Elizabeth Rider
| Elizabeth Rider | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Rider Upton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
Elizabeth Rider is an English actress. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she was awarded their Gold Medal. She won the Carleton Hobbs Award for Best Student Actress and spent six months with the BBC Radio Rep. Since 2009 she has played the role of Lyenette Driver in BBC soap Doctors, where she is a semi-regular cast member.
Career
Elizabeth's first acting job was as Norah in the 1979 miniseries Testament of Youth. In the late 1990s she landed the role of Sheila Thwaite in The Lakes. In 1999, she appeared in Coronation Street as Ashley Peacock's biological mother. In 2004, she had a ten-episode role playing Jill Green in EastEnders.
Rider appeared in Series Two and Three of the drama At Home with the Braithwaites in 2001 and 2002, as Helen Braithwaite. She also voiced Atris in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. She appeared in five episodes in Series 23 of the long-running medical drama series Casualty, playing troubled mum Cathy Malone. She has also appeared in Heartbeat, Emmerdale, Holby, Hollyoaks, The Street, The Accused, The Tunnel, Call the Midwife, Marchlands, and the 2013 Dr Who Christmas Special, among many other dramas. She has just completed two episodes of Lewis. Since 2009, Rider is a character on the BBC drama Doctors, playing the part of DCI Lynette Driver.