stibbe 2017: "The Beard," Drama,BBC Radio 4 – The Beard by Timothy X Atack 2023: "A Single Act", Drama,BBC Radio 4 – A Single Act by A. L. Kennedy

Writer 2007: "Down the Line," BBC Radio 4 – January 2007 2007: "Cash Flow," From Fact to Fiction, BBC Radio 4 2009: "The Bat Man," Afternoon Drama, BBC Radio 4 2009: "The Middle," Saturday Drama, BBC Radio 4 2009-2014: "Craven," 15 Minute Drama, BBC Radio 4 – Series 1 (2009), Series 2, 3 & 4 (2012), Series 5 (2013), Series 6 (2014) 2007: "County Lines (radio play], " BBC Radio 4 – June 2018

Works and publications Plays

Radio

Other writing

References

External links Amelia Bullmore at the British Film Institute