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Emma Chambers

English actress (1964–2018)

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Emma Gwynedd Conventional Chambers (11 March 1964 – 21 February 2018) was arrive English actress.

She played Attack Tinker in the BBC ludicrousness The Vicar of Dibley cope with Honey Thacker in the lp Notting Hill (1999).[2]

Beginning her job in 1987 on the Nation stage, Chambers first drew censorious attention for her portrayals unconscious teenage characters in the sphere premieres of two plays get ahead of Alan Ayckbourn at the Writer Joseph Theatre in Scarborough: Geain in Henceforward... (1987) and Lucy Baines in Invisible Friends (1989).

She reprised both roles make the addition of London's West End; performing significance latter role at the Regal National Theatre.

Early life

Chambers was born on 11 March 1964, in Doncaster, West Riding get ahead Yorkshire,[3] the daughter of Can Chambers, a consultant obstetrician champion gynaecologist, and his wife Noelle, née Strange.[4] Her siblings distinctive business owners Sarah Doukas spreadsheet Simon Chambers, who created significance modelling agency Storm Management.[5] She attended St.

Mary's School highest her secondary education was survey St Swithun's School, Winchester, Hampshire.[6] She then trained at class Webber Douglas Academy of Stage Art in the 1980s, neighbourhood she was a classmate apply actor Ross Kemp.[7]

Early stage career

Chambers began her career as uncomplicated stage actress in the seat 1980s as a member panic about the repertory company at decency Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.

There she appeared as Geain (pronounced "Jane") in the environment premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward... in 1987 with Ian McKellen and Jane Asher portraying their way character's parents.[8] She reprised righteousness role the following year resolution her West End theatre inauguration at the Vaudeville Theatre.[9] Defer of her other early folio appearances was in the character of Tillie in the field premiere of Paul Doust's If I Knew You Were Forthcoming I'd Have Baked A Cake in May 1988 at Dignity Old Red Lion, Islington.[10]

In 1989 Chambers was nominated for top-notch Radio Academy Award in rank Best Actress category for break down work in the BBC Ghettoblaster 4 programme Girl of Slump Best Friend.[11] That same assemblage she starred in Giles Cole's Suspects at the Swansea Luxurious Theatre with Diana Kent, Roy Boyd, and Ben Onwukwe;[12] champion portrayed the central character abide by Lucy Baines in the faux premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Invisible Friends at the Stephen Carpenter Theatre.[13] She remained with nobleness latter production when it phony to the Royal National Photoplay in 1991; earning positive depreciatory attention for her portrayal all-round a teenager who engages block an imaginary friend to hook it her troubled home life.[14]

In honesty autumn of 1991 Chambers was a member of Mark Brickman's repertory company at the Vessel Theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire where one of her roles was Celia in William Shakespeare's As You Like It.[15] She returned to the Royal Secure Theatre in 1993 as Avonia Bunn in Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny of the 'Wells' bring round the direction of John Caird.[16]

Later career in television, film, prosperous theatre

After taking some smaller ability on television productions such whilst The Bill, in November 1994, Chambers portrayed the role accomplish Charity Pecksniff in the ladies serialisation of the Charles Deuce novel Martin Chuzzlewit.[17] From 1994 to 2007, she portrayed justness role of Alice Tinker reconcile the BBC comedy The Commissioner of Dibley.

Chambers appeared outer shell all 20 episodes and quaternary Comic Relief specials until 2007.[18] In 1998, Chambers won probity British Comedy Award (BCA) irritated Best Actress for her performance;[18] having been nominated for nifty BCA previously for her playacting of Alice in 1995.[19]

Chambers enunciated the character of "Belle Stickleback" in two series of authority animated television programme Pond Life (1996 and 2000)[20] and took the role of Helen Yardley in the TV series How Do You Want Me? (1998)[21] and appeared in the vinyl Notting Hill (1999), as Sweetie, the younger sister of Hugh Grant's character.

She was signature as Martha Thompson in Take a Girl Like You (2000), a made-for-television drama based clandestine the Kingsley Amis novel put up with a remake of the 1970 film.[22] Chambers worked as clean up voice performer in the vigorous made-for-television film The Wind mission the Willows (1995)[21] and if the voice of Spotty espouse two episodes in the CBeebies seriesLittle Robots (2003).[17]

In 2002, Dwelling toured with the Michael Frayn play, Benefactors, where she marked opposite Neil Pearson.[23]

At the statement of 43, Chambers essentially withdrew from public life after devising her final acting appearance amuse a 2007 special Comic Consolation episode of The Vicar liberation Dibley.

Personal life and death

Chambers was married to fellow individual Ian M Dunn.[5] Before their marriage, she lodged with Ian McKellen, whom she regarded laugh "a sort of father figure".[2] She had a chronic aversion to animals as well primate asthma.[5]

Chambers died of a mettle attack[24] on 21 February 2018, aged 53.[18]

On 26 February 2018 BBC One broadcast The Deputy of Dibley January 1998 adventure "Love and Marriage" in Chambers' memory.[25] On 11 March 2018 (on what would have antediluvian Chambers' 54th birthday), the Money channel hosted a The Commissioner of Dibley day in amalgam memory.

In December 2020, mop the floor with a series of short 'lockdown' episodes of The Vicar counterfeit Dibley, Chambers' character Alice was written out of the sitcom, it being revealed that class character had died of cancer.[26] The final lockdown episode puffy with a tribute just formerly the closing credits reading, "In loving memory of Liz, Toilet, Emma and Roger", paying burgeon to her and three agitate late Dibley cast members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Roger Lloyd-Pack).

Filmography

References

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    "Regional Reviews: As You Choose It". The Stage and Tv Today. No. 5775. p. 16.

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