Lyndsey Marshal (born 16 June 1978) is an English actress best known
for her performance in The Hours, and as the recurring character
Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama
Garrow's Law.Marshal was born in Manchester, England. After studying
the classics at college for a career in archaeology, she applied to
the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.Her first major part was in
the play Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre, which she took just
before graduation. In 2001 she won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award
for Best Newcomer in 2001 for her performances in Redundant at the
Royal Court Theatre and Boston Marriage at the Donmar Warehouse. In
2003, she won the TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Since then she has performed leading roles in
fourteen theatre productions, most recently alongside James McAvoy in
the 2009 West End production Three Days of Rain. In 2011 she appeared
in Greenland at the National Theatre.
for her performance in The Hours, and as the recurring character
Cleopatra on HBO's Rome, and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama
Garrow's Law.Marshal was born in Manchester, England. After studying
the classics at college for a career in archaeology, she applied to
the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.Her first major part was in
the play Fireface at the Royal Court Theatre, which she took just
before graduation. In 2001 she won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award
for Best Newcomer in 2001 for her performances in Redundant at the
Royal Court Theatre and Boston Marriage at the Donmar Warehouse. In
2003, she won the TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Since then she has performed leading roles in
fourteen theatre productions, most recently alongside James McAvoy in
the 2009 West End production Three Days of Rain. In 2011 she appeared
in Greenland at the National Theatre.
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