Alison Peebles

Who is Alison Peebles?

Alison Peebles is an award winning Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a multiple award winning Scottish theater company. Peebles is noted for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd’s celebrated 1993 production of Macbeth at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.

Peebles directed the film AfterLife which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003. Peebles is also noted for the documentary Multiple, shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has Multiple Sclerosis.

Alison Peebles originally trained as a Painter at Edinburgh College of Art.