Fiona Bell

Fiona Bell is a Scottish 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.

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

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988The Chalk MarkFriend of FamilyShort film
1996TrainspottingDiane's Mother
1999DuckCarmenShort film
Between DreamsJudithShort film
Gregory's Two GirlsMaddy Underwood
2000I Saw YouShort film
2001The Legend of Loch LomondMoiraShort film
2003AfterlifeLucy
2005The Man-Eating Wolves of GysingeCatharinaTV film
2006Low Winter SunSheena BaillieTV film
2012Loving Miss HattoWoman JournalistTV film
2018Royally Ever AfterMarie DimarcoTV film
2021Finding YouNora Callaghan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995The BillJackie LaineEpisode: "Memorial"
1996Screen OneMaggieEpisode: "Truth or Dare"
1996–1997Soldier SoldierSergeant Angela McCleod AGCRecurring role, 16 episodes
1999CasualtyApril SpencerEpisode: "To Have and to Hold"
TaggartFrancescaEpisodes: "A Fistful of Chips" & "Fearful Lightning"
2000The CreativesJoannaEpisode: "By The Way"
DoctorsD.C. Jane LynchEpisode: "A Matter of Community"
City CentralLouEpisode: "Respect"
2000–2002EastEndersP.C. Elaine MonksRecurring role, 3 episodes
2002RockfaceHeatherEpisode: "Situation: Critical"
2003Paradise HeightsAngieEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
2004CasualtyMel JohnsonEpisode: "The Ties That Bind Us"
2008TaggartRachel BrownEpisode: "Lifeline"
2010Jack TaylorBrenda MeyersEpisode: "Headstone"
2016StorylandAoife JenningsEpisode: "Costigan"
2017Acceptable RiskAlisa BellEpisode: "Series 1, Episode 3"
2018–2021ShetlandDonna KillickRecurring role, 10 episodes
2020BloodGillian Mooney[3]Series regular, 6 episodes
The NestHilarySeries regular, 5 episodes
Dead StillAbigail VickersMiniseries, 2 episodes
2021KinAngela CunninghamRecurring role 3 episodes
2022Irvine Welsh's CrimeMoira Gulliver3 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleAuthorRoleDirectorTheatreRef
1996Cyrano de BergeracEdmond RostandRoxaneGerry Mulgrew and Andy FarrellCommunicado
2001Henry VI & Richard IIIWilliam ShakespeareMargaretMichael BoydRoyal Shakespeare Company, London[4]
2010Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons)Pierre Choderlos de LaclosMarquise Isabelle de MerteuilChristopher HamptonGate Theatre, Dublin[5][6]
2015A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam ShakespeareHippolyta & TitaniaGavin QuinnAbbey Theatre, Dublin[7]
2015OedipusJocastaWayne JordanAbbey Theatre, Dublin[8]
2016The FatherFlorian ZellerAnneEthan McSweenyGate Theatre, Dublin[9][10]
2016Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Edward AlbeeMarie MenkenDavid GrindleyGate Theatre, Dublin[11][12]
2017TribesNina RaineBethOonagh MurphyGate 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]

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