Lynn Farleigh

Biography

Lynn Farleigh, a Bristolian, trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in rep at Salisbury. She has worked many times for the ESC, the RSC and the National Theatre, recently in the acclaimed production of “Three Days in the Country”. Shakespeare roles include Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, Viola , Hermione, Lady Anne, Titania, Portia and Lady Macbeth. Much television work includes Steptoe and Son, Pride and Prejudice, Finney, Out, Wycliffe (as Helen), Midsomer Murders, and more recently in Vera, Lightfields, Casualty, EastEnders and Silent Witness. Lynn works with students and young actors and has directed eight plays for the British American Drama Academy, the most recent was her version of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time”. She lives in north Oxfordshire with her actor husband and a very elderly but demanding three-legged cat, Lucie!

Known For

Hilda Britt

Lovers of Their Time

Judge

The Flash

Lydia Crosse

Deathday

Janet

3 Into 2 Won't Go

The Mother

Voices

Julia

The Rivals

Helen

Daylight Robbery

Irene Box

God's Chosen Car Park

Isobel Francis

A Man for Loving

Solicitor

Suffer The Little Children

Heather Massie

A Ferry Ride Away

Anne

The Hallelujah Handshake

Lydia Lawrence

Coming Through

Annabelle Warren

Waving at Trains

Catherine Clements

A Walk in the Forest

Helena

All's Well That Ends Well

Helene Weigel

Tales from Hollywood

Gypsy

From Time to Time

Lady Sybil

Miss Potter

Cat (voice)

Watership Down

Barbara Merrick

Fighting Back

Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher

FairyTale: A True Story

Tonight the World

Octavia

Antony & Cleopatra

Rachel

Heartland

Marie

Scenes from Family Life

Mrs Fialova

Border

Kate

Fothergill

Lorna

Clapperclaw

Simone

The Workshop

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