
Birthday:
08-23-1987
(37 years)
Birthplace:
Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Biography
Alexandra Elizabeth Roach (born August 20, 1987) is a Welsh actress best known for her roles as Becky in Utopia and DS Joy Freers in No Offence. She has also made appearances in series including Being Human, Inside No. 9, Black Mirror and Killing Eve.
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The Murder at Road Hill House
Act like Constance Kent
event2011 star_border 6.1
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In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.
The Iron Lady
Act like Young Margaret Thatcher
event2011 star_border 6.4
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A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Anna Karenina
Act like Countess Nordston
event2012 star_border 6.7
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In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
One Chance
Act like Julz
event2013 star_border 6.7
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This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Trap for Cinderella
Act like Do
event2013 star_border 5.3
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A young girl, suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.
Men Up
Act like Ffion Jenkins
event2024 star_border 7.7
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In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994 a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world's first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra.
The Thirteenth Tale
Act like Hester Barrow
event2013 star_border 6.5
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Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.
Under Milk Wood
Act like Mae Rose Cottage
event2014 star_border 6.1
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An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the residents of the small, Welsh fishing village Llareggub as it delves into the dreams of various townspeople including blind sailor Captain Cat, who is haunted by visions of drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price, who dream of each other, and Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard, who dreams of her former husbands.
Cuban Fury
Act like Helen
event2014 star_border 6.1
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Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
The Hounds of Annwn
Act like (voice)
event2023
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A wounded warrior returns to their village but is hunted by a pack of dogs. After a desperate pursuit, they confront their past to find peace in their future.
This Is Christmas
Act like Amanda
event2022 star_border 6.9
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Follow Adam and Emma on their daily commute from the village of Langton to London, where they meet the same passengers every day. One morning, Adam breaks the unspoken taboo of talking to strangers on a train and invites the entire carriage to hold their own Christmas party together.
The Huntsman: Winter's War
Act like Doreena
event2016 star_border 6.3
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As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.
Testament of Youth
Act like Winifred Holtby
event2014 star_border 7.3
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Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Private Peaceful
Act like Molly Monks
event2012 star_border 6.6
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Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
That Night
Act like Girl
event2013
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A story of life, love and a friendship that could only last the night.
PINK
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Based on the true story of Yassa Khan, who in 2001 spent a fleeting 24 hours with his bank-robbing father, Hassan Khan. Hassan, who had just been released from a twelve-year prison sentence, takes his son Yassa on a whirlwind journey into his criminal life. As the pair get to know each other again in unexpected circumstances, they go on an emotional journey through crime, pain, and the past. This culminated in Yassa coming out to his father as being gay, which shows Yassa who his father is and in turn who he is.
Pregnant Pause
Act like Steph
event2016 star_border 6
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Steph is in a happy, long-term relationship, but now she might be pregnant she has no idea what she wants.
A Guide to Second Date Sex
Act like Laura
event2019 star_border 5
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Laura and Ryan are perfect for each other: they both love Meryl Streep, have been totally destroyed by previous relationships, and have no idea what they are supposed to do tonight. They also both know that they'll have to pretend to be completely different to how they've ever been previously, in the hope of getting it right this time. How bad can a second date really go and what is there to lose? Ryan and Laura are about to find out.
Walter
Act like DS Anne Hopkins
event2014
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DI Walter Gambon is a self-styled “Yoda of the force”, whose workload suddenly increases when he’s handed the cases of an officer who committed suicide by throwing himself under a Tube train. Or was he pushed? Gambon must work out whether his former colleague was murdered, while tracking down another officer who has gone so far undercover that nobody knows where he (or she) is.
The Orgy
Act like Meg
event2018 star_border 4.7
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A heartbroken guy throws caution to the wind and goes to an orgy.
The Kid Who Would Be King
Act like Ms. Foster
event2019 star_border 6.2
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Old-school magic meets the modern world when young Alex stumbles upon the mythical sword Excalibur. He soon unites his friends and enemies, and they become knights who join forces with the legendary wizard Merlin. Together, they must save mankind from the wicked enchantress Morgana and her army of supernatural warriors.
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Act like Mermaid (voice)
event2021 star_border 6.6
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Pearl and Gadabout are now a flying doctor trio, caring for creatures including a mermaid, a unicorn and a sneezy lion. However when bad weather forces them to land at the palace, Pearl is locked up by her uncle, the king.
Viewpoint
Act like Zoe Sterling (5 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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This gripping five-part drama follows a tense police surveillance investigation into a tight knit Manchester community and explores whether it is ever possible to observe the lives of others with true objectivity and zero effect.
Utopia
Act like Becky (12 ep.)
event2013 star_border 8
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The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.
Nightsleeper
Act like Abby Aysgarth (6 ep.)
event2024 star_border 6.5
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Set on a sleeper train traveling from Glasgow to London, a government agency desperately tries to intervene in the rapidly-escalating events onboard. Can two people who've never met, one on the train and one not, work together to save the lives of its disparate group of passengers as the Heart of Britain service hurtles towards what might quite literally be its final destination?
No Offence
Act like DS Joy Freers (21 ep.)
event2015 star_border 7.6
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Keeping these streets clean is a Herculean task, enough to demoralize even the keenest rookie – but there’s a reason why this hotchpotch of committed cops are on this force, on this side of town. Drug labs, arsonists, neo-Nazis and notorious murderers are all in a day’s work for this close-knit team, led by the dizzyingly capable but unquestionably unhinged DI Vivienne Deering. But when a particularly twisted serial killer emerges it leaves even the most hardened of these seasoned coppers reeling.
Hunderby
Act like Helene (10 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.6
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Helene is a shipwreck survivor washed ashore near a small English village. There, she is swept off her feet by widowed pastor Edmund and the two soon marry, with the puritanical Edmund believing his bride to be untouched by another man. But it seems that she has a history, and a dark one at that.
New Tricks
Act like Nina Ward (1 ep.)
event2004 star_border 7.4
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New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
The IT Crowd
Act like Stenographer (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 8.1
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Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Inside KFC: Fast Food Secrets
Act like Narrator (1 ep.)
event2021
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Behind the scenes at KFC. From the fastest drive-through in the North West, to the testing team at HQ. Will the Gravy Burger, Gravynaise, and a deep-fried whole chicken get the green light?
Bodies
Act like Maggie (3 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.1
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One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain's future.
Black Mirror
Act like Carrie (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 8.3
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Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
The Light in the Hall
Act like Cat Donato (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 5.6
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Sharon Roberts has never stopped grieving the loss of her murdered daughter, Ela, and journalist Cat, who grew up with Ela, has always been obsessed by her murder. The parole of her killer, Joe, leaves both women forced to confront the past.
On the Edge
Act like Becca (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7
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Drama anthology championing new film-making talent that serves up a raw slice of real life in modern Britain.
Lazarus
Act like Jenna Lazarus (2 ep.)
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A man who returns home after his father’s suicide and begins to have disturbing experiences that can’t be explained. He quickly becomes entangled in a series of cold-case murders as he grapples with the mystery of his father’s death and his sister’s murder 25 years ago.
Sticks and Stones
Act like Jess Benson (3 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.2
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After badly bungling a pitch meeting, middle manager Thomas Benson is determined to win back the client but feels undermined by his team. Is someone really out to get him? And can Bartlett create the same paranoid intensity from workplace bullying as he did with a betrayal in the home?
Death in Paradise
Act like Bethan Miller (1 ep.)
event2011 star_border 7.5
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A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling murder mysteries on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie.
Inside No. 9
Act like Nina (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 8
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An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Killing Eve
Act like Rhian (2 ep.)
event2018 star_border 8
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A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Being Human
Act like Sasha (1 ep.)
event2009 star_border 7
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Deciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious circumstances. As they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures, their desire to be human bonds them.
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