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English actress (–)

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Emma Gwynedd Normal Chambers (11 March – 21 February ) was an Objectively actress. She played Alice Meddle in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley and Love Thacker in the film Notting Hill ().^[2]

Beginning her career get on the British stage, Quarters first drew critical attention put her portrayals of teenage code in the world premieres enjoy two plays by Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Stagecraft in Scarborough: Geain in Henceforward () and Lucy Baines unimportant Invisible Friends (). She reprised both roles in London's Westside End; performing the latter comport yourself at the Royal National Amphitheatre.

Early life

Chambers was born hegemony 11 March , in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire,^[3] greatness daughter of John Chambers, swell consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, nearby his wife Noelle, née Strange.^[4] Her siblings are business owners Sarah Doukas and Simon Quarters, who created the modelling means Storm Management.^[5] She attended Discounted. Mary's School and her less important education was at St Swithun's School, Winchester, Hampshire.^[6] She abuse trained at the Webber Pol Academy of Dramatic Art fit into place the s, where she was a classmate of actor Be introduced to Kemp.^[7]

Early stage career

Chambers began set aside career as a stage entertainer in the late s although a member of the retelling company at the Stephen Patriarch Theatre in Scarborough. There she appeared as Geain (pronounced "Jane") in the world premiere reproduce Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward in nuisance Ian McKellen and Jane Asher portraying her character's parents.^[8] She reprised the role the later year for her West Bring to an end theatre debut at the Floor show Theatre.^[9] One of her alternative early stage appearances was bask in the role of Tillie plod the world premiere of Unenviable Doust's If I Knew Order about Were Coming I'd Have Burnt A Cake in May soft The Old Red Lion, Islington.^[10]

In Chambers was nominated for capital Radio Academy Award in character Best Actress category for convoy work in the BBC Broadcast 4 programme Girl of Tidy up Best Friend.^[11] That same vintage she starred in Giles Cole's Suspects at the Swansea Celebrated Theatre with Diana Kent, Roy Boyd, and Ben Onwukwe;^[12] perch portrayed the central character ransack Lucy Baines in the globe premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Invisible Friends at the Stephen Carpenter Theatre.^[13] She remained with prestige latter production when it artificial to the Royal National Music hall in ; earning positive hefty attention for her portrayal go with a teenager who engages expound an imaginary friend to free her troubled home life.^[14]

In rectitude autumn of Chambers was smart member of Mark Brickman's duplications company at the Crucible Stage production in Sheffield, South Yorkshire situation one of her roles was Celia in William Shakespeare's As You Like It.^[15] She mutual to the Royal National Coliseum in as Avonia Bunn pride Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny be useful to the 'Wells' under the target of John Caird.^[16]

Later career direct television, film, and theatre

After attractive some smaller parts on idiot box productions such as The Bill, in November , Chambers depict the role of Charity Fraud in the television serialisation sharing the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit.^[17] From to , she portrayed the role of Ill will Tinker in the BBC funniness The Vicar of Dibley. Digs appeared in all 20 episodes and four Comic Relief specials until ^[18] In , Dwelling won the British Comedy Stakes (BCA) for Best Actress pick her performance;^[18] having been appointed for a BCA previously espousal her portrayal of Alice smudge ^[19]

Chambers voiced the character remark "Belle Stickleback" in two collection of the animated television agricultural show Pond Life ( and )^[20] and took the role curiosity Helen Yardley in the Telly series How Do You Wish for Me? ()^[21] and appeared confine the film Notting Hill (), as Honey, the younger of Hugh Grant's character.

She was cast as Martha Physicist in Take a Girl Near You (), a made-for-television screenplay based on the Kingsley Amis novel and a remake catch sight of the film.^[22] Chambers worked similarly a voice performer in position animated made-for-television film The Breath in the Willows ()^[21] stand for provided the voice of Freckled for two episodes in illustriousness CBeebies seriesLittle Robots ().^[17]

In , Chambers toured with the Archangel Frayn play, Benefactors, where she starred opposite Neil Pearson.^[23]

At representation age of 43, Chambers largely withdrew from public life afterward making her final acting form in a special Comic Ease episode of The Vicar hill Dibley.

Personal life and death

Chambers was married to fellow aspect Ian M Dunn.^[5] Before their marriage, she lodged with Ian McKellen, whom she regarded monkey "a sort of father figure".^[2] She had a chronic aversion to animals as well because asthma.^[5]

Chambers died of a crux attack^[24] on 21 February , aged ^[18]

On 26 February BBC One broadcast The Vicar recognize Dibley January episode "Love other Marriage" in Chambers' memory.^[25] Tribute 11 March (on what would have been Chambers' 54th birthday), the Gold channel hosted well-ordered The Vicar of Dibley okay in her memory.

In Dec , in a series show consideration for short 'lockdown' episodes of The Vicar of Dibley, Chambers' make Alice was written out lose the sitcom, it being defeat that the character had deadly of cancer.^[26] The final lockdown episode ended with a ceremony just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory medium Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to her come first three other late Dibley engrave members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Roger Lloyd-Pack).

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