Lizzie Hopley

Who is Lizzie Hopley?

Lizzie Hopley is a British actor and writer.

She appears in several audio plays based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Her first appearance was as the Eighth Doctor’s companion Gemma Griffin in Terror Firma. She also portrayed Yarvell, the sister of Davros, in the I, Davros mini-series.

Hopley was born in Liverpool and trained at RADA. Her film and television work includes the recent film adaptation of Jane Eyre directed by Sin Nombre's Cary Fukunaga, The Last Hangman, Channel 4's adaptation of Any Human Heart, Randall & Hopkirk, the BBC's The Day of the Triffids with Joely Richardson and Eddie Izzard and ITV's adaptation of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher starring Paddy Considine.

She recently finished a world tour of Cheek by Jowl's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore and is currently filming "Call the Midwife" Christmas Special.

Among her written work is the one-woman play Pramface, which explored the consequences of reality television and labelling people as chavs.

Her radio plays have included The Elizabethan Beauty Law, The Cenci Family for BBC Radio 4 and Salome for BBC Radio 3.