Anna-Louise Plowman

Anna-Louise Plowman (born 9 May 1972) is a New Zealand-born actress.

Early life and education Plowman was born in New Zealand to British parents. She attended Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington, between 1982 and 1989, and then the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Lecoq School in Paris.

Career She played consultant anaesthetist Annalese Carson in Holby City and Sarah Gardner/Osiris in Stargate SG-1. In 2003 she played Melinda MacLean, wife of British communist spy Donald Maclean, and mistress of spy Kim Philby (played by her husband Toby Stephens), in the TV mini-series Cambridge Spies.

She played Diana Goddard in the Doctor Who story "Dalek" in 2005. Plowman also played the role of "C" in a revival of Edward Albee's play, Three Tall Women, in 2006, at the Oxford Playhouse.

Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of Private Lives for the 2012 Chichester Festival, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre in 2013.

From 2016 to 2017, she played chamber maid Mrs Hudson in the series Black Sails, which also starred her husband Toby Stephens.

Personal life Plowman married actor Toby Stephens, son of actors Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, in London, in 2001. In 2007, Plowman and Stephens had their first child. British playwright Simon Gray, who wrote Japes, a stage play, and Missing Dates, a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens, was the child's godfather. Their daughters were born in 2009 and in 2010, respectively.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1997 FairyTale: A True Story Shellycoat 2000 The Adulterer Gabriella Flick Pop's woman 2000–2004 Stargate SG-1 Dr. Sarah Gardner / Osiris Episodes: The Curse, Summit, Last Stand, Revelations, Chimera 2002 Ultimate Force Marisol episode: Just a target 2003 The Foreigner Meredith Van Aken Shanghai Knights Debutante Cambridge Spies Melinda Maclean TV miniseries 2004 He Knew He Was Right Caroline Spalding My Life in Film Charlie Episode: "Top Gun" 2005 Doctor Who Diana Goddard Dalek Days of Darkness Lisa TV movie 2006 These Foolish Things Aggie Agatha Christie's Marple Helen Marsden Sleeping Murder Ultimate Force Braun episode: slow bomb 2008–2010, 2012 Holby City Dr. Annalese Carson-Spence 2010 New Tricks Alison Levene Fashion Victim 2012 Six Bullets Monica Fayden 2015 Father Brown Rebecca Himelbaum The Judgment of Man The Eichmann Show Jane Hurwitz 2016 Billionaire Ransom Emily Tilton Scofield 2016–2017 Black Sails Mrs. Hudson 2019 The Witcher Zola