Alex Kingston Biography

Fast Facts

• After joining the cast of British TV series "Doctor Who" as River Song, she was chosen by readers of Doctor Who magazine as Best Supporting Actress in 2010
• Quote: "(On her role as Dr․ Elizabeth Corday in the TV series "ER") "All that was written was that she was a surgeon from England․ They didn't give much away, as they didn't know․ They were waiting to see how I interacted with the other characters․""
• Quote: "(On being told she had been voted one of the 10 sexiest women on TV) "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God, no, sorry, that can't be true․ Where on earth did you find that?""
• Quote: "(On playing Nurse Ratched on a London stage in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") "I don't find Ratched so bad; she's got caught in that situation where her job is everything, she doesn't have a life outside and the institution becomes her world․""
• Earned an orange belt in judo in 1980 for her role in the British TV series "Grange Hill․"
• Is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Moved to Los Angeles for the TV series "ER" and met her second husband, German journalist Florian Maertel, there on a blind date set up by her friends
• Her youngest sister, Nicola Kingston, appeared with her in 1996 in a British TV production of "The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders․"