Lynn Farleigh, a Bristolian, trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in rep at Salisbury. She has worked many times for the ESC, the RSC and the National Theatre, recently in the acclaimed production of “Three Days in the Country”. Shakespeare roles include Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, Viola , Hermione, Lady Anne, Titania, Portia and Lady Macbeth. Much television work includes Steptoe and Son, Pride and Prejudice, Finney, Out, Wycliffe (as Helen), Midsomer Murders, and more recently in Vera, Lightfields, Casualty, EastEnders and Silent Witness. Lynn works with students and young actors and has directed eight plays for the British American Drama Academy, the most recent was her version of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time”. She lives in north Oxfordshire with her actor husband and a very elderly but demanding three-legged cat, Lucie!
Lovers of Their Time
(Hilda Britt)
The Flash
(Judge)
Deathday
(Lydia Crosse)
3 Into 2 Won't Go
(Janet)
Voices
(The Mother)
The Rivals
(Julia)
Daylight Robbery
(Helen)
God's Chosen Car Park
(Irene Box)
A Man for Loving
(Isobel Francis)
Suffer The Little Children
(Solicitor)
A Ferry Ride Away
(Heather Massie)
The Hallelujah Handshake
(Anne)
Coming Through
(Lydia Lawrence)
Waving at Trains
(Annabelle Warren)
A Walk in the Forest
(Catherine Clements)
All's Well That Ends Well
(Helena)
Tales from Hollywood
(Helene Weigel)
From Time to Time
(Gypsy)
Miss Potter
(Lady Sybil)
Watership Down
(Cat (voice))
Fighting Back
(Barbara Merrick)
FairyTale: A True Story
(Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher)
Tonight the World
Antony & Cleopatra
(Octavia)
Heartland
(Rachel)
Scenes from Family Life
(Marie)
Border
(Mrs Fialova)
Fothergill
(Kate)
Clapperclaw
(Lorna)
The Workshop
(Simone)
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Midsomer Murders
(Sonia Madrigal)
Wycliffe
(Helen Wycliffe)
Affairs of the Heart
Bergerac
(Joan Grant)
The Bill
Z-Cars
Pride and Prejudice
(Mrs Phillips)
Silent Witness
(Ann Cunningham)
Heartbeat
(Mary Radcliffe)
Pride and Prejudice
(Mrs. Phillips)
Wish Me Luck
The Word
(Valerie Hughs)
Play for Today
Fall of Eagles
(Krupskaya)
The Guardians
Sherlock
(Professor Cairns)
Bad Girls
(Mrs Williams)
Peep Show
(Pam Corrigan)
Peak Practice
(Moira Pearce)
Justice
(Muriel Parker)
Vera
(Valerie Furlow)
He Knew He Was Right
(Mrs. Outhouse)
The Ice House
(Mrs. Thompson)
Bill Brand
(Miriam Brand)
Finney
(Mary Finney)
Public Eye
(Valerie Pratt)
Heartbeat
(Joan Dyson)
Out
(Anne Ross)
Attachments
(Dr Heather Green)
Playhouse
(Kate)
Playhouse
(Lorna)
Performance
(Helene Weigel)
Playhouse
(Simone)
BBC Play of the Month
(Julia)
Grace
(Alma Starr)
Scorpion Tales
(Virginia Ward)
Theatre 625
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
(Doreen Periam)