{{short description|British actress}} {{other people}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Lucy Brown | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|2|13}} | birth_place = Crawley, West Sussex, England | children = 2 | years_active = 2002–present | spouse = {{marriage|Adam Rayner|2015}} | website = }} '''Lucy Brown''' (born 13 February 1979) is a British actress best known for dual roles in the science fiction TV series ''Primeval''.
==Biography==
===Early life=== Lucy Brown was born in Crawley, Sussex, but grew up in Cambridgeshire. She is the daughter of Christopher Brown and Helen Burleigh and has a younger brother named Mark. She went to King's College Prep School in Cambridge and then on to Oundle School in Northamptonshire which she left to attend Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. She then went on to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama London. In December 2007, she was declared "Most Beautiful English Actress of the Year" by a panel of 104 actors.<ref>Cambridge Evening News, 2007. ''"lucy eats lots of pies"'' 13 February 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/features/2007/02/13/c8b1055f-cde4-440e-8cdb-79a95f2ef063.lpf |title=CEN News : Features : Lucy gets her teeth into monster role |access-date=2007-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226124059/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/features/2007/02/13/c8b1055f-cde4-440e-8cdb-79a95f2ef063.lpf |archive-date=26 February 2007 |df=dmy-all }}. Retrieved 4 March 2007.</ref><ref>Aberdeen Gazette, 2007. ''"I went dancing with Wicked West End cast"'' 18 February 2007.[http://www.douglashenshall.com/PrimevalLucyBrownIwentdancingwithwickedweatendcast.html]. Retrieved 4 March 2007.</ref>
===Acting career=== Brown's first job was in a commercial for the soap brand Lux where she appeared with Gisele Bündchen. She has appeared in ''Sharpe's Challenge'', ''Malice Aforethought'', ''North and South'' with Richard Armitage, ''Whatever Love Means'', and in the dual roles of Claudia Brown and Jenny Lewis in the ITV1 science-fiction television series ''Primeval'' (2007–11). After leaving ''Primeval'', she played a minor role in NBC's ''The Philanthropist''. In 2010, she appeared in ''Bonded By Blood'' and ''Frost'' opposite Dean Cain. Brown returned to ''Primeval'' for Series 4 (as Jenny Lewis).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s48/primeval/news/a233178/primeval-series-four-filming-finishes.html |title='Primeval' series four filming finishes – Primeval News – TV |work=Digital Spy |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=9 February 2012}}</ref>
Brown also frequently takes part in live events billed as ''Word Theatre''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wordtheatre.com/|title=WordTheatre | Giving Voice to Great Writing|website=WordTheatre | Giving Voice to Great Writing}}</ref> She has performed for them in Los Angeles and London. She also reads for audio books.
In 2012, Brown said revealed that she and Olivia Poulet were currently writing a comedy drama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unrealityshout.com/blogs/primeval-interview-lucy-brown-teases-weekends-wedding-episode |title=Primeval Interview – Lucy Brown teases this weekend's wedding episode! |publisher=Unreality Shout |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307163857/http://unrealityshout.com/blogs/primeval-interview-lucy-brown-teases-weekends-wedding-episode |archive-date=7 March 2012 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In 2014, she appeared in the television drama ''The Village'', cast as Harriet Kilmartin.
===Personal life=== Brown lives in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/lucybrown/ |title=Lucy Brown – The Placeholder Page |publisher=Myweb.tiscali.co.uk |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604124039/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/lucybrown/ |archive-date=4 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She married actor Adam Rayner on 31 December 2015.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/|title=Login • Instagram|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/146845/a-palace-built-on-strawberry-fields|title=A palace built on strawberry fields|first=Ruben V.|last=Nepales|website=entertainment.inquirer.net}}</ref> They have a son and daughter together.<ref name="auto"/>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- || 2002 | ''Murder'' | TV journalist | TV film |- || 2003 | ''Canterbury Tales'' | Her | TV mini-series (1 episode: "The Miller's Tale") |- | rowspan="3"| 2004 | ''Piccadilly Jim'' | Understairs Woman | |- | ''Frances Tuesday'' | Louise | TV film (uncredited) |- | ''North and South'' | Ann Latimer | TV mini-series (3 episodes) |- | rowspan="3"| 2005 | ''Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy'' | Barbara Peache | TV film |- | ''Malice Aforethought'' | Ivy Ridgeway | TV film |- | ''Whatever Love Means'' | Georgina | TV film |- | rowspan="2"| 2006 | ''Minotaur'' | Didi | |- | ''Sharpe's Challenge'' | Celia Burroughs | TV film |- || 2007-09; 2011 | ''Primeval'' | Claudia Brown / Jenny Lewis | TV series (Main role; 19 episodes) |- || 2008 | ''Harley Street'' | Maya | TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.3") |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 | ''The Philanthropist'' | Deborah Rougeaux | TV series (1 episode: "Myanmar") |- | ''Midsomer Murders'' | Helen Markham | TV series (1 episode: "The Glitch") |- | rowspan="2"| 2010 | ''Frost Giant'' | Sedna | TV film |- | ''Bonded by Blood'' | Anna Richards | |- || 2011 |''New Tricks'' | Marie Braden |TV series (1 episode: "Old Fossils") |- | rowspan="2"| 2013 | ''Neil Jackson: Rocket to Mars'' | Woman | ''short'' |- | ''This is Vanity'' | Angela | ''short'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2014 | ''Wireless'' | Unit White (voice) | TV series short |- | ''The Village'' | Harriet Kilmartin | TV series (4 episodes) |- || 2017 | ''Bitter Harvest'' | Olena |- || 2024 | Emmerdale | Maria | 1 episode (E10168)<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmerdale (TV Series 1972- ) - Full cast & crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068069/fullcredits/#cast |website=IMDb |access-date=26 March 2026 |quote=''S1.E10168 . Episode #1.10168 (2024)''}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|1374033}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604124039/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/chevron/lucybrown/ Lucy Brown – The Placeholder Page]
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