Angel Coulby

Angel Coulby
Born	Angel Coulby 30 August 1980 London, England
Occupation	Actress, Singer
Years active	2001–present

Angel Coulby (born 30 August 1980) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the character Guinevere "Gwen" in the BBC fantasy series Merlin.

Early life

Angel was born and grew up in north London, then she moved to Edinburgh to study for a degree in acting at Queen Margaret University.

Career

She is seen in an episode of Scariest Places on Earth, not! as a student who had an encounter with a ghost. Her breakthrough came in 2001 with her role in the Johnny Vaughan vehicle 'Orrible. She was later chosen to play Gwen, a young woman who would later become Queen Guinevere, in the BBC One fantasy TV series Merlin.

In an interview, Coulby stated that she enjoys being able to play the character from Gwen the humble, lowly maidservant all the way to Queen Guinevere of Camelot. In that capacity, she starred in all the five seasons, and most of the episodes, right up to the final one.

She took the star role of the jazz singer Jessie in the BBC Two Stephen Poliakoff five-part 2013 drama serial Dancing on the Edge, alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Anthony Head and Jacqueline Bisset.^[1]

It was announced in February that Coulby would star in The Tunnel, a British-French remake of Scandinavian crime drama, The Bridge. She starred alongside Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The series aired in late 2013.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Scariest Places on Earth	Awassa Tact (scared student), name intended as wordplay on "I was attacked"[3][4]	Episode: "2.10 – Exorcism: Greyfriars Cemetery 1"
2001	'Orrible	Shiv	4 episodes
2002	Casualty	Sally	Episode: "In the Heat of the Night"
	Having It Off	Kylie Riley	TV series
	Good Thief, AA Good Thief	Leah Pickering	TV movie
2003	Second Coming, TheThe Second Coming	PC Louise Fraser	TV miniseries
	Manchild	Pippa	Episode: "2.4"
2004	Making Waves	LMA Anita Cook	Episode: "1.1" Episode: "1.2"
	As If	Amber	7 episodes
	Conviction	Jemma Ryan	6 episodes
	Holby City	Maxine Framley	Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"
2005	The Jacket	Intern No. 2
	Murder Investigation Team	Lee Allanson	Episode: "2.1"
	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse	Receptionist
	Imagine Me & You	Anna
	Vincent	Gillian Lafferty	7 episodes
2006	Hustle	Alice	Episode: "A Bollywood Dream"
	Doctor Who	Katherine	Episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace"
	The Bill	Zoe Hughes	Episode: "461"
	Tripping Over	Charity	Episode: "1.5"
2007	Magicians	Receptionist
	Gina's Laughing Gear	Nurse Jones	Episode: "Dollby City"
	Secret Life	Young Mum	TV movie
	New Street Law	Sharon Weir	Episode: "2.6"
	Talk to Me	Faith	4 episodes
	Visit, TheThe Visit	Rachael	6 episodes
	Life Is Wild		Episode: "Heritage Day"
2008– 2012	Merlin	Guinevere "Gwen"	65 episodes (main role)
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Jessie Taylor	5 episodes (main role)
	The Tunnel	Laura Roebuck	10 episodes (main role)
2015	Thunderbirds Are Go	Kayo	Voice
2016	Undercover	Julia Redhead	2 episodes

References

1. "Stephen Poliakoff's Dancing on the Edge for BBC Two starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Matthew Goode", BBC Media Centre.
2. Morgan Jeffery, "'Merlin' star Angel Coulby, Keeley Hawes join 'The Bridge' remake", Digital Spy, 1 February 2013.
3. "Exorcism". Scariest Places on Earth. Season 2. Episode 10. 4 May 2001. ABC Family. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
4. "Scariest Places on Earth (Greyfriars Cemetery 1) : paranormal-activity". 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

External links

• Angel Coulby at the Internet Movie Database