31-596: "Tamzin" redirects here. Not to be confused with Tamsin , Tasmin , or Tazmin . [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Thomasina" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2022 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Thomasina, Thomasine, or Thomasena
62-992: A character in the Canadian television series Lost Girl Tamsin Yeobright from The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. Her name is given alternately as Tamsin or Thomasin throughout the book. Tamsin Drew, companion in the Doctor Who audio dramas. Tamsin, character in Return of the Indian In The Cupboard Others [ edit ] Tamsin (novel) , a 1999 fantasy novel by Peter S. Beagle See also [ edit ] Tamzin Tasmin Tazmin Topics referred to by
93-650: A much acclaimed production of Much Ado About Nothing for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award , and Constance in King John , as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's The Complete Works season. Whilst the win itself was a surprise, her acceptance speech was received very well as being highly entertaining, claiming that she was so excited that she had wet her dress. The speech was apparently completely improvised. Backstage, when told not to tell her mother about her wetting her dress, she told
124-467: A nurse in an episode of the BBC series Doctor Who , entitled " The Long Game ". Greig appeared in the role of Edith Frank in the BBC's January 2009 production of The Diary of Anne Frank . Also in 2009, she appeared as Miss Bates in the BBC serial Jane Austen 's Emma . In 2010, she played Sacharissa Cripslock in the two part mini-series Terry Pratchett's Going Postal . In 2011, she starred in
155-794: A second Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress. In October 2011 she was Hilary, the central character, in Jumpy at the Royal Court , London., which later transferred to the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. In March 2013 she played Varia in Longing , a new play by William Boyd based on two short stories by Chekov , at the Hampstead Theatre . Greig previously performed in Women on
186-770: A song by The Besnard Lakes . Tamsin, a character in the television series Lost Girl . Thomasin, a character in Robert Eggers ' 2015 film The Witch . Tamasin Reedbourne, a character in C. J. Sansom 's Shardlake book series. Thomasina Tuckerton, a character in Agatha Christie 's The Pale Horse . Similar names [ edit ] Thomas Tammy Tamara Tamar Tasmin Tazmin Thomasena [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
217-603: Is also a stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing , and was nominated in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown . Greig was born in Maidstone , Kent , the second of three sisters. Her father, Eric (1906–1998), worked as a colour chemist creating dyes, and her mother, Ann (1933–2001),
248-536: Is also the lead in The Guilty in the three-part series on ITV in 2013, playing DCI Maggie Brand who investigates the death of a young child who went missing five years previously. In 2014, she played Sally in the Inside No. 9 episode " Last Gasp ". In 2015 the fourth season of Episodes was aired, and in 2016 a seven-episode fifth season, still starring Greig alongside Stephen Mangan and Matt LeBlanc ,
279-764: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig ( / ˈ t æ m z ɪ n ˈ ɡ r ɛ ɡ / ; born 12 July 1966) is a British actress. She is known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books , Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing , Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in
310-1903: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Tamsin (disambiguation) (Redirected from Tamsin (disambiguation) ) Tamsin is a short form of Thomasina Persons [ edit ] Tamsin (given name) Tamsin Blanchard , British fashion journalist Tamsin Carroll (born 1979), Australian actress Tamsin Cook (born 1998), Australian swimmer Tamsin Dunwoody (born 1958), sometimes known as Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, British politician Tamsin Egerton (born 1988), British actress Tamsin Ford (born 1966), British psychiatrist specialising in children's mental health Tamsin Greenway (born 1982), English netball player Tamsin Greig (born 1966), British actress Tamsin Heatley , British actress and voice artist Tamsin Hinchley (born 1980), Australian volleyball player Tamsin Mather (born 1976), British Professor of Earth Sciences Tamsin Pickeral (born 1971), British author and art historian Tamsin West (born 1974), Australian actress and singer Characters [ edit ] Tamsin,
341-916: Is the feminine form of the given name Thomas , which means "twin". Thomasina is often shortened to Tamsin . Tamsin can be used as a name in itself; variants of Tamsin include Tamsyn , Tamzin , Tamsen , Tammi and Tamasin . The version "Tamsin" is especially popular in Cornwall and Wales . Along with Tamara it is the ancestor of " Tammy ". People named Thomasina (and variants) [ edit ] Tammi [ edit ] Tammi Patterson (born 1990), Australian tennis player Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), American recording artist Tammie [ edit ] Tammie Jo Shults (born 1961), American commercial airline captain, author, and retired naval aviator Tammy [ edit ] Main article: Tammy (given name) Tamsen [ edit ] Tamsen Donner (1801–1847), third wife of George Donner of
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#1732773129593372-2612: The Donner Party Tamsen Fadal , American journalist, news anchor, author and host/executive producer Tamsen McGarry (born 1982), Irish alpine skier Emil Tamsen (1862–1957), South African philatelist Tamsin [ edit ] Tamsin Blanchard , British fashion journalist Tamsin Carroll (born 1979), Australian actress Tamsin Cook (born 1998), Australian swimmer Tamsin Dunwoody (born 1958), sometimes known as Tamsin Dunwoody-Kneafsey, British politician Tamsin Edwards , British climate scientist Tamsin Egerton (born 1988), British actress Tamsin Ford (born 1966), British psychiatrist specialising in children's mental health Tamsin Greenway (born 1982), English netball player Tamsin Greig (born 1966), British actress Tamsin Heatley , British actress and voice artist Tamsin Hinchley (born 1980), Australian volleyball player Tamsin Mather (born 1976), British Professor of Earth Sciences Tamsin Pickeral (born 1971), British author and art historian Tamsin West (born 1974), Australian actress and singer Tamsyn [ edit ] Tamsyn Challenger , Cornish artist Dame Tamsyn Imison (1937–2017), British educator Tamsyn Leevey (born 1978) New Zealand squash player Tamsyn Manou (born 1978), Australian athlete and middle-distance runner Tamsyn Muir , New Zealand author of fantasy, science fiction and horror genres Oona Tamsyn King , Baroness King of Bow (born 1967), British Labour politician Tamzin [ edit ] Tamzin Malleson (born 1974), British actress Tamzin Merchant (born 1987), British actress Tamzin Outhwaite (born 1970), British actress Tamzin Thomas (born 1997), South African sprinter Tamazin [ edit ] Tamazin Crossman , British Former Glamour Model Thomasin [ edit ] Thomasin von Zirclaere or Tommasino Di Cerclaria (c.1186–c.1235), Italian Middle High German lyric poet. Thomasin McKenzie (born 2000), New Zealand actress Thomasina [ edit ] Thomasina Jordan (?–1999), American Indian activist who became
403-622: The Family Planning Association and continued doing temporary work until 1996. She also spent some time at a secretarial college. Greig has had a long-running part as Debbie Aldridge in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since 1991. As her other work increased, her appearances in the show decreased and her character Debbie spends most of her time living in Hungary. Her other radio work includes narrating
434-821: The Royal National Theatre to play Malvolia in a new production of Twelfth Night at the Olivier Theatre. As a Labour constituency agent spanning a period of 27 years, she gave a "polished ... magnificent" performance in James Graham 's Labour of Love at the Noël Coward Theatre , London, in October 2017. Greig made a cameo appearance in the 2004 comedy Shaun of the Dead . She starred with Richard E. Grant in
465-495: The 2005 Royal Television Society Awards. She also appeared as Caroline in an appearance at The Secret Policeman's Ball . She starred in the BBC comedy drama series Love Soup (2005), as Alice Chenery, a lovelorn woman working on a department store perfume counter, in a role specifically written for her by David Renwick , whom she met in 2003 when she appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek . In May 2005 she also appeared as
496-604: The 2009 film Cuckoo , and with Roger Allam and Gemma Arterton in Tamara Drewe (2010). The latter role earned Greig a British Independent Film Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She co-starred in 2015's comedy-drama The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and in the 2016 release of Breaking the Bank , opposite Kelsey Grammer . As of 2011 Greig lived in a flat in Kensal Green , having moved back to
527-490: The BBC/ Showtime sitcom Episodes , alongside Matt LeBlanc and Green Wing co-star Stephen Mangan . Greig and Mangan play a husband-and-wife writing duo who travel to America to work on an adaptation of their successful series. Greig also stars in the Channel 4 sitcom, Friday Night Dinner , as Jackie Goodman, the mother of a North London Jewish family. She played Beth in the 2012 BBC series White Heat . She
558-539: The Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner . Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One 's comedy-drama series Love Soup , Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4 's soap opera The Archers , Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen 's Emma , and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe . In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia . Greig
589-492: The Native by Thomas Hardy . Her name is given alternately as Tamsin or Thomasin throughout the book. Thomasina, the feline heroine of the 1957 book Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God by Paul Gallico and The Three Lives of Thomasina , a 1964 Disney film based on the book. Thomasina, a character in Tom Stoppard 's Arcadia . Thomasina, a character in the television series Kings . "Thomasina",
620-533: The Radio 4 comedy Warhorses of Letters , and guest-starring in five episodes of the second series of the radio version of Absolute Power , playing Charles Prentiss's former lover Gayle Shand, who now runs a rival firm. Greig appeared in a number of supporting parts, notably as Lamia in Neverwhere (1996) and The Mother in an episode of People Like Us (2000). Her first major role was Fran Katzenjammer in
651-716: The UK premiere of Yasmina Reza 's The God of Carnage ( Le Dieu du carnage ) translated by Christopher Hampton and directed by Matthew Warchus . The play won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2009. In 2008, she co-starred in the surreal sci-fi film Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth . In November 2008, she made her National Theatre debut in Gethsemane , a new play by David Hare which toured
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#1732773129593682-652: The UK. Greig starred in The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane at the Garrick Theatre in London, which ran a limited season until 10 April 2010. She starred alongside Rupert Friend , Gemma Arterton and Harry Lloyd , and the play was directed by Jamie Lloyd . She won the 2011 WhatsOnStage Theatregoers Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a play for her portrayal. Her performance as Diane in The Little Dog Laughed garnered her
713-618: The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Playhouse Theatre, London, until May 2015. In March 2015, she received a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical . In October 2016, she returned to the Hampstead Theatre to play Empty in The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Tony Kushner . In February 2017 she returned to
744-476: The area in 1996 to be with her dying father. She became a Christian at this time, despite being brought up as an atheist . Greig is also a vegetarian. Since 1997 she has been married to actor Richard Leaf , whom she met at a wrap party of Neil Gaiman 's 1996 miniseries Neverwhere , and has three children. She is a supporter of the National Health Service , giving her backing to
775-1038: The first American Indian to serve in the United States Electoral College Thomasina Miers (born 1976), British chef Thomasina Pidgeon (born 1975), Canadian rock climber Thomasina Winslow (1965-2023}, American blues musician Thomazina Muliercula (died 1603), English jester at the court of Elizabeth I Thomasine [ edit ] Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd (1773–1856), Danish author Thomasine, Lady Percival ( c. 1470 – c. 1530 ), Cornish benefactress Thomas(ine) Hall ( c. 1603 –after 1629), an intersex individual in British America Margrethe Marie Thomasine Numsen (1705–1776), Danish courtier Fictional Thomasinas [ edit ] Beatrix Potter 's Thomasina Tittlemouse . Tamsin Yeobright from The Return of
806-784: The host that her mum was dead before dedicating her award to her "dead mum". She also won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for "Best Shakespearean Performance" in Much Ado About Nothing , becoming the first woman to win the award, and was nominated for "The FRANCO'S Best Actress in a Play" in the Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Awards. At the Gielgud Theatre in March 2008, she co-starred with Ralph Fiennes , Janet McTeer and Ken Stott in
837-930: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. References [ edit ] ^ Sansom, C. J. (2008). Sovereign by C. J. Sansom - Reading Guide . National Geographic Books. ISBN 9780143113171 . Retrieved 6 January 2022 . {{ cite book }} : |website= ignored ( help ) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomasina&oldid=1257097471 " Categories : Given names English feminine given names Feminine given names Hidden categories: CS1 errors: periodical ignored Articles needing additional references from August 2022 All articles needing additional references All articles with failed verification Articles with failed verification from July 2022 Articles with short description Short description
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899-406: The sitcom Black Books , which ran for three series from 2000. Fran was a friend of the main character, Bernard, and originally owned a gift shop called "Nifty Gifty" next door to his bookshop. In 2004, she played constantly embarrassed surgical registrar Dr Caroline Todd , the lead character in the Channel 4 comedy drama series Green Wing . Her performance won her "Best Comedy Performance" in
930-534: Was enthusiastic about amateur dramatics. There was a 27-year age gap between her parents, with her father being 60 years old when Greig was born. The family moved to Kilburn when she was three. She went to Malorees Junior School, followed by Camden School for Girls later graduating with a first-class BA in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham in 1988. After graduating, she worked at
961-483: Was filmed in London. Greig narrated the sixth series of The Secret Life of the Zoo , taking over from Olivia Colman , in 2018. Greig has received three BAFTA nominations for her TV work. She was nominated for Best Comedy Performance for Green Wing in 2005, and for Best Female Comedy Performance for Friday Night Dinner in 2012 and Episodes in 2015. During 2006 and early 2007, Greig played Beatrice in