Lizzie Hopley
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Lizzie Hopley is a British
actor and writer.
She appears in several audio plays based on the BBC
science fiction
television series Doctor Who
. Her first appearance was as the Eighth Doctor
’s companion Gemma Griffin in Terror Firma
. She also portrayed the sister of Davros
in the I, Davros mini-series.
She was born in Liverpool
and trained at RADA
. Her film and television work has included The Last Hangman
, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
, Holby City
and Doctors
. In 2009, she starred in the latest BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids
. More recently, she played Sheila Adrar in Channel 4's adaptation of Any Human Heart, Miss Abbot in the long-awaited new film adaptation of Jane Eyre
directed by Sin Nombre
s Cary Fukunaga and Harriet Gollop in ITV's adaptation of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine
.
She wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Pramface, which explored the consequences of reality television
and labelling people as chav
s.
Her radio plays have included The Elizabethan Beauty Law (which starred Annette Badland
as Queen Elizabeth
), The Cenci Family (nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award) for BBC Radio 4
and Salome (which starred Ian Brooker
, Florence Hoath
and Kenneth Cranham
) for BBC Radio 3
.
In 2007 she voiced the Mantasphid Queen in the Doctor Who
animated adventure The Infinite Quest
. She is currently commissioned to write the screenplay for "Clovis Dardentor", a film adaptation of Jules Verne
's Clovis Dardentor
.
includes:
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actor and writer.
She appears in several audio plays based on 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...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series 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...
. Her first appearance was as the Eighth Doctor
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann...
’s companion Gemma Griffin in Terror Firma
Terror Firma
Terror Firma is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story follows on directly from the previous Eighth Doctor audio drama The Next Life and flashes back to scenes that takes place before the first Eighth Doctor...
. She also portrayed the sister of Davros
Davros
Davros is a character from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Davros is an archenemy of the Doctor and is the creator of the Doctor's deadliest enemies, the Daleks...
in the I, Davros mini-series.
She was born in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and trained at RADA
Rada
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly"borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages....
. Her film and television work has included The Last Hangman
Pierrepoint (film)
Pierrepoint , is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint....
, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk is a British television series, produced by Working Title Films for BBC One. It is a remake of the 1960s television series Randall and Hopkirk and stars Vic Reeves as Hopkirk and Bob Mortimer as Randall, Emilia Fox as Jeannie, and Tom Baker as Wyvern.- Background :Two series...
, 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...
and Doctors
Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)
Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...
. In 2009, she starred in the latest BBC adaptation of The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)
The Day of the Triffids is a BBC two-part television adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.-Part one:...
. More recently, she played Sheila Adrar in Channel 4's adaptation of Any Human Heart, Miss Abbot in the long-awaited new film adaptation of Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published in London, England, in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. with the title Jane Eyre. An Autobiography under the pen name "Currer Bell." The first American edition was released the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York...
directed by Sin Nombre
Sin Nombre (2009 film)
Sin Nombre is an American and Mexican film written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.Filmed in Spanish, the film's name means "Nameless"...
s Cary Fukunaga and Harriet Gollop in ITV's adaptation of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine
Paddy Considine
Patrick George "Paddy" Considine is an English actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, musician and frequent collaborator with Shane Meadows. Best known to audiences for his portrayals of dark, troubled, morally or mentally ambiguous characters...
.
She wrote and starred in the one-woman play, Pramface, which explored the consequences of reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
and labelling people as chav
Chav
A chav is a term that is used in the United Kingdom to describe a stereotype of teenagers and young adults from an underclass background.-Etymology:...
s.
Her radio plays have included The Elizabethan Beauty Law (which starred Annette Badland
Annette Badland
Annette Badland is an English actress best known for her work in children's television.-Biography:Her training took place at East 15 Acting School, London...
as Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
), The Cenci Family (nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award) for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
and Salome (which starred Ian Brooker
Ian Brooker (actor)
Ian Anthony Brooker better known as Ian Brooker is a versatile character actor, with experience of theatre, television and film. However, it is in the medium of radio and audio drama that he is best known....
, Florence Hoath
Florence Hoath
Florence Angela L. Hoath is a British actress best known for her 2005 appearances as Nancy in Doctor Who.The daughter of British actress Tina Martin, Hoath made her film debut in the 1993 screen adaptation of Secret Rapture at the age of eight...
and Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham is a film, television and stage actor. He starred in the title role in the popular 1980s comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. He also appeared in Layer Cake, Gangster No. 1, Rome, Oliver! and many other films. He is probably best known to horror genre fans as the deranged Dr...
) for BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
.
In 2007 she voiced the Mantasphid Queen in the 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...
animated adventure The Infinite Quest
The Infinite Quest
The Infinite Quest is an animated serial based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was made by BBC Television, but does not share the same producers as the live-action series. It was aired in twelve weekly parts starting 2 April 2007 as a segment of the children's...
. She is currently commissioned to write the screenplay for "Clovis Dardentor", a film adaptation of Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
's Clovis Dardentor
Clovis Dardentor
Partly a travel narrative, Clovis Dardentor is an 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. Compared to other Verne novels, it is a relatively unknown work....
.
Big Finish Productions
Hopley’s work for Big Finish ProductionsBig Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
includes:
- Terror FirmaTerror FirmaTerror Firma is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The story follows on directly from the previous Eighth Doctor audio drama The Next Life and flashes back to scenes that takes place before the first Eighth Doctor...
– actor - Night ThoughtsNight Thoughts (Doctor Who audio)Night Thoughts is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
– actor - The Veiled LeopardThe Veiled LeopardThe Veiled Leopard is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
- actor - The Goddess QuandaryThe Goddess QuandaryThe Goddess Quandary is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Lisa Bowerman as Bernice Summerfield, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
- actor - ScorpiusScorpius (Doctor Who audio)Scorpius is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :The human race is at war with its own android creations. The deadlock must be broken at all costs...
- actor - FearFear (Doctor Who audio)Fear is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is part two of a four part miniseries.- Plot :THERE IS A CONSPIRACY AT THE HEART OF EARTH'S GOVERNMENT....
– actor - ConversionConversion (Doctor Who audio)Conversion is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
- actor - TelosTelos (Doctor Who audio)Telos is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*Samantha - Hannah Smith*Paul/Comms/Security - Barnaby Edwards...
- actor - Wildthyme at LargeWildthyme at LargeWildthyme at Large is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
- actor - The Devil in Ms WildthymeThe Devil in Ms WildthymeThe Devil in Ms Wildthyme is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :...
- actor - I, Davros: InnocenceI, Davros: InnocenceI, Davros: Innocence is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Terry Molloy reprising his role as Davros, the twisted creator of the Dalek race. "Innocence" is the first in a four-part mini-series exploring...
- actor - I, Davros: PurityI, Davros: PurityI, Davros: Purity is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Terry Molloy reprising his role as Davros, the twisted creator of the Dalek race. "Purity" is the second in a four-part mini-series exploring Davros'...
- actor - I, Davros: GuiltI, Davros: GuiltI, Davros: Guilt is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Terry Molloy reprising his role as Davros, the twisted creator of the Dalek race. "Guilt" is the final part of the mini-series exploring Davros' early...
- actor - Land of WonderLand of WonderLand of Wonder is a Big Finish Productions audio drama featuring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme, a character from the spin-off media based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Cast:*Iris Wildthyme — Katy Manning...
- actor - Dark Shadows: Kingdom of the DeadDark Shadows: Kingdom of the DeadDark Shadows: Kingdom of the Dead is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running American horror soap opera series Dark Shadows.- Plot :...
- actor - Short Trips: The CentenarianShort Trips: The CentenarianShort Trips: The Centenarian is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The collection follows the life of a man, Edward Grainger, from his birth through to his death and explores the history of the...
- writer - Short Trips: SnapshotsShort Trips: SnapshotsShort Trips: Snapshots is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Joseph Lidster and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
- writer - Short Trips: Defining PatternsShort Trips: Defining PatternsShort Trips: Defining Patterns is a Big Finish original anthology edited by Ian Farrington and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
- writer - Dark ShadowsDark ShadowsDark Shadows is a gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements...
: The Carrion Queen - writer and actor