Biography

Alexandra Moen was born in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. Having an oceanographer as a father meant that she and her family - teacher mother and two younger brothers - travelled along with his work and, at age six, she moved to Canada and then to Bermuda, ending up in England, where she completed her schooling. She read English at Leeds University before studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She made her professional stage debut in 2003 at the Chichester theatre in Chekhov's 'The Seagull' and has since worked widely on stage and television. To many small screen viewers she is probably best known for her appearance in 'Doctor Who', doing something the doctor failed to and ridding the world of his great enemy, the Master. In addition to acting she sings and is a member of a psychedelic pop band.

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Alexandra Moen was born in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. Having an oceanographer as a father meant that she and her family - teacher mother and two younger brothers - travelled along with his work and, at age six, she moved to Canada and then to Bermuda, ending up in England, where she completed her schooling. She read English at Leeds University before studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She made her professional stage debut in 2002 in the West End in Edward Hall's production of Macbeth, and in 2003 playing Nina at the Chichester Theatre in Steven Pimlott's critically acclaimed production of Chekhov's 'The Seagull'. Her first TV series lead was in 2006, playing Tamsin Dalgliesh in Tripping Over, then Emily James in the final two seasons of BBC's hit comedy drama Hotel Babylon. To many sic fi fans she is probably best known for her appearance in 'Doctor Who', doing something the doctor failed to and ridding the world of his great enemy, the Master. More recently, she has brought the quirky Norwegian pathologist Petra Bergen to our small screen, starring in all three series of Sky Atlantic's Fortitude until 2018. In 2019 she took over playing Elizabeth of York from Jodie Comer, in the Philippa Gregory adaptation Spanish Princess for Starz, and played Simone Cameron, the dedicated ballet teacher, in BBC's hit series Dublin Murders.

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