Rebecca Saire

Rebecca Saire
Born	16 April 1963 (1963-04-16) (age 48) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress/Writer
Years active	1968–present
Spouse	Roger Allam

Rebecca Saire (born 16 April 1963) is a British actress and writer who achieved early notability when, at the age of fourteen, she played Juliet for the BBC Television Shakespeare series.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Theatre 2.2 Television 2.3 Film 2.4 Radio 2.5 Writing 3 Select filmography 4 External links

Personal life

Saire was educated at Watford Grammar School for Girls but left at the age of 13 to join the Godolphin and Latymer School for Girls in Hammersmith, London. She is married to the actor Roger Allam, with whom she has two children.

Career

Theatre

Sybil in "Private Lives" (National Theatre) Eliante in "The Misanthrope" (Piccadilly Theatre), Mabel in "An Ideal Husband" (Gielgud Theatre), Gwendolen in "Travesties" (RSC and Savoy Theatre), Diana in "All's Well That Ends Well" (RSC), Audrey Walsingham in "The School of Night" (RSC), Rachel in "A Jovial Crew" (RSC). She was "a beautiful and truly tragic Ophelia" (Time Out) to Mark Rylance's Hamlet at the RSC in 1989. Most recently she played Princess Mary in "Crown Matrimonial" (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/Tour)

Television

• Dr. Jenkins in My Dad's the PM,
• Aline Hemmingway in Jeeves and Wooster,
• Theresa Nolan in A Taste for Death,
• Amelia Sedley in Vanity Fair,
• Rebecca Saire had a recurring role as Shona, the high-flying executive wife of DC Duncan Lennox in the long running ITV Drama, The Bill.

She also made guest appearances in A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

Film

She played Cecily in the highly acclaimed film, The Shooting Party.

Radio

• Caroline, Princess of Wales in "The People's Princess",
• Philippa in "The Experiences of an Irish RM",
• Sue in "The Small Back Room",
• Joan Geenwood in "Kind Hearts"

Writing

Saire has written three plays for BBC Radio 4, all produced by Eoin O'Callaghan:

• "Standing on Tiptoe"
• "The Detox"
• "Clapham Junction" (Radio Times - Pick of the Week)

Select filmography

• Romeo and Juliet (1978, BBC Television Shakespeare)
• Quatermass (1979, TV)
• The Shooting Party (1985, film)
• A.D. (1985, TV film)
• Vanity Fair (1987, TV)
• Jeeves and Wooster (1991, TV)
• Travesties (1993, stage)
• The People’s Princess (2008, radio)

External links

• Rebecca Saire at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Saire
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Date of birth	16 April 1963
Place of birth	London, England, UK
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