Fiona Bell
Born
Rosneath, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Alma materRoyal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present
TelevisionSoldier Soldier
Shetland
The Nest
Spouse
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(m. 1997)​
Children4

Fiona Bell is a British actress, known for her role as Sergeant Angela McLeod in the ITV drama series Soldier Soldier (1997–1998), as Donna Killick in the BBC One crime drama series Shetland (2018) and as Hilary in the BBC One drama series The Nest (2020).[1] Bell was born in Rosneath part of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Career

She took an interest in acting and joined the Scottish Youth Theatre, Glasgow at the age of 15. She graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama[2] with a BA Acting degree in 1986.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Chalk Mark Friend of Family Short film
1996 Trainspotting Diane's Mother
1999 Duck Carmen Short film
Between Dreams Judith Short film
Gregory's Two Girls Maddy Underwood
2000 I Saw You Short film
2001 The Legend of Loch Lomond Moira Short film
2003 Afterlife Lucy
2005 The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge Catharina TV film
2006 Low Winter Sun Sheena Baillie TV film
2012 Loving Miss Hatto Woman Journalist TV film
2018 Royally Ever After Marie Dimarco TV film
2021 Finding You Nora Callaghan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 The Bill Jackie Laine Episode: "Memorial"
1996 Screen One Maggie Episode: "Truth or Dare"
1996–1997 Soldier Soldier Sergeant Angela McCleod AGC Recurring role, 16 episodes
1999 Casualty April Spencer Episode: "To Have and to Hold"
Taggart Francesca Episodes: "A Fistful of Chips" & "Fearful Lightning"
2000 The Creatives Joanna Episode: "By The Way"
Doctors D.C. Jane Lynch Episode: "A Matter of Community"
City Central Lou Episode: "Respect"
2000–2002 EastEnders P.C. Elaine Monks Recurring role, 3 episodes
2002 Rockface Heather Episode: "Situation: Critical"
2003 Paradise Heights Angie Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
2004 Casualty Mel Johnson Episode: "The Ties That Bind Us"
2008 Taggart Rachel Brown Episode: "Lifeline"
2010 Jack Taylor Brenda Meyers Episode: "Headstone"
2016 Storyland Aoife Jennings Episode: "Costigan"
2017 Acceptable Risk Alisa Bell Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3"
2018–2021 Shetland Donna Killick Recurring role, 10 episodes
2020 Blood Gillian Mooney[3] Series regular, 6 episodes
The Nest Hilary Series regular, 5 episodes
Dead Still Abigail Vickers Miniseries, 2 episodes
2021 Kin Angela Cunningham Recurring role 3 episodes

Theatre

Year Title Author Role Director Theatre Ref
2001 Henry VI & Richard III William Shakespeare Margaret Michael Boyd Royal Shakespeare Company, London [4]
2010 Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil Christopher Hampton Gate Theatre, Dublin [5][6]
2015 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Hippolyta & Titania Gavin Quinn Abbey Theatre, Dublin [7]
2015 Oedipus Jocasta Wayne Jordan Abbey Theatre, Dublin [8]
2016 The Father Florian Zeller Anne Ethan McSweeny Gate Theatre, Dublin [9][10]
2016 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee Marie Menken David Grindley Gate Theatre, Dublin [11][12]
2017 Tribes Nina Raine Beth Oonagh Murphy Gate Theatre, Dublin [13][14]

Personal life

Bell is married to Irish actor Conor Mullen, who she met on the set of Soldier Soldier in 1997. She moved to Ireland in 1997 to get married and lives in Howth, County Dublin with her husband and their four children: Keir, Hannah, Georgia, and Cassie.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the cast of BBC One's The Nest, 12 April 2020". Radio Times.
  2. ↑ "RCS Alumni to watch this weekend". RCS. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "When is Blood series 2 on TV?". Radio Times.
  4. ↑ "A visionary 13 hours of the Bard, 26 April 2001". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Les Liaison Dangereuses". Gate Theatre, Dublin. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Les Liaisons Dangereuses, 4 March 2010". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "A Midsummer Night's Dream, 17 February 2015". Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Oedipus review – Greeks behaving badly in a rumbling tragedy, 6 October 2015". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "The Father". Gate Theatre, Dublin. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Father review: Owen Roe gives a masterful performance in Zeller's play, 15 September 2016". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". Gate Theatre, Dublin. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review: Total war in a theatrical battle like no other, 28 April 2016". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "Tribes". Gate Theatre, Dublin. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  14. ↑ "Tribes review: How to find a family you belong to, 6 October 2017". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "Conor Mullen - Biography". Hello. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Fiona Bell: 'Our daughter was shocked - her daddy was kissing a woman on stage - she stared straight over at me, 3 October 2016". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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