Philippa Coulthard

Philippa Anne Coulthard is an Australian actress, best known for playing Jorjie in the Doctor Who spin-off series K-9, lead character Amber Mitchell in Lightning Point, and Helen Schlegel in the BBC production of Howards End.

Early life and education Coulthard is from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She attended Hillbrook Anglican School in Brisbane.

Career Her breakthrough television role came with the lead role of Jorjie Turner in the Doctor Who spin-off series K-9 (2009–2010). While completing Year 12 at Hillbrook Anglican School, she landed the lead role of Amber Mitchell in Jonathan M. Shiff's internationally distributed series Lightning Point (2012), also known as Alien Surf Girls. That same year, she portrayed Nancy in the horror film Annabelle: Creation, part of The Conjuring Universe franchise.

Coulthard's breakout role came as Helen Schlegel in the BBC/Starz miniseries Howards End (2017), adapted by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan from the E. M. Forster novel, co-starring Hayley Atwell.

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