Michelle Bonnard (born 14 September 1980)[1] is an English actress and screenwriter. She attended the Central Junior Television Workshop before studying at LAMDA.
Career
editMichelle Bonnard has worked in television, theatre and film. She first came to prominence playing Helena in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, called ShakespeaRe-Told.[2] Other roles include DCI Goodchild in The Fear for Channel 4 starring Peter Mullan, press officer Tops in BBC/HBO drama Five Days[3] (Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated), Raghad Hussein in Channel 4’s Saddam's Tribe[4] and Stephanie Blake in Law and Order UK.
Stage appearances include The Quiet House at Park Theatre (Off West End Award nomination for best actress), A Wolf in Snakeskin Shoes at Tricycle Theatre directed by Indhu Rubasingham, Beasts and Beauties at Hampstead Theatre Melly Still, On The Record (Michael Longhurst), Macbeth (Max Stafford-Clark) and Europe (Douglas Rintoul) and The Mirror for Princes (Sulyman Al Bassam) (both at the Barbican Theatre).[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ray & Liz | Zeinab |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Backup | Elaine | Episode: "Badlands" |
| 1998 | Bernard's Watch | Mel | Episode: "Old Time" |
| 1998 | Dangerfield | First Nurse | Episode: "Double Helix" |
| 2004 | EastEnders | Trish | Episode dated 11 May 2004 |
| 2004–2010 | Casualty | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 2004–2015 | Doctors | 10 episodes | |
| 2005 | Spooks | Delphine Lapin | Episode: "The Special: Part 1" |
| 2005 | ShakespeaRe-Told | Helena | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 2006 | Eleventh Hour | Junior Doctor | Episode: "Resurrection" |
| 2007 | Five Days | Tops | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Saddam's Tribe: Bound by Blood | Raghad | Television film |
| 2007 | My Boyfriend, the Sex Tourist | Narrator | |
| 2008 | Waking the Dead | Dr Emma McKenna | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Silent Witness | Kez | Episode: "Terror: Part 2" |
| 2008 | Apparitions | Sandra Tellor | Episode #1.3 |
| 2009 | Margot | Sally | Television film |
| 2010 | Law & Order: UK | Stephanie Blake | Episode: "Anonymous" |
| 2011 | Hustle | Secretary | Episode: "Silent Witness" |
| 2012 | The Fear | Janice Goodchild | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Holby City | Julie Horton | Episode: "Not Aaron" |
| 2013 | Blackout | Nurse Gabby | Television film |
| 2017 | Inspector George Gently | Liz Paton | Episode: "Gently and the New Age" |
| 2018 | Strike | Hazel Furley | Episode: "Career of Evil: Part 2" |
| 2018–2021 | Unforgotten | Sal | 7 episodes |
| 2019 | The Last Czars | Praskovya | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | We Hunt Together | Prof. Judy Hackwood | |
| 2022–2024 | House of the Dragon | Sylvi |
References
edit- ^ "Michelle Bonnard". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ "Shakespeare Retold: A Midsummer Night's Dream". ABC Online. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Leonard, John (30 September 2007). "Five Days". New York. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ O'Donovan, Gerard (10 May 2007). "Leave Saddam to the historians". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ Cargill, Peter (14 March 2007). "Europe". The Stage. Retrieved 1 February 2011.