Alexandra Roach

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::summary Welsh actress (born 1987) ::

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Field	Value
name	Alexandra Roach
birth_name	Alexandra Elizabeth Roach
birth_date
birth_place	Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales
education	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (B.A., 2010)
occupation	Actress
years_active	2003–present
spouse
children	1
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| name = Alexandra Roach | image = | birth_name = Alexandra Elizabeth Roach | birth_date = | birth_place = Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales | education = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (B.A., 2010) | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2003–present | spouse = | children = 1

Alexandra Elizabeth Roach (born 20 August 1987) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Becky in Utopia and DS Joy Freers in No Offence. She has also made appearances in series including Being Human, Inside No. 9, Black Mirror and Killing Eve.

Life and career

Roach was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales. A number of her relatives, including her father Jeff (who went on to work for the Welsh Rugby Union), her brother and her sister, have been part of the police force at one point. After leaving the series in 2005, she spent time with the National Youth Theatre of Wales before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

She has described how her Welsh accent counted against her in an early audition for a television role. "This old guy was the director and he was so well spoken, and he asked me where I was from, and I told him: 'Wales, Swansea,' and he just blanked me and turned to the casting director and said, 'oh no, she's not right'" ... So I said, 'I'm not going to do it in this voice, I'm going to do it with an English accent,' and he was like, 'no, honestly, there's no point'. He just wouldn't look at me, he wasn't listening to me."

In May 2010 Roach appeared in The Door Never Closes by Rex Obano at the Almeida Theatre. A number of high-profile roles followed, including Sasha in Being Human, Beth Partridge in Candy Cabs, and The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (in which she played notorious child murderer Constance Kent).

Roach starred as a young Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. She appeared as Helene in Sky Comedy's Hunderby in autumn 2012, and was cast as Molly in the film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's 2003 novel Private Peaceful. She was included on the Screen International "Stars of Tomorrow" list in 2011. In 2013, she starred in the British TV series Utopia.

On 3 June 2013, Roach appeared in the fifth episode of the ITV comedy Vicious, as Ash's vegan girlfriend Chloe. She returned to the role for one episode in June 2015. On 8 August 2014, she appeared in the inaugural episode of the BBC One TV comedy drama film Walter, in which she played a Welsh-speaking detective. In 2015 she starred in the TV series No Offence as DS Joy Freers.

In 2016, she became engaged to club promoter Jack Scales, whom she later married.

Roach was a presenter at the 2017 BAFTA Cymru Awards ceremony.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Iron Lady	Young Margaret Thatcher
2012	Electric Cinema: How to Behave	Modern Day Woman	Short film
Private Peaceful	Molly Monks
Anna Karenina	Countess Nordston
Night of the Loving Dead	Felicity	Short film
Girls' Night Out	Princess Elizabeth
2013	Trap for Cinderella	Do
One Chance	Julie-Ann Cooper: Mrs. Paul Potts
That Night	Girl	Short film
2014	Cuban Fury	Helen
Testament of Youth	Winifred Holtby
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Doreena
Pregnant Pause	Steph	Short film
2017	Memento Mori		Short film
2018	The Orgy	Meg	Short film
2019	The Kid Who Would Be King	Miss Foster
A Guide to Second Date Sex	Laura
2022	This Is Christmas	Amanda
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2005	Pobol Y Cwm	Elin Owen
2010	The IT Crowd	Stenographer	Episode: "Reynholm vs Reynholm"
2011	Being Human	Sasha	Episode: "Type 4"
Candy Cabs	Beth Partridge	3 episodes
New Tricks	Nina Ward	Episode: "Moving Target"
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher	Constance Kent	Episode: "The Murder at Road Hill House"
2012	Loserville	Kathryn	Television film
2012–2015	Hunderby	Helene	10 episodes
2013	The Thirteenth Tale	Hester Barrow	Television film
2013–2014	Utopia	Becky	Main role, 11 episodes
2013, 2015	Vicious	Chloe	2 episodes: "Dinner Party" (2013), and "Stag Do" (2015)
2014	Under Milk Wood	Mae Rose Cottage	Television film (BBC)
Walter	DC Anne Hopkins	Television film
Crackanory	Montserrat Bligh	Episode: "Man's Best Friend & Return to Sender"
2015–2018	No Offence	DS Joy Freers	Main cast, 16 episodes
2017	Inside No. 9	Nina	Episode: "The Riddle of the Sphinx"
Black Mirror	Carrie	Episode: "Black Museum"
2018	On the Edge	Becca	Mini-series. Episode: "That Girl"
2018–2019	Hold the Sunset	Felicity	2 episodes: "Roger the Carer" and "The Lemming Family"
2019	Sanditon	Diana Parker	7 episodes
Sticks and Stones	Jess	Mini-series, 3 episodes
2020	Death in Paradise	Bethan Miller	Episode: "Murder on Mosquito Island"
Killing Eve	Rhian	2 episodes: "Beautiful Monster", and "Are You Leading or Am I?"
Zog and the Flying Doctors	Sunburnt Mermaid (voice)	Television film
2021	Viewpoint	Zoe Sterling	Mini-series, 5 episodes
2022	Y Golau (The Light in the Hall)	Cat	6 episodes
2023	Bodies	Maggie	Mini-series, 3 episodes
Men Up	Ffion Jenkins	Television film
2024	Nightsleeper	Abby Aysgarth	Six-part BBC One series
2025	Lazarus	Jenna Lazarus	Mini-series, 6 episodes
Hunting Alice Bell	Fran	Mini-series. Completed
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Video games

• Du Lac & Fey: Dance of Death (2019), as Mary Jane Kelly (voice role)
• Elden Ring (2022), as Asimi (voice role)

References

References

1. "A L e X a N D R a R O a C H on Instagram: "Toni's 6 months old today...".
2. Alexandra Roach. (20 August 2014). "Getting spoilt at work this morning for my birthday... Thanks to the best ADs @likeasalmon, @LucyGoughJones".
3. (18 February 2003). "Young actress wins soap award". BBC News.
4. Liz Skone James. (January 2020). "Interview: Alexandra Roach".
5. "The Door Never Closes".
6. (27 December 2011). "Mining town actor's Thatcher role". BBC News.
7. "Comedy's A-List Join Julia Davis' Hunderby". Sky.com.
8. Cooper, Sarah. (19 August 2011). "Screen Star Alexandra Roach joins all British cast of Private Peaceful". Screendaily.com.
9. (30 June 2011). "Screen unveils 2011 Stars of Tomorrow". Screendaily.com.
10. (8 August 2015). "Cymeriad sy'n siarad Cymraeg ar BBC 1 heno".
11. Curtis, Nick. (21 April 2016). "Alexandra Roach: 'I'm not a movie star. Yet'".
12. Nathan Bevan. (28 May 2020). "Who is Killing Eve's new villain Rhian? Everything about Welsh actress Alexandra Roach".
13. (8 October 2017). "Cyhoeddi'r Enillwyr: Gwobrau'r Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru 2017".
14. "Sticks and Stones (TV Mini-Series 2019) – IMDb".
15. ""Killing Eve" Beautiful Monster (TV Episode 2020) – IMDb". [[IMDb]].
16. "Alexandra Roach and Joe Cole board BBC drama Nightsleeper".
17. (8 September 2025). "Channel 4 announces psychological thriller Hunting Alice Bell from Clapperboard Studios".

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