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|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 = [[Ruth Matheson]] | |role = [[Ruth Matheson]], [[Grace Holloway]] | ||
|job title = [[Actor]] | |||
|story = [[#Credits|See Credits Section]] | |||
|time = 1996, 2004, 2011, 2013-14, 2018 | |||
|imdb = 0038695 | |imdb = 0038695 | ||
|official site = www.daphneashbrook.com/ | |official site = www.daphneashbrook.com/ | ||
|clip = Doctor Who The Movie Q&A | |clip = Doctor Who The Movie Q&A | ||
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'''Daphne Ashbrook''' (born on [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]]<ref>[ | '''Daphne Ashbrook''' (born on [[30 January (people)|30 January]] [[1963 (people)|1963]]<ref>[https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?name=DaphneAshbrook Doctor Who Guide]</ref>) played Dr [[Grace Holloway]], [[companion]] of the [[Eighth Doctor]] in the 1996 [[Doctor Who (TV story)|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). | ||
Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as {{ma|Melora Pazlar|Ensign Melora Pazlar}} in | She also voiced a number of characters for [[Big Finish Productions]]' audio adventures, notably as [[UNIT]] Capt. [[Ruth Matheson]]. 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. | ||
She was also featured on ''[[Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty]]''. | |||
== Career == | |||
Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as {{ma|Melora Pazlar|Ensign Melora Pazlar}} in the ''{{ma|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}'' episode "{{ma|Melora (episode)|Melora}}" alongside series regular and fellow 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''. She has also released an album, ''Grace Notes''. | |||
== DWU credits == | |||
=== Television === | |||
==== Doctor Who ==== | |||
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' - Dr [[Grace Holloway]] | |||
=== Audio === | |||
==== Doctor Who Main Range ==== | |||
* ''[[The Next Life (audio story)|The Next Life]]'' - [[Perfection (The Next Life)|Perfection]] | |||
As Capt. [[Ruth Matheson]] | |||
==== Special Releases ==== | |||
* ''[[The Worlds of Doctor Who (audio anthology)|The Worlds of Doctor Who]]'' | |||
** ''[[The Screaming Skull (audio story)|The Screaming Skull]]'' | |||
==== Companion Chronicles ==== | |||
* ''[[Tales from the Vault (audio story)|Tales from the Vault]]'' | |||
* ''[[Mastermind (audio story)|Mastermind]]'' | |||
* ''[[The Tactics of Defeat (audio story)|The Tactics of Defeat]]'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor]] | [[Category:Actors who portrayed companions of the Doctor]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:18, 3 November 2024
Daphne Ashbrook (born on 30 January 1963[1]) 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).
She also voiced a number of characters for Big Finish Productions' audio adventures, notably as UNIT Capt. Ruth Matheson. 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.
She was also featured on Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Among her many other television and film roles was her guest-starring role as Ensign Melora Pazlar in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Melora" alongside series regular and fellow 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. She has also released an album, Grace Notes.
DWU credits[[edit] | [edit source]]
Television[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Doctor Who - Dr Grace Holloway
Audio[[edit] | [edit source]]
Doctor Who Main Range[[edit] | [edit source]]
As Capt. Ruth Matheson
Special Releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
Companion Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Daphne Ashbrook at the Internet Movie Database
- Daphne Ashbrook at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek canon wiki
- Official website
