Helen Masters (born 10 April 1963) is an English actress who has appeared on stage, film and TV.
Early life
Helen Masters grew up in Warwickshire. She attended Kings High School, Warwick, and Solihull School. She went on to study at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Personal life Masters lives in London and is married to John McRoberts with whom she has two children.
Career
Stage
After graduating, Masters made her first stage appearance at the Edinburgh Festival in East and A Clockwork Orange. She went on to play Laurie in The Traveller at the Leicester Haymarket (1987), which transferred to the Almeida Theatre (1988); Emilie, and later on the role of Madame de Tourvel, in the West End production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Ambassadors Theatre (1989); Yelena in Marya at the Old Vic directed by Roger Michell (1990); Ellen in Acid Hearts at the Finborough Theatre (1992); amd Emma in Betrayal at the Chester Gateway Theatre (1994).
In July 2011, Masters returned to the stage to play the role of Lady Magdalene Danvers in Into Thy Hands, a new play written and directed by Jonathan Holmes at Wiltons Music Hall, London.
In March 2011, Masters played Molly in Revolution Square, again written and directed by Jonathan Holmes, at the Bush Theatre, London.
Television Masters' work in television increased during the early 1990s, culminating in her portrayal of DI Lucy Lane in the HTV television series Wycliffe from 1994 to 1998.
Selected filmography + Film and television Year Film Role Notes 1985A Wreath of RosesMargieTV movie 1985Made in HeavenTV 1991Drop the Dead DonkeyDirectorTV 1993MinderJaniceTV 1993Diana: Her True StorySarah SpencerTV film 1993Paul Merton: The SeriesVariousTV 1994Wycliffe (Series I)DI Lucy LaneTV 1995Wycliffe (Series II)DI Lucy LaneTV 1996Wycliffe (Series III)DI Lucy LaneTV 1997Wycliffe (Series IV)DI Lucy LaneTV 1997Wycliffe (Dance of the Scorpions)DI Lucy LaneTV film 1998Wycliffe (Series V)DI Lucy LaneTV 2001The SavagesBarbaraTV 2001The Affair of the NecklaceMadame CampanFilm 2003A Touch of FrostEileen ClearyTV 2003Holby CityJodie LewisTV 2003The Magdalene SistersSister Bridget 2004BelongingHazelTV movie 2006Super SleuthsTV documentary 2007Midsomer MurdersJane BenbowTV 2009Top of the CopsTV documentary 2010The People's DetectiveTV documentary 2011DoctorsSusan WattsTV
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