Morven Christie

Early life and education

Christie was born in Helensburgh and raised in Glasgow. She left school at 15. She studied method acting at the Drama Centre London, under Reuven Adiv, an associate of Lee Strasberg.{{Cite web|url= http://www.talentedbritishactors.co.uk/morven.html |title= Morven Christie |work= talentedbritishactors.co.uk |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719030806/http://www.talentedbritishactors.co.uk/morven.html |url-status= dead| archive-date= July 19, 2011}} Her family spent holidays in Aviemore, where Christie learned to ski by age five.

Career

Theatre

Christie has multiple stage credits, spanning over a decade, including plays by Jack Thorne and Tom Stoppard alongside a classical canon. In 2006, Christie starred in the William Shakespeare plays Romeo & Juliet (as Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (as Hero), and King John (as Blanche) for the Royal Shakespeare Company in their star-studded Complete Works season.

In 2009, Christie played Anya in the Anton Chekhov play The Cherry Orchard and Perdita in the Shakespeare play The Winter's Tale, for Sam Mendes' "Bridge Project", both at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York and at The Old Vic, London, alongside Simon Russell Beale, Ethan Hawke and Rebecca Hall. She played Isa in the National Theatre, Glasgow, production of Men Should Weep, directed by Josie Rourke.

Television and film

In 2014, Christie played Amanda Hopkins in the ITV drama Grantchester for its first three seasons with James Norton and Robson Green. In 2017, she played Ellen Rooney in the BBC drama The Replacement, alongside Vicky McClure, and Dougray Scott. This role gained Christie her first BAFTA Scotland nomination.

From 2016–2020, she played Alison Hughes, the mother of an autistic child, in the BBC drama The A Word, for which she was again nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award. In 2018 she also played Kirsten Lindstrom in Sarah Phelps' production of Agatha Christie's Ordeal by Innocence.

Christie starred as DS Lisa Armstrong, the lead role in the ITV crime drama series The Bay, filmed through the latter months of 2018, and aired on ITV from 20 March 2019. She received her third consecutive BAFTA Scotland nomination for her performance. It was announced on 16 February 2021 that Christie had quit the drama, which had just completed a second series.

She has since completed two independent films and the Joe Cornish eight-part drama Lockwood & Co. for Netflix.

In 2023, she led a six-part drama Payback, for Jed Mercurio’s HTM label, opposite Peter Mullan, airing on ITV and internationally.

Personal life

Christie lives in Glasgow with her partner, musician Iain Cook.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Audio

Radio

• When You Cure Me (2006, radio play) as Rachel
• An Inspector Calls as Sheila Birling
• Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You as Molly Naylor
• A Farewell to Arms (2011, BBC Radio 4) as Catherine Barkley
• • Austerlitz * (December 2012, BBC Radio 3) as Agata

Audiobooks

• Code Name Verity (2012) as Queenie/Verity (Co-read with Lucy Gaskell)
• Burial Rites (2013)

References

References

1. Jamieson, Teddy. (7 June 2015). "Morven Christie: I think it's kind of heartbreaking that women have never seen a reflection of themselves in film or on television". heraldscotland.com.
2. (20 April 2006). "Romeo And Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Theatre". The Independent.
3. "UK - "The Winters Tale" Performance in London". gettyimages.co.uk.
4. (June 14, 2009). "Theatre review: The Bridge Project at the Old Vic". theguardian.com.
5. "Morven Christier". nationaltheatrescotland.com.
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7. Doran, Sarah. (15 March 2017). "The Replacement: who's who in BBC maternity drama - Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Dougray Scott, Richard and Rankin". [[Radio Times]].
8. (31 March 2018). "Ordeal by Innocence: the Christie Mystery that almost got away". The Times.
9. Sutton, Megan. (2019-03-28). "The Bay on ITV: Everything you need to know".
10. Jamie Lopez. (2021-12-16). "ITV's The Bay series 3 release date confirmed".
11. White, Peter. (2022-03-16). "'Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes Set As Lead Of Netflix's 'Lockwood & Co.' Series Adaptation".
12. Crosby, Eve. (September 1, 2022). "Line of Duty creator teams up with Morven Christie for new thriller - and we can't wait".
13. Doran, Sarah. (15 March 2017). "The Bay cast: How old is Morven Christie and who is her famous boyfriend?". [[Radio Times]].
14. The Doctor Who Team. (14 January 2015). "Filming Begins on Doctor Who, Series 9". [[BBC One]].
15. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012x129 BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour Drama]. Bbc.co.uk (2011-08-05). Retrieved on 2012-07-03.