Alison Peebles
British actor, dancer and director
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Alison Peebles (born 1953) is a Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a Scottish theatre company.
Early life
Peebles trained as a painter at Edinburgh College of Art.
Career
In 1983, she co-founded Communicado, a Scottish theatre company, with Gerry Mulgrew and Rob Pickavance.[1]
Peebles portrayed Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd's celebrated 1993 production of Macbeth at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.[2]
She directed the film AfterLife, which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003.[3]
Personal life
Peebles appeared in the documentary Multiple, shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has multiple sclerosis.[4][5][6] Her Molly and Mack character, Mrs. Juniper, has been shown to use a crutch to get around.
Awards and honours
In 2016, Peebles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Film Awards.[7]
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Company | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Hypochondriak | Beline | Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh | John Matthews and Gerry Mulgrew | Hector MacMillan's Scots translation of Molière's Le Malade imaginaire |
| 1987 | Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off | Elizabeth | Communicado | Gerry Mulgrew | play by Liz Lochhead |
| 1993 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Tron Theatre, Glasgow | Michael Boyd | play by William Shakespeare |
Filmography
Actress
- 1990 Casualty (TV series)
- 1991–1992 The Advocates (TV series)
- 1992 Bunch of Five (TV series)
- 1992–1993 Strathblair (TV series)
- 1995 The Final Cut (TV mini-series)
- 1996 Rab C. Nesbitt (TV series)
- 1997 Bumping the Odds (TV movie)
- 1998 The Acid House (film)
- 1999 Psychos (TV mini-series)
- 2003 Skagerrak (film)
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
- 2004 Sex Traffic (TV movie)
- 1988–2005 Taggart (TV series)
- 2007 Silver Tongues (short)
- 2008 Trouble Sleeping
- 2004–2008 High Times (TV series)
- 2009 Eadar-Chluich (TV series)
- 2009 Wasted (film)
- 2009 Floating Is Easy (short)
- 2010 Labour (film short)
- 2010 Lip Service (TV series)
- 2011 Fast Romance (film)
- 2015 Where Do We Go From Here?
- 2018–2019 River City as Isobel MacKenzie
- 2018–2019 Molly and Mack (children's TV series)
- 2022 The Road Dance (film) Old Peggy
- 2023 Doctors as Barbara Gray[8]
- 2025 Dept. Q (TV series)
Director
- 2001 Nan (film short)
- 2001 Tangerine (film short)
- 2002-2003 Stacey Stone (TV series)
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
Radio
| Date | Title | Role | Director | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February 2002 | A Hundred Miles[9] | Bruce Young | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play | |
| 7 January 2008 | The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: The King's Kilt[10] | Miss/Mistress MacEvoy | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 |
| 16 January 2015 | Take Me to the Necropolis[11] | Gypsy Queen | Kirsty Williams | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
Awards
| Year | Nominated Work | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here? | British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |