Angel Coulby is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actress. She made her television debut in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 comedy 'Orrible

'Orrible

'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan appears as a taxi-cab driver and wannabe small time criminal in Acton . Despite the BBC having high hopes and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics...

. She is best known for portraying the character of Guinevere (Gwen) in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 fantasy series Merlin

Merlin (TV series)

Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television programme by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps. It began broadcasting on BBC One on 20 September 2008. The show is based on the Arthurian legends of the wizard Merlin and his relationship with Prince Arthur but differs from...

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Career

Coulby trained at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh where she studied for a degree in acting. She is seen in an episode of Scariest Places on Earth

Scariest Places On Earth

Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal documentary reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family Channel, which is now ABC Family and owns the rights to the show...

(#2.10 - Exorcism: Greyfriars Cemetery 1) as a student (Awassa Tact) who had an encounter with a ghost. Her breakthrough came in 2001 with her role in the Johnny Vaughan

Johnny Vaughan

Jonathan Randall Vaughan is an English broadcaster and journalist. Vaughan has become well known as a television and radio personality and has also built a reputation as a film critic. He co-presented Capital Breakfast alongside Lisa Snowdon on 95.8 Capital FM between 2004 and 2011...

 vehicle 'Orrible

'Orrible

'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan appears as a taxi-cab driver and wannabe small time criminal in Acton . Despite the BBC having high hopes and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics...

. She was later chosen to play Guinevere (Gwen), a young woman who would later become Queen Guinevere the legendary wife of King Arthur

King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...

 and Queen of Camelot, in the BBC One fantasy TV series Merlin. Coulby stars alongside fellow young actors Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan

Colin Morgan is an actor from Armagh, Northern Ireland, best known for playing the title character in the BBC TV series Merlin. Morgan went to Integrated College Dungannon and, during his third year, won the 'Denis Rooney Associates' Cup awarded to the best overall student of that academic year...

, Bradley James and Katie McGrath

Katie McGrath

Katherine Elizabeth McGrath is an Irish actress from Ashford, County Wicklow, Ireland, best known for playing Morgana in the BBC One TV series Merlin.-Background:McGrath graduated in History at the Trinity College, Dublin...

 as well as seasoned veterans Anthony Head

Anthony Head

Anthony Stewart Head , usually credited as Anthony Head, is an English actor and musician. He rose to fame in the UK following his role in television advertisements for Nescafé Gold Blend , and is known for his roles as Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and as Uther Pendragon in...

 and Richard Wilson.

In an interview, she stated that she enjoys being able to play Gwen from an early stage, where she's humble and lowly maid servant, all the way to her becoming Queen of Camelot, in that capacity she has now starred in Series 1, 2, 3 and so far 4. She has stated in past interviews that she enjoys music festivals and has recently taken up sewing and is learning to make clothes (She would not, however, consider a career change as she has wanted to be an actress ever since she knew what it was.)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Scariest Places on Earth Scariest Places On Earth Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal documentary reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family Channel, which is now ABC Family and owns the rights to the show... (#2.10 - Exorcism: Greyfriars Cemetery 1)	Awassa Tact (Scared Student)	name identification appears as Awassa Tact, like other person's identification, likely fictional ("I was attacked")
2001	'Orrible 'Orrible 'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan appears as a taxi-cab driver and wannabe small time criminal in Acton . Despite the BBC having high hopes and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics...	Shiv	4 episodes
2002	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	Sally	Episode: "In the Heat of the Night"
2002	Having It Off Having It Off Having it Off is a one-off TV comedy series for BBC Choice made by Red Production Company in 2002.It was set at a cheap hairdressing salon in Eccles, Greater Manchester...	Kylie Riley	TV series
2002		Leah Pickering	TV movie
2003		PC Louise Fraser	TV miniseries
2003	Manchild	Pippa	Episode: "2.4"
2004	Making Waves	LMA Anita Cook	Episode: "1.1" Episode: "1.2"
2004	As If As If As If is a British comedy-drama series broadcast on Channel 4. There were 76 episodes across four series, the first broadcast on January 22, 2001 and the last on July 31, 2004.-Premise & Facts:...	Amber	7 episodes
2004	Conviction Conviction (2004 TV series) Conviction is a British television crime drama that premiered on BBC Three on 7 November 2004. The six part series was written by Bill Gallagher and stars William Ash, David Warner, Ian Puleston-Davies, Reece Dinsdale, Nicholas Gleaves, Laura Fraser and Jason Watkins...	Jemma Ryan	6 episodes
2004	Holby City Holby City Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...	Maxine Framley	Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"
2005	The Jacket The Jacket The Jacket is a 2005 psychological thriller film directed by John Maybury that is partly based on the Jack London novel of the same name, released in the US as The Star Rover. Massy Tadjedin wrote the screenplay based on a story by Tom Bleecker and Marc Rocco...	Intern #2
2005	Murder Investigation Team M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (TV series) MIT: Murder Investigation Team was a British police procedural drama series produced by the ITV network as a spin-off from the long running series, The Bill. The series is based around the investigations of a London Murder Investigation Team, and is closely styled after the American series CSI:...	Lee Allanson	Episode: "2.1"
2005	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse is a feature film spin-off of the popular British television comedy series The League of Gentlemen. Starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, the film was written by the cast with Jeremy Dyson, and directed by Steve Bendelack...	Receptionist
2005	Imagine Me & You Imagine Me & You Imagine Me & You is a 2005 British-American comedy-romance film written and directed by Ol Parker. It centres on the relationship between Rachel, played by Piper Perabo and Luce, played by Lena Headey, who meet on Rachel's wedding day. The movie takes its title from a line in the song "Happy...	Anna
2005	Vincent Vincent (TV series) Vincent is an ITV drama series. An initial series was made and aired in 2005 and starred Ray Winstone, in the title role, and Suranne Jones as two members of a team of private eyes hired by people to spy on their partners or indeed anyone else they need to keep tabs on. The four part series also...	Gillian Lafferty	7 episodes
2006	Hustle Hustle (TV series) Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...	Alice	Episode: "A Bollywood Dream"
2006	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...	Katherine	Episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace The Girl in the Fireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on 6 May 2006, and is the only episode in the 2006 series written by Steven Moffat... "
2006	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Zoe Hughes	Episode: "461"
2006	Tripping Over Tripping Over Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life....	Charity	Episode: "1.5"
2007	Magicians	Receptionist
2007	Gina's Laughing Gear Gina's Laughing Gear Gina's Laughing Gear was a special programming slot which was presented by Gina Yashere. It was shown on Friday afternoons on BBC One and repeated on Saturday on the CBBC Channel. The purpose was to showcase new CBBC comedy at the time....	Nurse Jones	Episode: "Dollby City"
2007	Secret Life	Young Mum	TV movie
2007	New Street Law New Street Law New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman...	Sharon Weir	Episode: "2.6"
2007	Talk to Me Talk to Me (TV series) Talk to Me is a British television serial, written by writer Danny Brocklehurst, produced by Company Pictures for ITV. The four-part serial began on 10 June 2007 and stars Max Beesley as Mitch Moore, a womanising radio host whose producer is also his best mate and about to get married to Claire...	Faith	4 episodes
2007		Rachael	6 episodes
2007	Life Is Wild Life Is Wild Life Is Wild is an American television serial drama adapted by Michael Rauch, George Faber and Charlie Pattinson from the popular British drama Wild at Heart. The show is about a New York veterinarian who moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by...		Episode: "Heritage Day"
2008–present	Merlin Merlin (TV series) Merlin is a British fantasy-adventure television programme by Julian Jones, Jake Michie, Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps. It began broadcasting on BBC One on 20 September 2008. The show is based on the Arthurian legends of the wizard Merlin and his relationship with Prince Arthur but differs from...	Gwen	39 episodes

External links

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