Acting · Epsom, England, UK · Born March 11, 1963
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).
TVSecret Service
2026
as Rose Trewen
MovieThe Killer's Game
2024
as Sharon Rabinowitz
TVDouglas Is Cancelled
2024
as Sheila
TVTreason
2022
as Audrey Gratz
MovieDodger Special: Train
2022
as Lucifer
MovieThe Fall
2022
as Dr. Greta Portius
TVThe Read
2022
as Narrator
TVThe Chelsea Detective
2022
as US Ambassador Emily Morgan
TVDodger
2022
as Lucifer
MovieDeadpan
2019
as Tamara
TVThe Widow
2019
as Judith Gray
TVA Discovery of Witches
2018
as Sarah Bishop
TVGilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
2016
as Naomi Shropshire
TVShoot the Messenger
2016
as Mary Foster
MovieHappily Ever After
2016
as Ria
MovieDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
as River Song
TVPenn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
as Vlurgen (voice)
TVChasing Shadows
2014
as Ruth Hattersley
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as River Song (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
as Narrator
MovieGhost Phone
2013
as Sheila
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Rain Gods
2013
as River Song
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as River Song (archive footage)
MovieNational Theatre Live: Macbeth
2013
as Lady Macbeth
TVDoctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
2013
as River Song (archive footage)
MovieDoctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night
2012
as River Song
MovieDoctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night
2012
as River Song
TVArrow
2012
as Dinah Lance
MovieThe Destinations of Doctor Who
2012
as River Song (archive footage)
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who
2012
as River Song (archive footage)
The Women of Doctor Who
2012
as River Song (archive footage)
The Science of Doctor Who
2012
as River Song (archive footage)
MovieLike Crazy
2011
as Jackie Gardner
MovieDoctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel
2011
as River Song
Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes To War & Let's Kill Hitler
2011
as River Song
TVMarchlands
2011
as Helen Maynard
TVUpstairs Downstairs
2010
as Dr Blanche Mottershead
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Commander Sloane Thompson
MovieDoctor Who: The Pandorica Opens & The Big Bang
2010
as River Song
MovieDoctor Who: The Time of Angels & Flesh and Stone
2010
as River Song
TVBen Hur
2010
as Ruth
TVFlashForward
2009
as Fiona Banks
TVHope Springs
2009
as Ellie Lagden
MovieSordid Things
2009
as Eve Manchester
TVLost in Austen
2008
as Mrs Bennet
MovieDoctor Who: Silence in the Library & Forest of the Dead
2008
as River Song
TVDoctor Who Monster Files
2008
as River Song
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Dr. Marla Thomkins
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MovieCrashing
2007
as Diane Freed
MovieAlpha Dog
2006
as Tiffany Hartunian
MovieThe Poseidon Adventure
2005
as Suzanne Harrison
MovieSweet Land
2005
as Brownie
TVDoctor Who
2005
as River Song
TVWho Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
TVStrictly Come Dancing
2004
as Self - Contestant
MovieBoudica
2003
as Boudica
TVNCIS
2003
as Miranda Pennebaker
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Lucy Costin
TVV Graham Norton
2002
as Self
MovieNBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Patricia Alwick
MovieEssex Boys
2000
as Lisa Locke
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Miranda Pond
TVLoose Women
1999
as Self
MovieThis Space Between Us
1999
as Peternelle
MovieCroupier
1998
as Jani De Villiers
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieWeapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Verity Graham
TVThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Moll Flanders
MovieSaint-Ex
1996
as Chic Party Guest
MovieThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Moll Flanders
MovieThe Infiltrator
1995
as Anna
MovieCarrington
1995
as Frances Partridge
MovieA Pin for the Butterfly
1995
as Mrs. Solomon
TVCrocodile Shoes
1994
as Caroline Carrison
TVER
1994
as Elizabeth Corday
TVThe Knock
1994
as Katherine Roberts
MovieWoman of the Wolf
1994
as The Woman
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieForeign Affairs
1993
as Actress
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Ursula Kröhling
MovieWanted: Marjory and Oliver
1990
MovieThe Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
as Adele
MovieThese Foolish Things
1989
as Daniella
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Daniella
TVHannay
1988
TVA Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Ellen
Henry's Leg
1986
as Noreen
TVThe Bill
1984
MovieThe Wildcats of St Trinian's
1980
as Schoolgirl (Uncredited)
TVGrange Hill
1978
as Jill Harcourt
James and Lucia
as Harriet Weaver
MovieDoctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut & Day of the Moon
as River Song
