Amelia Bullmore

Amelia Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress and writer. She started working as an actor but turned to writing in 1995. Her writing credits include episodes for This Life, Attachments, Black Cab, and Scott & Bailey.

Early life

Bullmore was born in Chelsea, London.^[1] She studied drama at Manchester University.^[1][2]

Career

Bullmore was a finalist for the Dennis Potter Award in 2000 for her 90-minute drama entitled The Middle. Her first stage play, Mammals, was the winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and was shortlisted for the What's On Best New Comedy Award. From 1990 until 1995, she played Steph Barnes in Coronation Street. She appeared as Sonja, the Ukrainian girlfriend of the title character in the second series of the comedy series I'm Alan Partridge. She also appeared on BBC Radio 4's phone-in spoof Down the Line.

In 2011 and 2012 Bullmore appeared in a series of Direct Line Insurance adverts playing an eccentric customer. She is currently co-starring in the crime drama Scott & Bailey. She also wrote several episodes of Scott & Bailey, including the 2014 2-part season finale, where her character, a Detective Chief Inspector, tries to cope with her alcoholism.

In 2013 Bullmore wrote a second play, Di and Viv and Rose, which was staged at Hampstead Theatre.^[3] The play was eventually transferred to the West End in early 2015, where it ran at the Vaudeville Theatre before closing in March.^[4]

Personal life

Bullmore is married to Scottish actor Paul Higgins, whom she met while they were performing A View from the Bridge in Manchester in 1992.^[5] The couple have two daughters, Mary and Flora.^[1]

Filmography

Acting credits

• Coronation Street (1990–1995) as Steph Barnes
• Mrs Dalloway (1997)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1997)
• Big Train (1998)
• Tilly Trotter (1998) – as Eilene Sopwith
• Jam (2000)
• I'm Alan Partridge (2002)
• State of Play (2003) – as Helen Prenger
• Suburban Shootout (2006/2007)
• Ashes to Ashes (2008)
• Lewis 'Wild Justice' (2008) – as Caroline Hope
• Agatha Christie's Poirot, Hallowe'en Party (2010) – as Judith Butler
• Scott & Bailey (2011-2014) – as DCI Gill Murray
• Twenty Twelve (2011/2012) – as Kay Hope, Head of Sustainability
• Sherlock (2012) – as Dr Stapleton in "The Hounds of Baskerville"
• It's Kevin (2013)
• What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
• Jekyll and Hyde (TV series) (2015) - Episodes 5 9 and 10 as Renata Jezequiel
• Happy Valley (2016)

Writing credits

• This Life (1996)
• Big Train (1998)
• Attachments (2000)
• Black Cab (2000)
• The Middle (2000)
• Mammals (2005)
• Scott & Bailey (2011 - 2014)

Radio

• Down the Line on BBC Radio 4 – phone-in spoof – January 2007
• Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends on BBC Radio 4 – January 2007
• His Master's Voice – political satire – July 2007
• Craven (radio series, as writer/creator (Series 5 written by Michelle Lipton)) on BBC Radio 4 – Series 1 - 2009, Series 2, 3 & 4 - 2012, Series 5 - 2013 and Series 6 - 2014
• The Bat Man (Afternoon Play, as writer/creator) on BBC Radio 4 – 20 April 2011 (repeated 26 September 2012)
• Love Love Love Like The Beatles (Drama of the Week) on BBC Radio 4 – 29 June 2012
• Sweet Tooth (Book at Bedtime) on BBC Radio 4 – 7 September 2012

References

External links

• Amelia Bullmore at the British Film Institute
• Amelia Bullmore at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC radio 4 Book at Bedtime - Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan