Best known stateside for her two-year stint on
Las Vegas, this British beauty was already a bold-faced name in her homeland, starring on series like
Playing the Field and
Where the Heart Is before trying her luck in Hollywood. Unfortunately she was relegated to the thankless part of "babe" opposite big-name funnymen in a series of lackluster comedies (
Haunted Mansion opposite Eddie Murphy,
Black Knight opposite Martin Lawrence,
My Baby's Daddy opposite Eddie Griffin). As an intelligent but aloof casino pit boss with a shady past on
Vegas, Thomason still didn't get to do much more than look pretty, and she parted ways with the series in 2005. But two years later, she took a second gamble on the small screen when she showed up as (what else?) a mysterious character on
Lost who parachuted onto the island.
Marsha Thomason Fast Facts:
- Has said that 1976 crime comedy Bugsy Malone inspired her to become an actress.
- As a child, joined the prestigious Oldham Theatre Workshop, a children's ensemble in Lancashire, England.
- First television appearance was on 8:15 from Manchester, a British Saturday morning kids' show.
- Made her big-screen debut in the controversial 1994 drama Priest.
- Has said that before joining NBC's Las Vegas, she knew nothing about gambling and couldn't even shuffle a deck of cards.
- Marsha Thomason Relationships:
- Craig Sykes - Husband
- Jason Done - Ex-significant Other
- Kristy - Sister
- Peter Thomason - Father
- Phyllis Thomason - Mother
- College:
- Attended Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester England; attended Oldham Sixth Form College, Oldham, England
