Alex Kingston
Acting
Biography
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
As actor 91
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
NCIS
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Doctor Who
2005
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Blue Bloods
2010
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Arrow
2012
Without a Trace
2002
ER
1994
Loose Women
1999
Private Practice
2007
Grange Hill
1978
The Bill
1984
Strictly Come Dancing
2004
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
FlashForward
2009
V Graham Norton
2002
A Discovery of Witches
2018
The Chelsea Detective
2022
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Soldier Soldier
1991
The Killer's Game
2024
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
Treason
2022
Upstairs Downstairs
2010
The Widow
2019
Secret Service
2026
The Play on One
1988
Dodger
2022
The Knock
1994
Alpha Dog
2006
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Douglas Is Cancelled
2024
Croupier
1998
Chasing Shadows
2014
Hannay
1988
Ben Hur
2010
Like Crazy
2011
Lost in Austen
2008
Shoot the Messenger
2016
The Poseidon Adventure
2005
Essex Boys
2000
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
The Read
2022
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Crocodile Shoes
1994
Marchlands
2011
Hope Springs
2009
Crashing
2007
Doctor Who Monster Files
2008
The Infiltrator
1995
Sweet Land
2005
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
Deadpan
2019
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
Happily Ever After
2016
Boudica
2003
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Carrington
1995
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
Saint-Ex
1996
Henry's Leg
1986
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
A Pin for the Butterfly
1995
The Fall
2022
Doctor Who: Rain Gods
2013
Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
1990
These Foolish Things
1989
James and Lucia
Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
2012
Ghost Phone
2013
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
Foreign Affairs
1993
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
2012
This Space Between Us
1999
Woman of the Wolf
1994
Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel
2011
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
2012
The Destinations of Doctor Who
2012
Sordid Things
2009
Dodger Special: Train
2022
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013