# Alison Peebles > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alison_Peebles > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alison_Peebles.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Peebles > Source revision: 1340411584 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British actor, dancer and director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} '''Alison Peebles''' (born 1953) is a Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a Scottish theatre company. ==Early life== Peebles trained as a painter at [Edinburgh College of Art](/source/Edinburgh_College_of_Art). ==Career== In 1983, she co-founded Communicado, a Scottish theatre company, with Gerry Mulgrew and Rob Pickavance.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/it-s-really-obvious-that-ubu-doesn-t-have-any-power-1-1102700|title='It's really obvious that Ubu doesn't have any power' |work=The Scotsman |date=2 November 2005 |accessdate=4 May 2019}} Peebles portrayed [Lady Macbeth](/source/Lady_Macbeth) in [Michael Boyd](/source/Michael_Boyd_(director))'s celebrated 1993 production of ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)'' at the [Tron Theatre](/source/Tron_Theatre) in [Glasgow, Scotland](/source/Glasgow%2C_Scotland).Iain Glen, [http://www.iainglen.com/macbeth.php Review of ''Macbeth''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127001451/http://www.iainglen.com/macbeth.php |date=27 January 2013 }} She directed the film ''[AfterLife](/source/AfterLife_(film))'', which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the [Edinburgh International Film Festival](/source/Edinburgh_International_Film_Festival) in 2003.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/headed-in-a-new-direction-1-672103 |title=Headed in a new direction |work=The Scotsman |date=20 January 2005|accessdate=4 May 2019}} ==Personal life== Peebles appeared in the documentary ''Multiple'', shown on [BBC Scotland](/source/BBC_Scotland) in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has [multiple sclerosis](/source/multiple_sclerosis).{{Cite web |url=http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid=2776 |title=Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre: Alison Peebles |access-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065315/http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid=2776 |archive-date=17 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/alisonpeebles.html |title=MS in the Public Eye: Alison Peebles |access-date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223072408/http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/alisonpeebles.html |archive-date=23 December 2011 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/13072099.actress-alison-peebles-how-ive-dramatised-my-battle-with-ms/ |title=Actress Alison Peebles: how I've dramatised my battle with MS |first=Vicky |last=Allan |work=The Glasgow Herald |date=6 September 2012 |accessdate=4 May 2019}} Her [Molly and Mack](/source/Molly_and_Mack) character, Mrs. Juniper, has been shown to use a [crutch](/source/crutch) to get around. ==Awards and honours== In 2016, Peebles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the [2016 BAFTA Scotland Film Awards](/source/2016_British_Academy_Scotland_Awards).[http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/nominees-winners/british-academy-scotland-awards-nominees-in-2016 British Academy Scotland Awards Full List of Nominations] ==Theatre== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Company ! Director ! Notes |- | 1987 || ''The Hypochondriak'' || Beline || [Royal Lyceum Theatre Company](/source/Royal_Lyceum_Theatre_Company), Edinburgh || John Matthews and Gerry Mulgrew || Hector MacMillan's [Scots](/source/Scots_language) translation of [Molière](/source/Moli%C3%A8re)'s ''[Le Malade imaginaire](/source/Le_Malade_imaginaire)'' |- | 1987 || ''[Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off](/source/Mary_Queen_of_Scots_Got_Her_Head_Chopped_Off)'' || [Elizabeth](/source/Elizabeth_I) || Communicado || Gerry Mulgrew || play by [Liz Lochhead](/source/Liz_Lochhead) |- | 1993 || ''[Macbeth](/source/Macbeth)'' || [Lady Macbeth](/source/Lady_Macbeth) || [Tron Theatre](/source/Tron_Theatre), Glasgow || [Michael Boyd](/source/Michael_Boyd_(theatre_director)) || play by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) |} ==Filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ===Actress=== {{div col|colwidth=24em}} * 1990 ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))'' (TV series) * 1991–1992 ''[The Advocates](/source/The_Advocates_(TV_series))'' (TV series) * 1992 ''Bunch of Five'' (TV series) * 1992–1993 ''[Strathblair](/source/Strathblair)'' (TV series) * 1995 ''[The Final Cut](/source/The_Final_Cut_(TV_serial))'' (TV mini-series) * 1996 ''[Rab C. Nesbitt](/source/Rab_C._Nesbitt)'' (TV series) * 1997 ''Bumping the Odds'' (TV movie) * 1998 ''[The Acid House](/source/The_Acid_House_(film))'' (film) * 1999 ''[Psychos](/source/Psychos_(TV_series))'' (TV mini-series) * 2003 ''[Skagerrak](/source/Skagerrak_(film))'' (film) * 2003 ''[AfterLife](/source/AfterLife_(film))'' (film) * 2004 ''[Sex Traffic](/source/Sex_Traffic)'' (TV movie) * 1988–2005 ''[Taggart](/source/Taggart_(series))'' (TV series) * 2007 ''Silver Tongues'' (short) * 2008 ''Trouble Sleeping'' * 2004–2008 ''[High Times](/source/High_Times_(TV_series))'' (TV series) * 2009 ''Eadar-Chluich'' (TV series) * 2009 ''Wasted'' (film) * 2009 ''Floating Is Easy'' (short) * 2010 ''Labour'' (film short) * 2010 ''[Lip Service](/source/Lip_Service_(TV_series))'' (TV series) * 2011 ''Fast Romance'' (film) * 2015 ''[Where Do We Go From Here?](/source/Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here%3F_(2015_film))'' * 2018–2019 ''[River City](/source/River_City_(TV_series))'' as [Isobel MacKenzie](/source/Isobel_MacKenzie) * 2018–2019 ''[Molly and Mack](/source/Molly_and_Mack)'' (children's TV series) * 2022 ''[The Road Dance (film)](/source/The_Road_Dance_(film))'' Old Peggy * 2023 ''[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))'' as [Barbara Gray](/source/List_of_Doctors_characters_(2023)){{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: Will Bear Sylvester get ARRESTED? |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-will-bear-sylvester-get-arrested |access-date=18 May 2023 |work=[What to Watch](/source/What_to_Watch) |publisher=([Future plc](/source/Future_plc))}} * 2025 ''[Dept. Q](/source/Dept._Q)'' (TV series) {{div col end}} ===Director=== * 2001 ''Nan'' (film short) * 2001 ''Tangerine'' (film short) * 2002-2003 ''Stacey Stone'' (TV series) * 2003 ''[AfterLife](/source/AfterLife_(film))'' (film) {{div col end}} ==Radio== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Date !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Station |- | {{dts|format=dmy|2002-02-19}} || ''[A Hundred Miles](/source/Bruce_Young_(drama))''{{Cite web |url=http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/ecatalogue/417619 |title=Scottish Theatre Archive – ''A Hundred Miles'' |access-date=25 December 2019 |archive-date=5 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705201806/http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/ecatalogue/417619 |url-status=dead }} || || [Bruce Young](/source/Bruce_Young_(drama)) || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) [Afternoon Play](/source/Afternoon_Play) |- | {{dts|format=dmy|2008-1-7}} || ''[The Stanley Baxter Playhouse: The King's Kilt](/source/Marilyn_Imrie)''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/thestanleybaxterplayhouse/pip/ztx47/ BBC – ''The Stanley Baxter Playhouse – The King's Kilt''] || Miss/Mistress MacEvoy || [Marilyn Imrie](/source/Marilyn_Imrie) || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) |- | {{dts|format=dmy|2015-1-16}} || ''[Take Me to the Necropolis](/source/Kirsty_Williams_(drama))''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04xs4b2 BBC – Afternoon Play – ''Take Me to the Necropolis''] || Gypsy Queen || [Kirsty Williams](/source/Kirsty_Williams_(drama)) || [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) [Afternoon Play](/source/Afternoon_Play) |} ==Awards== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- style="text-align:centr;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Nominated Work ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Awards ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Category ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result |- | 2016 | rowspan=1| ''[Where Do We Go From Here?](/source/Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here%3F_(2015_film))'' | British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Supporting Actress |{{nom}} |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|0670196}} * {{YouTube|uamXjBjkq1U|National Theatre of Scotland: Interview with Alison Peebles and Jen Edgar}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Peebles, Alison}} Category:Scottish women film directors Category:Scottish women screenwriters Category:Scottish stage actresses Category:Scottish television actresses Category:Scottish radio actresses Category:People with multiple sclerosis Category:Living people Category:1953 births Category:20th-century Scottish actresses Category:21st-century Scottish actresses Category:Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art Category:Scottish people with disabilities Category:Film directors with disabilities Category:British writers with disabilities Category:British actors with disabilities --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alison Peebles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Peebles) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Peebles?action=history)). 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