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Birthday: Mar 11, 1963. Birthplace: London, England, UK. Alex Kingston, a compelling figure known for her regal bearing and cascade of curly red hair, started acting at a young age and would...
Jul 18, 2015 · Alex Kingston was born on 11 March 1963 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for ER (1994), Doctor Who (2005) and Alpha Dog (2006). She has been married to Jonathan Stamp since 18 July 2015. She was previously married to Florian Haertel and Ralph Fiennes.
- March 11, 1963
- She's proud of her German heritage. Kingston was born and brought up in the town of Epsom, near London, to Anthony Kingston, an English butcher, and his German wife, Margarethe Renneisen.
- She's super-humble about her prolific career. “I don’t know if it is a good thing or not," Kingston told The Times in 2019, "but I have never been particularly pushy.
- During a night out in Atlanta, Georgia, she happened upon a Doctor Who-themed burlesque show. “The dancer started as William Hartnell," Kingston told The i. "
- She once caused her Doctor Who co-star Matt Smith a moment of, um, rather intimate discomfort. “One of the most memorable parts of filming," she told London's Evening Standard last year, "was when I flew through the universe, got caught in the Tardis and by mistake kneed Matt Smith, who was playing the Doctor at the time, in the nuts.
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The role of River Song eventually went to Alex Kingston, known for starring in the popular US drama ER. On Kingston's casting, Davies said, "I bloody love her!" Kingston had been a fan of Doctor Who as a child. Kingston, when first cast, did not expect her role to be recurring.
May 3, 2018 · Alex Kingston started her television career at age of 15 by playing the role of a bully in the English TV series ‘Grange Hill’. She bagged her major role as the lead character in miniseries, ‘The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders’ in 1996.
Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston reacts to her beloved character River Song's most memorable moments on the show - from her own sonic screwdriver, to flying the TARDIS, and marrying the Doctor.
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Mar 1, 2021 · Alex began her career at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she met her first husband, Skyfall actor Ralph Fiennes. They were together for 10 years before marrying in 1993.
