Angel Colby is a British actress who became famous after the role of Guinevere in the series "Merlin". For her brilliant performance in the film, the actress was nominated for the “Monte Carlo Television Festival Award” in the category “Outstanding Drama Series Actress”.
Biography
Angel Colby was born in Islington, a district of London, on August 30, 1980. The actress graduated from Queen Mary University of London - one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the UK. In her student years, a girl passionate about acting took part several times in dramatic productions and acting training seminars. Later, she received a degree in acting at the same educational institution.
Queen Mary University of London: Part of John Wayne Science Center and Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Photo: Nevilley / Wikimedia Commons
Angel Colby is known to love cooking and traveling.
Career and creativity
Angel Colby’s television career began with a role in the series The Scariest Places on Earth. In this story about paranormal, filmed in the genre of reality, she played a student who is faced with a ghost. But the performance of the aspiring actress went unnoticed.
In 2001, she appeared in four episodes of the British television sitcom "Orrible", which appeared on the BBC channel. Despite the fact that the film received negative reviews from film critics and had low ratings, Colby managed to attract attention and be remembered by the audience.
Soon, the actress received an invitation to take part in two television projects - Catastrophe (2002) and Having Having Off (2002), where she appeared in the images of Sally and Kylie Riley, respectively. In addition, in 2002, Colby got a role in the movie "The Good Thief."
The next year in the career of the actress was remembered by the role of Louise Fraser in the television mini-series "The Second Coming" (2003), which was presented on the ITV channel as a two-part drama. She also played the role of Pippa in the comedy-drama series "Manchild".
In 2004, Angel Colby played a girl named Amber in the series "Really Really, " appearing in seven episodes of the comedy drama. Then she starred in a series entitled "A Good Day to Bury Bad News, " which is part of a drama series about the work of the cardiology department of Holby City Hospital. In the same year, she got the role of Gemma Ryan in the television series Persuasion, which premiered on BBC Three. The serial film was the result of a creative union between screenwriter Bill Gallagher and director Mark Manden.
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In 2005, the actress played the role of Gillian Lafferty in the popular crime drama Vincent. The series talked about the activities of a private detective agency, which investigated crimes not disclosed by the police. In the same year, Angel starred in films such as Jacket, Murder Investigation Division, Gentlemen's League: Apocalypse, and Introduce Us Together.
The next few years, Colby was busy filming in various television series. She appeared in the television series Virtuosi (2006), Doctor Who (2006), Purely English Murder (2006), The Law of the New Street (2007), Talk to Me (2007), Wild Life (2007) and others.
Then Colby got the lead role in the British science fiction series Merlin, the plot of which is based on the legends of Merlin and his friendship with King Arthur. She played Guinevere, a servant who managed to become Queen of Camelot. The popular series was broadcast on the BBC One channel from September 2008 to December 2012.
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In 2013, the actress starred as Laura Roebuck in the British-French multi-part series The Tunnel. Colby received several film awards for this work, including the Broadcasting Press Guild Award and the International Emmy Award.
In 2015, Angel voiced one of the characters in the sci-fi cartoon "Thunderbolts, go!", Which is released to this day. The project was created by animation studios ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures.
Later, the actress played episodic roles in the movie "Undercover" (2016) and the adventure series Sky1 "Mr. Hooten and Lady Alexandra" (2016).
In 2017, she appeared in an episode of the miniseries "A Man in an Orange Shirt, " and a year later she played the lead role of detective Katie Hudson in the film "Innocent."
