Alex Kingston

Biography

Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).

Known For

Arrow

as Dinah Lance

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Miranda Pond

Doctor Who

as River Song

Doctor Who

as Professor River Song

Alpha Dog

as Tiffany Hartunian

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Patricia Alwick

Like Crazy

as Jackie Gardner

Blue Bloods

as Commander Sloane Thompson

ER

as Elizabeth Corday

A Discovery of Witches

as Sarah Bishop