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Lisa Diveney

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Lisa Diveney
Born
Lisa Ann Diveney

1984 (age 39–40)[1]
Newport, Wales[1]
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present

Lisa Ann Diveney (born 1984) is a British actress, best known for playing Beth in the Only Fools and Horses spin-off The Green Green Grass. She has also appeared in an episode of BBC drama Call the Midwife.

Career

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John Sullivan cast Diveney in the role of Beth in The Green Green Grass[2] where she appeared in Series 1–3. She then went on to appear in Cleansed[3] directed by Sean Holmes at the Arcola Theatre and in Michael Grandage's production of John Gabriel Borkman[4] for the Donmar Warehouse where Ian McDiarmid and Penelope Wilton headed the cast. In 2009 she played Young Enid in the biopic Enid[5] starring Helena Bonham Carter.

Diveney portrayed Colette in the premiere of Frank McGuinness' play Greta Garbo Came to Donegal[6] at the Tricycle Theatre alongside Michelle Fairley and Angeline Ball. Then appeared in the premiere of A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky[7] by David Eldridge, Robert Holman and Simon Stephens at the Lyric Hammersmith.

Diveney appeared as series regular Kate Travers in the ITV1 Drama Injustice[8] where she played the on-screen daughter of James Purefoy and Dervla Kirwan. She then went on to play Bridget in Bijan Sheibani's production of Moonlight[9] at the Donmar Warehouse, where she starred alongside David Bradley and Daniel Mays. Diveney played Julia Masterson in Series 2 of the BBC drama Call the Midwife.[10]

In 2014 Diveney starred alongside Sir Tony Robinson and Imogen Stubbs in The Hypochondriac.[11] and in the same year, appeared as Sasha in the premiere of Moses Raine's Donkey Heart[12] directed by Nina Raine at the Old Red Lion which transferred to the Trafalgar Studios. Diveney then went on to play Masha in The Seagull[13] at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre directed by Matthew Dunster.[14]

In 2023, she reunited with Matthew Dunster to play Ruth in his production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming[15] at The Young Vic, starring alongside Jared Harris and Joe Cole.

References

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  1. ^ a b England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ "'The Green Green Grass' Who's Who". Shazam Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ Billington, Michael (4 September 2004). "Sarah Kane's Cleansed & Phaedra's Love Revived". London: What's on Stage. Retrieved 20 October 2005.
  4. ^ "John Gabriel Borkman". Donmar Warehouse. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. ^ "BBC Four's 'Enid'". BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  6. ^ Bassett, Kate (17 January 2010). "Frank McGuinness premier 'Greta Garbo Came to Donegal' Review". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  7. ^ "'A Thousand Stars Explode in the Sky' Review". Variety. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  8. ^ ""Injustice" – Crime Thriller by Anthony Horowitz Review". The Global Herald. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Dance Review: Harold Pinter's Moonlight, Donmar Warehouse, London". Express. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  10. ^ "BBC One Call the Midwife". BBC.
  11. ^ "The Hypochondriac | What's on | Theatre Royal Bath". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  12. ^ ""Donkey Heart" by Moses Raine- Evening Standard Review". Evening Standard. London. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  13. ^ "The Seagull". 25 June 2015.
  14. ^ "The Seagull".
  15. ^ "The Young Vic What's On: Harold Pinter's The Homecoming". 27 November 2023.
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