Lucy Briers

Birth Name:

Lucy Jane Briers

Birth Place:

London, England

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

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

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