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Helena Lymbery

  • Actress
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Helena Lymbery trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) from 1985 to 1988.

She has worked extensively in theatre since with companies including the National Theatre, Royal Court, Royal Exchange, Bush, Leeds Playhouse, Young Vic, English National Opera, Pentabus, Sonia Friedman Prods and Paines Plough.

She would later go on to portray Madam Hooch, Petunia Dursley and Dolores Umbridge in the original West End Palace Theatre production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. She left the London production on 21 May 2017.

She teaches BA and MFA courses at LAMDA.
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    Known for

    National Theatre Live: Treasure Island (2015)
    National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
    7.1
    • Dr. Livesey(as Helen Lymbery)
    • 2015
    London Road (2015)
    London Road
    5.3
    • Stella
    • 2015
    National Theatre Live: This House (2013)
    National Theatre Live: This House
    7.9
    • Rochester & Chathman
    • Welwyn & Hatfield
    • Coventry South West
    • Lady Batley
    • 2013
    Suranne Jones in Docteur Foster (2015)
    Docteur Foster
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Walters (Head Teacher)
    • Mrs. Walters

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    • Suranne Jones in Docteur Foster (2015)
      Docteur Foster
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Walters (Head Teacher)
      • Mrs. Walters
      • 2015–2017
    • London Road (2015)
      London Road
      5.3
      • Stella
      • 2015
    • National Theatre Live: Treasure Island (2015)
      National Theatre Live: Treasure Island
      7.1
      • Dr. Livesey (as Helen Lymbery)
      • 2015
    • Father Brown (2013)
      Father Brown
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Nurse Bridget Farrow
      • 2014
    • National Theatre Live: This House (2013)
      National Theatre Live: This House
      7.9
      • Rochester & Chathman
      • Welwyn & Hatfield
      • Coventry South West ...
      • 2013
    • The Cat in the Hat (2010)
      The Cat in the Hat
      6.5
      Short
      • Sally (as Helen Lymbery)
      • 2010
    • Timothy Spall, Tom Hardy, Sophie Okonedo, and William Miller in Oliver Twist (2007)
      Oliver Twist
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Molly
      • 2007
    • Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small in Meurtres à l'anglaise (2001)
      Meurtres à l'anglaise
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Lab Assistant
      • 2002
    • The Bill (1984)
      The Bill
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Nurse
      • 1995
    • The Lizzie Play: Dream Sequences (1992)
      The Lizzie Play: Dream Sequences
      Video
      • Mrs. Abby Durfee Gray Borden
      • 1992
    • George Cole in Minder (1979)
      Minder
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Dental Receptionist
      • 1991
    • Oranges and Lemons
      5.7
      Short
      • German Girl (as Helen Lymbery)
      • 1991
    • John Thaw and Kevin Whately in Inspecteur Morse (1987)
      Inspecteur Morse
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Barmaid
      • 1991

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    • Alternative name
      • Helen Lymbery
    • Other works
      Stage play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Part One and Part Two - played Petunia Dursley/Madame Hooch/Dolores Umbridge, directed by John Tiffany at the Palace Theatre, West End, London, England, UK.
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