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Biography |
Gina Bellman is an New Zealand-born British actress.
Bellman was born in New Zealand to Jewish parents of Russian
and Polish origin, who emigrated to New Zealand from England
in the 1950s. Her family moved back to the UK when she was
11 years old.
After a two-episode stint in Grange Hill in 1984, she became
a household name for her performance in the title role in
Dennis Potter's drama Blackeyes. She is also well-known for
playing Jane in the sitcom Coupling. Her other TV roles
include Waking the Dead, Jonathan Creek, Little Napoleons,
and one-off appearances in Only Fools and Horses and Hotel
Babylon. She has also appeared in several films including
King David, which starred Richard Gere and Edward Woodward.
She co-starred alongside James Nesbitt in the 2007 BBC One
drama serial Jekyll, a modern version of The Strange Case of
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Coupling author Steven
Moffat.
In 2008 she began appearing on the TNT channel's serial
drama Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton. |
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since May 25, 2009