Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).

Filmography

• Secret Service — Rose Trewen
• Douglas Is Cancelled — Sheila
• 2024The Killer's Game — Sharon Rabinowitz
• Dodger — Lucifer
• 2022Dodger Special: Train — Lucifer
• The Chelsea Detective — US Ambassador Emily Morgan
• 2022The Fall — Dr. Greta Portius
• The Read — Narrator
• Treason — Audrey Gratz
• 2019Deadpan — Tamara
• The Widow — Judith Gray
• A Discovery of Witches — Sarah Bishop
• Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — Naomi Shropshire
• 2016Happily Ever After — Ria
• Shoot the Messenger — Mary Foster
• 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song — River Song
• Chasing Shadows — Ruth Hattersley
• 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion — River Song (archive footage)
• Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero — Vlurgen (voice)
• 2013Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor — River Song (archive footage)
• 2013Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith — Narrator
• 2013Doctor Who: Rain Gods — River Song
• Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited — River Song (archive footage)
• 2013Ghost Phone — Sheila
• 2013National Theatre Live: Macbeth — Lady Macbeth
• Arrow — Dinah Lance
• 2012Doctor Who - Night and The Doctor: Last Night — River Song
• 2012Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: First Night — River Song
• 2012The Destinations of Doctor Who — River Song (archive footage)
• 2012The Science of Doctor Who — River Song (archive footage)
• 2012The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who — River Song (archive footage)
• 2012The Women of Doctor Who — River Song (archive footage)
• 2011Doctor Who: The Wedding of River Song Prequel — River Song
• 2011Like Crazy — Jackie Gardner
• Marchlands — Helen Maynard
• Ben Hur — Ruth
• Blue Bloods — Commander Sloane Thompson
• Upstairs Downstairs — Dr Blanche Mottershead
• FlashForward — Fiona Banks
• Hope Springs — Ellie Lagden
• 2009Sordid Things — Eve Manchester
• Doctor Who Monster Files — River Song
• Lost in Austen — Mrs Bennet
• 2007Crashing — Diane Freed
• Private Practice — Dr. Marla Thomkins
• 2006Alpha Dog — Tiffany Hartunian
• Doctor Who — River Song, River Song / Professor River Song
• 2005Sweet Land — Brownie
• 2005The Poseidon Adventure — Suzanne Harrison
• 2003Boudica — Boudica
• NCIS — Miranda Pennebaker
• Without a Trace — Lucy Costin
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Patricia Alwick
• 2000Essex Boys — Lisa Locke
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Miranda Pond
• 1999This Space Between Us — Peternelle
• 1998Croupier — Jani De Villiers
• 1997Weapons of Mass Distraction — Verity Graham
• 1996Saint-Ex — Chic Party Guest
• 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders — Moll Flanders
• The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders — Moll Flanders
• 1995A Pin for the Butterfly — Mrs. Solomon
• 1995Carrington — Frances Partridge
• 1995The Infiltrator — Anna
• Crocodile Shoes — Caroline Carrison
• ER — Elizabeth Corday
• The Knock — Katherine Roberts
• 1994Woman of the Wolf — The Woman
• 1993Foreign Affairs — Actress
• Soldier Soldier — Ursula Kröhling
• 1990Wanted: Marjory and Oliver
• 1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover — Adele
• 1989These Foolish Things — Daniella
• Hannay
• The Play on One — Daniella
• A Killing on the Exchange — Ellen
• Henry's Leg — Noreen
• The Bill
• 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian's — Schoolgirl (Uncredited)
• Grange Hill — Jill Harcourt
• James and Lucia — Harriet Weaver

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Strictly Come Dancing — Self - Contestant
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• Loose Women — Self
• The View — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest