"killed off in the seventh season, with Rigg's final performance receiving critical acclaim. In the 1960s, Rigg lived for eight years with director Philip Saville, gaining attention in the tabloids when she disclaimed interest in marrying the older, already-married Saville, saying she had no desire ""to be respectable."" She was married to Menachem Gueffen, an Israeli painter, from 1973 until their divorce in 1976, and to Archibald Stirling, a theatrical producer and former officer in the Scots Guards, from 25 March 1982, until their divorce in 1990. With Stirling, Rigg has a daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, who was born in"
"Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series ""The Avengers"" (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in ""Game of Thrones"" (2013–17). She has also had an extensive career in theatre, including playing the title role in ""Medea"", both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame"
"years of Emma Peel, the BFI (British Film Institute) screened an episode of ""The Avengers"" followed by an onstage interview with Rigg about her time in the television series. Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series ""The Avengers"" (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), and Olenna Tyrell in ""Game of Thrones"" (2013–17). She has also had an extensive career in theatre, including playing the title role in ""Medea"", both"
"in 1994 for services to drama. Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in ""The Caucasian Chalk Circle"", and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 production of ""Abelard & Heloise"". Her film roles include Helena in ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1968); Lady Holiday in ""The Great Muppet Caper"" (1981); and Arlena Marshall in ""Evil Under the Sun"" (1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the 1989 BBC miniseries ""Mother Love"", and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers in the 1997 adaptation of ""Rebecca""."
"and Jenna-Louise Coleman. The episode had been specially written for her and her daughter by Mark Gatiss and aired as part of series 7. It was not the first time mother and daughter had appeared in the same production – that was in the 2000 NBC film ""In the Beginning"" – but the first time she had worked ""with"" her daughter and also the first time in her career her roots were accessed to find a Doncaster, Yorkshire, accent. The same year, Rigg secured a recurring role in the third season of the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"", portraying Lady"
"to murder. Diana Rigg won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Helena. The series has yet to receive a commercial DVD release in any territory. Mother Love (TV series) Mother Love is a four-part British television drama that first aired from 29 October to 19 November 1989 on BBC1. It was adapted by Andrew Davies from Domini Taylor's (Roger Longrigg's) novel concerning a mother's obsessive love for her son, vengeful hatred of his father, her ex-husband, and the effect on her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. It starred Diana Rigg, David McCallum, James Wilby, and Fiona"
"Emma Peel Emma Peel is a fictional spy played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series ""The Avengers"", and by Uma Thurman in the 1998 film version. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight. She is the partner of John Steed. As a lady spy adventurer and expert in martial arts, she became a feminist role model around the world and is considered an icon of British popular culture. Regarded as a 1960s fashion icon, the character is often remembered for the leather catsuit worn by Rigg in the first series."
"appeared in ""Nosedive"", an episode of the anthology series ""Black Mirror"". In 2017 she appeared in the premiere production of ""Consent"" at the Royal National Theatre, London. Daisy Haggard Celia Daisy Morna Haggard (born 22 March 1978) is a British actress. The daughter of film director Piers Haggard and his wife Anna Sklovsky, she was raised and educated in Dulwich, South London at the James Allen's Girls' School. Her grandfather was the actor Stephen Haggard and her great-great-great-uncle was the author H. Rider Haggard. Haggard's television acting debut occurred in ""Heartstones"", a 1996 episode of ITV's ""Ruth Rendell Mysteries"" directed"
"met her co-star for that film, Norman Reedus. The two were first seen together as a couple in July 2016. In November 2018, Kruger and Reedus welcomed a baby girl, their first and his second child. Diane Kruger Diane Kruger (née Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German-American actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in the epic war film ""Troy"" (2004), Dr. Abigail Chase in the heist film ""National Treasure"" (2004) and (2007), Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009), and Gina in the psychological thriller film"
"from 1996 to 2004. Their daughter Tallulah Rose Tepper was born on 20 February 1997 in Los Angeles, California. Since 2007 she has lived in Los Angeles with Vinnie Tortorich, fitness expert, podcaster, and author of ""Fitness Confidential"". Serena Scott Thomas Serena Harriet Scott Thomas (born 21 September 1961) is an English actress. Her television roles include Diana, Princess of Wales in """" in 1993. Her film appearances include ""The World Is Not Enough"" (1999), ""Hostage"" (2005), ""Brothel"" (2008), and ""Inherent Vice"" (2014). Scott Thomas was born in Nether Compton, Dorset. Her mother, Deborah (née Hurlbatt), was brought up in"
"Daisy Haggard Celia Daisy Morna Haggard (born 22 March 1978) is a British actress. The daughter of film director Piers Haggard and his wife Anna Sklovsky, she was raised and educated in Dulwich, South London at the James Allen's Girls' School. Her grandfather was the actor Stephen Haggard and her great-great-great-uncle was the author H. Rider Haggard. Haggard's television acting debut occurred in ""Heartstones"", a 1996 episode of ITV's ""Ruth Rendell Mysteries"" directed by her father. Piers Haggard had asked his daughter to help him during the audition process by reading opposite the candidates. She later reported that because she"
"the daughter of actress Joanna David, who played the same role in the 1979 BBC production of the story. The serial was filmed on location in Charlestown in Cornwall, the Luton Hoo Estate in Bedfordshire, Montacute House, South Somerset, and Rotherfield Park in Hampshire. Interiors were shot at Shepperton Studios. Diana Rigg won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie. Rebecca (1997 miniseries) Rebecca is a 1997 British/German television serial directed by Jim O'Brien. The teleplay by Arthur Hopcraft is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. The serial"
"Georgina Haig Georgina Haig (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian film and television actress, known for her roles in the Australian children's television series ""The Elephant Princess"", as well as the American television series ""Fringe"", ""Limitless"". "" and ""Once Upon a Time"". Haig was born in Melbourne, and grew up on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia to Gillian Haig, a fine artist and Russell Hagg, an Australian script writer and film maker, whose credits include BMX Bandits, The Cup, Cash and Company and Blue Heelers. She has one younger sibling, actor/model Julian Haig. Throughout her childhood and into"
"aligned herself with Dorne and Daenerys Targaryen out of revenge. Diana Rigg has received Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performances in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018. Olenna Tyrell, also known as the Queen of Thorns, is a former Redwyne and the mother of Mace Tyrell. She is described as a wizened and cunning old woman with a wicked wit and a sharp tongue, and is known for openly stating her opinion. Olenna is not a point of view character in the novels, so her actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes"
"an ongoing role as United States Attorney Lindsay Straus and in ""L.A. Doctors"" as Kelly Newman. She also did small roles in movies such as ""Jerry Maguire"". After the birth of her youngest son, Rigg retired from acting to be at home with her children. She has then returned to acting to appear in the films ""Ellie Parker"" and ""Fair Game"" with Naomi Watts. She also guest starred alongside her husband in The Mentalist episode ""A Dozen Red Roses"". Rigg married Simon Baker in 1998 after five years together, and the couple have three children, Stella (b. 1993), Claude (b."
"Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (who was Black Rod in the House of Lords), and a great-great-niece of Captain Scott, the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole. Her surname is an amalgam of the surnames of those two families. The Scott Thomases also trace their lineage to Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, the owner of the famous Arabian horse Godolphin Barb. Scott Thomas is known for her portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the television mini-series """" (1993), and for playing the lead in the TV film ""Harnessing Peacocks"" (1993)"
"Riley Keough Danielle Riley Keough ( ; born May 29, 1989) is an American actress, model and producer. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley with Danny Keough, and the eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. Keough is best known for her collaborations with director Steven Soderbergh, having appeared in his films ""Magic Mike"" (2012) and ""Logan Lucky"" (2017), as well as having starred in the first season of the Soderbergh-produced television series ""The Girlfriend Experience"" (2016), based on his film of the same name. For her performance as Christine Reade, a law student who moonlights as"
"Diane Kruger Diane Kruger (née Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German-American actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in the epic war film ""Troy"" (2004), Dr. Abigail Chase in the heist film ""National Treasure"" (2004) and (2007), Bridget von Hammersmark in Quentin Tarantino's war film ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009), and Gina in the psychological thriller film ""Unknown"" (2011). She also starred as Detective Sonya Cross in the FX crime drama series ""The Bridge"" (2013–14). In 2017, she made her German-language debut in Fatih Akin's ""In the Fade"", for which she won the"
"Simon Langton (television director) Simon Langton (born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is an English television director and producer. He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel ""Smiley's People"" was nominated for both a BAFTA Award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the US. He later won a BAFTA Award for the 1989 series ""Mother Love"", starring Diana Rigg. He is perhaps best known for"
"Christmas Carol"" starring Albert Finney. She appeared as a regular in the TV series ""Couples"", ""Inside Story"", the 1966 BBC adaptation of ""The Three Musketeers"", ""Fox"", the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Enemy of the World"" and in 1978 she starred opposite Ian McShane in ""Disraeli"". When Diana Rigg left ""The Avengers"" in 1968, she was one of the actresses considered for the role of Steed's new assistant. Mary Peach Mary Peach (born 20 October 1934) is a South African-born British film and television actress, who was married to the screenwriter and director Jimmy Sangster until his death in 2011. Peach"
"Dinah Sheridan Dinah Sheridan (17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ""Genevieve"" (1953) and ""The Railway Children"" (1970); the long-running BBC comedy series ""Don't Wait Up"" (1983–90); and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End. Sheridan was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg in Hampstead Garden Suburb to Charlotte Lisa (née Everth; 1893–1966) and James Ginsburg (1893–1958). Her father was born in Osaka, Japan, to a Jewish father of Russian descent. Her mother was born in Kew, Surrey, to parents of German descent."
"Adriana Maggs Adriana Maggs is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and director, best known for her debut feature film ""Grown Up Movie Star"". The daughter of academic and poet Randall Maggs, she is originally from Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. She was educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Grenfell College campus in Corner Brook, where she was a classmate of Sherry White, Susan Kent and Jonny Harris. She has appeared as an actress in the television series ""Hatching, Matching and Dispatching"", ""Three Chords from the Truth"" and ""Call Me Fitz"" and the films ""Down to the Dirt"" and"
"water to communities around the world. Leigh and her family live in Los Angeles. Chyler Leigh Chyler Leigh West (pronounced ; born Potts; April 10, 1982), known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for portraying Janey Briggs in the comedy film ""Not Another Teen Movie"" (2001), Lexie Grey in the ABC medical drama series ""Grey's Anatomy"" (2007–2012), and Alex Danvers in the DC Comics superhero series ""Supergirl"" (2015–present). Leigh was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Yvonne Norton and Robert Potts. Leigh was raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia,"
"Mary Nighy Mary Bing Jamie Alfreda Leonora Quick Kit Nighy (born 17 July 1984) is an English actress and filmmaker. She was named one of the UK Film Council's breakthrough Brits in 2005. Nighy is a director of Foster Films. She has directed short films including ""Lulu"" and ""Player"", the latter was written by Sam Hodges, and premiered at the 2008 Miami Short Film Festival. She directed Hodges' play ""Lyre"" at the HighTide Festival in spring 2007. Nighy was born in London, the daughter of actors Bill Nighy and Diana Quick. She was educated at the City of London School"
"her husband John Ritter co-hosted the national United Cerebral Palsy Telethon together. They also co-starred in television movies """" and ""Heartbeat"", and in the feature film ""Americathon."" Morgan also made a guest appearance in Ritter's television series ""Hooperman."" Morgan married actor John Ritter in 1977, and they had three children: Jason (b. 1980), Carly (b. 1982), and Tyler, (b. 1985). Ritter and Morgan divorced in 1996 after 19 years of marriage. Nancy Morgan Nancy Karen Morgan (born April 1, 1949) is an American actress. Morgan is the daughter of Marjorie (née Greenfield) and Samuel A. Morgan. Jr. She is a"
"Jr and Sir Dirk Bogarde. Cooper was the stepmother of actor John (Jack) Merivale, Dinah's long-time partner (1968–86) and later husband (1986–90, his death). For many years John Merivale required kidney dialysis which Dinah learnt to perform at home. Dinah Sheridan Dinah Sheridan (17 September 1920 – 25 November 2012) was an English actress with a career spanning seven decades. She was best known for the films ""Genevieve"" (1953) and ""The Railway Children"" (1970); the long-running BBC comedy series ""Don't Wait Up"" (1983–90); and for her distinguished theatre career in London's West End. Sheridan was born Dinah Nadyejda Ginsburg in"
"in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Clare Thomas Clare Lucy Thomas (born 2 April 1989 in Buckinghamshire, England) is a British actress who has appeared in several British films and television series. Some of her highest profile roles have been Aggie, one of the title character's classmates in the film ""Madeline"", and Ingrid Dracula, daughter of the Count, in the children's television series ""Young Dracula"". She also made an appearance in BBC One show ""Holby City"", as the stepdaughter of a male patient. She lives with her parents and sister in Beaconsfield, and attended Beaconsfield High"
"Rebecca Rigg Rebecca Rigg (born 31 December 1967) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in ""Fatty Finn"" and ""Ellie Parker"". Rebecca Rigg was born in Sydney, Australia. Her Australian television appearances include the television series ""Rafferty's Rules""; the ABC TV-movies, ""Joh's Jury"", ""Come In Spinner"", and ""Naked"", as well as a starring role in the Australian comedy television series ""Willing and Abel"" (in which she appeared as ""Angela Reddy""). As a young girl she was also in the Australian film ""Fortress"", which was about the kidnapping of a teacher (played by Rachel Ward) and a small class"
"Jemma Churchill Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her roles as Nanny Lyons in ""Upstairs Downstairs"", and Ms Fellows in ""Waterloo Road"". Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in ""The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin"". Following training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Churchill spent a year singing in pubs and working men's clubs in the East End under the name 'Jemma Churchill - the Cockney Sparrow'. Churchill is married to"
"1998), and Harry (b. 2001). They have lived in Los Angeles since 1996, moved back to Sydney in 2005 but returned soon after to reside in the US. Rigg is close friends with actresses Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman, who are also the godmothers of Stella and Harry, respectively. Rebecca Rigg Rebecca Rigg (born 31 December 1967) is an Australian actress, best known for her roles in ""Fatty Finn"" and ""Ellie Parker"". Rebecca Rigg was born in Sydney, Australia. Her Australian television appearances include the television series ""Rafferty's Rules""; the ABC TV-movies, ""Joh's Jury"", ""Come In Spinner"", and ""Naked"", as"
"Lies"" (2006), and ""The Wives He Forgot"" (2006). She also has made guest appearances on shows such as ""Walker, Texas Ranger"", ""Charmed"", ""Once and Again"", ""Boomtown"", ""Cold Case"", and ""Nip/Tuck"", and well played recurring roles on ""Passions"" and ""Port Charles"". In 2012 she joined the cast of ""River Ridge"" as Blythe Jensen. Shannon Sturges Shannon Sturges (born January 3, 1968) is an American actress, best known for her role as Reese Burton Peterson in The WB primetime soap opera ""Savannah"". Sturges was born in Hollywood, California and is the daughter of Solomon Sturges and actress Colette Jackson, and granddaughter of"
"II) through their respective fathers Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, who were brothers. Oxenberg was educated at St. Paul's School, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Oxenberg made her acting debut in the 1982 made-for-television film ""The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana"", in which she played Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1984, Oxenberg joined the hit ABC prime time soap opera ""Dynasty"" — then at its height of popularity — in the role of Amanda Carrington, the second daughter of Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). Oxenberg left ""Dynasty"""
"years (and she still today enjoys using a smattering of words and phrases when ordering Indian food). She was then sent to a boarding school, the Moravian School in Fulneck, near Pudsey. She disliked her boarding school, where she felt like a fish out of water, but she believes that Yorkshire played a greater part in shaping her character than India did. She trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from 1955–57, where her classmates included Glenda Jackson and Siân Phillips. Rigg's career in film, television and the theatre has been wide-ranging, including roles in the"