Fiona Bell
British actress
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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 then part of Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Fiona Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rosneath, Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
| Alma mater | Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Television | Soldier Soldier Shetland The Nest |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
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 Dramatic Arts degree in 1989.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Chalk Mark | Friend of Family | Short film |
| 1996 | Trainspotting | Diane's Mother | |
| 1999 | Duck | Carmen | Short film |
| Between Dreams | Judith | Short film | |
| Gregory's Two Girls | Maddy Underwood | ||
| 2000 | I Saw You | Short film | |
| 2001 | The Legend of Loch Lomond | Moira | Short film |
| 2003 | Afterlife | Lucy | |
| 2005 | The Man-Eating Wolves of Gysinge | Catharina | TV film |
| 2006 | Low Winter Sun | Sheena Baillie | TV film |
| 2012 | Loving Miss Hatto | Woman Journalist | TV film |
| 2018 | Royally Ever After | Marie Dimarco | TV film |
| 2021 | Finding You | Nora Callaghan |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Bill | Jackie Laine | Episode: "Memorial" |
| 1996 | Screen One | Maggie | Episode: "Truth or Dare" |
| 1996–1997 | Soldier Soldier | Sergeant Angela McCleod AGC | Recurring role, 16 episodes |
| 1999 | Casualty | April Spencer | Episode: "To Have and to Hold" |
| Taggart | Francesca | Episodes: "A Fistful of Chips" & "Fearful Lightning" | |
| 2000 | The Creatives | Joanna | Episode: "By The Way" |
| Doctors | D.C. Jane Lynch | Episode: "A Matter of Community" | |
| City Central | Lou | Episode: "Respect" | |
| 2000–2002 | EastEnders | P.C. Elaine Monks | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Rockface | Heather | Episode: "Situation: Critical" |
| 2003 | Paradise Heights | Angie | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" |
| 2004 | Casualty | Mel Johnson | Episode: "The Ties That Bind Us" |
| 2008 | Taggart | Rachel Brown | Episode: "Lifeline" |
| 2010 | Jack Taylor | Brenda Meyers | Episode: "Headstone" |
| 2016 | Storyland | Aoife Jennings | Episode: "Costigan" |
| 2017 | Acceptable Risk | Alisa Bell | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" |
| 2018–2021 | Shetland | Donna Killick | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Blood | Gillian Mooney[3] | Series regular, 6 episodes |
| The Nest | Hilary | Series regular, 5 episodes | |
| Dead Still | Abigail Vickers | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Kin | Angela Cunningham | Recurring role 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Crime | Moira Gulliver | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | A Merry Scottish Christmas | Josephine Morgan | TV movie |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Author | Role | Director | Theatre | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Roxane | Gerry Mulgrew and Andy Farrell | Communicado | |
| 2001 | Henry VI & Richard III | William Shakespeare | Margaret | Michael Boyd | Royal Shakespeare Company, London | [4] |
| 2010 | Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | Christopher Hampton | Gate Theatre, Dublin | [5][6] |
| 2015 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Hippolyta & Titania | Gavin Quinn | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | [7] |
| 2015 | Oedipus | Jocasta | Wayne Jordan | Abbey Theatre, Dublin | [8] | |
| 2016 | The Father | Florian Zeller | Anne | Ethan McSweeny | Gate Theatre, Dublin | [9][10] |
| 2016 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Edward Albee | Marie Menken | David Grindley | Gate Theatre, Dublin | [11][12] |
| 2017 | Tribes | Nina Raine | Beth | Oonagh Murphy | Gate 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]