Gina Bellman

Gina Bellman Biography

Gina Bellman (born 10 July 1966) is a New Zealand-born British actress who starred in the series Leverage as Sophie Devereaux, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Television.

Early life

Bellman was born in New Zealand to Jewish parents of Russian and Polish origin who emigrated to New Zealand from England in the 1950s. Her family returned to the United Kingdom when she was eleven years old.

Career

After making her debut in an episode of Into the Labyrinth in 1982, and a two-episode stint in Grange Hill in 1984, she became a household name for her performance in the title role in Dennis Potter's drama Blackeyes. She is also well known for playing Jane in the sitcom Coupling. Her other TV roles include Waking the Dead, Jonathan Creek, Little Napoleons, and one-off appearances in Only Fools and Horses and Hotel Babylon.

She has also appeared in several feature films including King David, which starred Richard Gere and Edward Woodward.

She co-starred alongside James Nesbitt in the 2007 BBC One drama serial Jekyll, a modern-day sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Coupling author Steven Moffat.

In 2008 she began appearing on the TNT channel's serial drama Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton.

In 2013 Bellman narrated poetry for The Love Book App, an interactive anthology of love literature developed by Allie Byrne Esiri.

Personal life

She had a daughter in 2009.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1985	King David	Tamar
1985	Mussolini: The Untold Story	Gina Ruberti	(television mini-series)
1991	Secret Friends	Helen
1992	Vsetko co mam rad	Ann
1992	Leon the Pig Farmer	Lisa
1993	Horse Opera	Sandra/Marion
1996	Silent Trigger	Clegg (Spotter)
1997	David	Michal
2000	Ted & Ralph	Henrietta Spain
	Paranoid	Eve
	Seven Days to Live	Claudia
2001	Subterrain	Junkie Spirit
2001	Married/Unmarried	Amanda
2003	Sitting Ducks	Christine
2005	Zerophilia	Sydney
2007	Permanent Vacation	Kathleen Bury

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Into the Labyrinth	Christine	Episode: Phantom
1984	Grange Hill	Trudy	Episode: 7.8 Episode: 7.9
1989	Only Fools and Horses	Carmen	Episode: The Unlucky Winner Is...
1989	Screen Two	Greta	Episode: Sitting Targets
1989	Blackeyes	Blackeyes	Episode 1.1 Episode 1.2 Episode 1.3 Episode 1.4
1991	The Storyteller	Eurydice	Episode: Orpheus and Eurydice (live-action puppet television series)
1994	Little Napoleons	Liz Blakemore	Episode: The Big Interview
1996	Scene	Athene Nike/Trainer	Episode: Young Jung
1996	Sharman	Kiki	Episode 1.1
1999	Jonathan Creek	Samantha	Episode: Ghost's Forge
2000"2004	Coupling	Jane Christie	28 episodes
2003	Waking the Dead	Frannie Henning	Episode: Final Cut: Part 1 Episode: Final Cut: Part 2
2005	The Last Detective	Caroline	Episode: Friends Reunited
2007	Hotel Babylon	Marina Stoll	Episode: 2.2 (BBC television drama)
2007	Jekyll	Claire Jackman	Episode: 1.1 Episode: 1.2 Episode: 1.3 Episode: 1.4 Episode: 1.5 Episode: Hyde
2007	Nearly Famous	Traci Reed	Episode: 1.1 Episode: 1.2 Episode: 1.4
2007	Heroes and Villains	Catherine Carteaux	Episode: Napoleon (television docudrama)
2008	The Wrong Door	Pilot Instructor/Jill	Episode: Njarnia Episode: The Smutty Aliens
2008"2012	Leverage	Sophie Devereaux	72 episodes

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