Alex Kingston
Acting • Born 1963-03-11
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).
Filmography
90 credits
Sweet Land
Movie • 2005
Brownie
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie • 1989
Adele
The Science of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
River Song (archive footage)
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
River Song (archive footage)
The Women of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
River Song (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie • 2014
River Song (archive footage)
The Destinations of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
River Song (archive footage)
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Movie • 2013
River Song (archive footage)
Croupier
Movie • 1998
Jani De Villiers
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie • 1997
Verity Graham
Woman of the Wolf
Movie • 1994
The Woman
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie • 2013
Self
Sordid Things
Movie • 2009
Eve Manchester
Like Crazy
Movie • 2011
Jackie Gardner
Boudica
Movie • 2003
Boudica
These Foolish Things
Movie • 1989
Daniella
Essex Boys
Movie • 2000
Lisa Locke
Crashing
Movie • 2007
Diane Freed
Deadpan
Movie • 2019
Tamara
This Space Between Us
Movie • 1999
Peternelle
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Movie • 1996
Moll Flanders
National Theatre Live: Macbeth
Movie • 2013
Lady Macbeth
James and Lucia
Movie
Harriet Weaver
Saint-Ex
Movie • 1996
Chic Party Guest
The Fall
Movie • 2022
Dr. Greta Portius
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2002
Self
Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
Movie • 2012
River Song
Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
Movie • 2012
River Song
Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel
Movie • 2011
River Song
Doctor Who: Rain Gods
Movie • 2013
River Song
Bukowski
Movie • 2013
Katharina Bukowski
Dodger Special: Train
Movie • 2022
Lucifer
The Infiltrator
Movie • 1995
Anna
A Pin for the Butterfly
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Solomon
Ghost Phone
Movie • 2013
Sheila
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Movie • 2015
River Song
Alpha Dog
Movie • 2006
Tiffany Hartunian
Carrington
Movie • 1995
Frances Partridge
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Movie • 1980
Schoolgirl (Uncredited)
Happily Ever After
Movie • 2016
Ria
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie • 2005
Suzanne Harrison
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Foreign Affairs
Movie • 1993
Actress
The Killer's Game
Movie • 2024
Sharon Rabinowitz
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Patricia Alwick
The Bill
TV • 1984
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Lucy Costin
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
TV • 2016
Naomi Shropshire
Hannay
TV • 1988
ER
TV • 1994
Elizabeth Corday
Crocodile Shoes
TV • 1994
Caroline Carrison
Lost in Austen
TV • 2008
Mrs Bennet
FlashForward
TV • 2009
Fiona Banks
Hope Springs
TV • 2009
Ellie Lagden
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Marchlands
TV • 2011
Helen Maynard
Ben Hur
TV • 2010
Ruth
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
River Song
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
TV • 1996
Moll Flanders
Chasing Shadows
TV • 2014
Ruth Hattersley
Arrow
TV • 2012
Dinah Lance
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
River Song / Professor River Song
Shoot the Messenger
TV • 2016
Mary Foster
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Commander Sloane Thompson
Grange Hill
TV • 1978
Jill Harcourt
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV • 2014
Vlurgen (voice)
Henry's Leg
TV • 1986
Noreen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Miranda Pond
A Discovery of Witches
TV • 2018
Sarah Bishop
The Widow
TV • 2019
Judith Gray
Loose Women
TV • 1999
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Read
TV • 2022
Narrator
Doctor Who Monster Files
TV • 2008
River Song
Treason
TV • 2022
Audrey Gratz
Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Ursula Kröhling
Dodger
TV • 2022
Lucifer
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
TV • 2013
River Song (archive footage)
Douglas Is Cancelled
TV • 2024
Sheila
Private Practice
TV • 2007
Dr. Marla Thomkins
The Chelsea Detective
TV • 2022
US Ambassador Emily Morgan
Secret Service
TV
NCIS
TV • 2003
Miranda Pennebaker
Strictly Come Dancing
TV • 2004
Self - Contestant
The Knock
TV • 1994
Katherine Roberts
A Killing on the Exchange
TV • 1987
Ellen
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest