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| name = Daphne Ashbrook | |name = Daphne Ashbrook | ||
| image = Daphne Ashbrook Bidding Adieu.jpg | |image = Daphne Ashbrook Bidding Adieu.jpg | ||
| birth date = [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]] | |birth date = [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]] | ||
| role = [[Grace Holloway]], [[Ruth Matheson]] | |role = [[Grace Holloway]], [[Ruth Matheson]] | ||
| story = [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' | |story = [[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'' | ||
| imdb = 0038695 | |imdb = 0038695 | ||
| twitter = DaphneAshbrook | |official site = www.daphneashbrook.com/ | ||
}}'''Daphne Ashbrook''' (born on [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref> in {{w|Long Beach, California|Long Beach}}, [[California]]) played Dr [[Grace Holloway]], [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 [[Doctor Who (1996)|television movie]]. To this date, she is the only [[American]] to portray an on-screen companion in the series (notwithstanding the publicity that maintained the fiction that [[Nicola Bryant]] was American; [[John Barrowman]] used an American accent but was born in Scotland). Ashbrook also portrayed [[Perfection (The Next Life)|Perfection]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]''. In 2011, she returned to Big Finish to play [[UNIT]] Capt. [[Ruth Matheson]] in the audio stories ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'', ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'' and ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''. According to an interview with her included on ''Tales from the Vault'', rights issues prevent her from being able to reprise the role of Grace for Big Finish. | |twitter = DaphneAshbrook | ||
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'''Daphne Ashbrook''' (born on [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]]<ref>[[REF]]: ''[[Who-ology: The Official Miscellany]]''</ref> in {{w|Long Beach, California|Long Beach}}, [[California]]) played Dr [[Grace Holloway]], [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 [[Doctor Who (1996)|television movie]]. To this date, she is the only [[American]] to portray an on-screen companion in the series (notwithstanding the publicity that maintained the fiction that [[Nicola Bryant]] was American; [[John Barrowman]] used an American accent but was born in Scotland). Ashbrook also portrayed [[Perfection (The Next Life)|Perfection]] in the [[Big Finish Productions]] audio drama ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]''. In 2011, she returned to Big Finish to play [[UNIT]] Capt. [[Ruth Matheson]] in the audio stories ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'', ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'' and ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]''. According to an interview with her included on ''Tales from the Vault'', rights issues prevent her from being able to reprise the role of Grace for Big Finish. | |||
Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as {{ma|Melora Pazlar|Ensign Melora Pazlar}} in an episode of ''{{ma|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' alongside series regular and Big Finish contributor [[Alexander Siddig]]. She also had a recurring role on ''JAG'' after her appearance in ''Doctor Who''. In 2011 she published an autobiography, ''Dead Woman Laughing'', and also recently released her first album. | Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as {{ma|Melora Pazlar|Ensign Melora Pazlar}} in an episode of ''{{ma|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' alongside series regular and Big Finish contributor [[Alexander Siddig]]. She also had a recurring role on ''JAG'' after her appearance in ''Doctor Who''. In 2011 she published an autobiography, ''Dead Woman Laughing'', and also recently released her first album. | ||
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Revision as of 04:23, 20 May 2017
Daphne Ashbrook (born on 30 January 1963[1] in Long Beach, California) played Dr Grace Holloway, companion of the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 television movie. To this date, she is the only American to portray an on-screen companion in the series (notwithstanding the publicity that maintained the fiction that Nicola Bryant was American; John Barrowman used an American accent but was born in Scotland). Ashbrook also portrayed Perfection in the Big Finish Productions audio drama The Next Life. In 2011, she returned to Big Finish to play UNIT Capt. Ruth Matheson in the audio stories Tales from the Vault, Mastermind and The Screaming Skull. According to an interview with her included on Tales from the Vault, rights issues prevent her from being able to reprise the role of Grace for Big Finish.
Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as Ensign Melora Pazlar in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alongside series regular and Big Finish contributor Alexander Siddig. She also had a recurring role on JAG after her appearance in Doctor Who. In 2011 she published an autobiography, Dead Woman Laughing, and also recently released her first album.
External links
- Daphne Ashbrook at the Internet Movie Database
- Daphne Ashbrook at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek canon wiki
- Official website
- Official Twitter account
