Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress most widely known for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER.
Kingston was born and raised in Epsom, Surrey. She is the eldest of three daughters of a butcher, Anthony Kingston, and his German wife. Her mother's younger brother is actor Walter Renneisen. She was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at her all-girls grammar school Roseb...
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Alexandra Elizabeth "Alex" Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress most widely known for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on the NBC medical drama ER.
Kingston was born and raised in Epsom, Surrey. She is the eldest of three daughters of a butcher, Anthony Kingston, and his German wife. Her mother's younger brother is actor Walter Renneisen. She was inspired to pursue acting by one of her teachers at her all-girls grammar school Rosebery School for Girls. She later completed a two-year programme at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and went on to join the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company.
Alex Kingston has appeared in a number of British produced television dramas, including Grange Hill, Crocodile Shoes, Moll Flanders, The Knock and a guest role on The Bill. In 1997, Kingston gained American television fame after being cast on the medical drama ER at the start of the fourth season. Her character Elizabeth Corday was a British surgeon arriving from England. Alex...
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