Lucy Briers (born 19 August 1967, Hammersmith, London) is an English actress. She has received critical praise for her many film, television, and stage roles, including the premiere of Best Friends & Butterflies.
Briers is the daughter of actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. From the age of nine, she knew that she wanted to be an actress.
Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London, from 1978 to 1985; Lancaster University, studying th...
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Lucy Briers (born 19 August 1967, Hammersmith, London) is an English actress. She has received critical praise for her many film, television, and stage roles, including the premiere of Best Friends & Butterflies.
Briers is the daughter of actor Richard Briers and actress Ann Davies. From the age of nine, she knew that she wanted to be an actress.
Briers attended St Paul's Girls' School, London, from 1978 to 1985; Lancaster University, studying theatre and sculpture; and then a three year acting course at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. As well as acting, Briers plays both the piano and flute.
She married Simon Cox in Oxford in 1995.
Briers is best known for playing Mary Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. Coincidentally, she appeared in an episode of Game On with Pride and Prejudice cast member Crispin Bonham-Carter, with Victoria Hamilton (Pride's Mrs Forster) in a stage production of As You Like It, and with Tom Hollander (Mr Collins in the 2005 version) in a stage production of Don...
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