Lucy Briers Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a TMA Best Supporting Actress Award for "Cloud Nine" in 2004
• Was nominated for a What's on Stage Best Solo Performer Award for "Some Kind of Bliss" in 2008
• Graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in Independent Studies, Theatre, and Sculpture in 1988 and from the Bristol Old Vic Theater School with a degree in Acting in 1991
• Is the daughter of Richard Briers and Ann Davies, both actors, and all three of them appeared in the play "Spike" in 1999
• Began her acting career by joining the National Youth Theatre in 1985
• Quote: "I love the theater, theater is my home․․․TV's a wonderful medium but you don't get as involved - you can't, because there's no time for rehearsal, you've got to do it in two or three takes․"
• Quote: "If you don't live up to these [expectations] there are moments when you think: 'I am not as good as my father․' I have worked through those feelings and decided that it is all right - I can be an actress in my own right․"
• Best known for her role as Mary Bennet in 1995's "Pride and Prejudice" and as Liz Marley in "Unnatural Causes․"
• Has done voice-over narration work for radio productions like "The Woman in Black," "Daughters of Brittania," and "Half-Sisters․"
• The popularity of "Pride and Prejudice" inspired the creation of the radio play "Mary, Mary" in 2001, in which she reprised her role as Mary Bennet