Morven Christie

Morven Christie (born 1 September 1981) is a Scottish actress. She is best known for her roles as Alison Hughes in the BBC drama The A Word, Amanda Hopkins in the ITV drama Grantchester, and DS Lisa Armstrong in ITV crime series The Bay.

In 2006, Christie played Juliet and Hero for the Royal Shakespeare Company in their Complete Works season.[3][4]

In 2008, Christie was cast in Sam Mendes’s first Bridge Project theatre company, playing Anya in Tom Stoppard’s new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, and Perdita in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale which finished at The Old Vic in London, after a sellout run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City and a world tour.[5] She played Isa in the National Theatre’s production of Glasgow classic Men Should Weep, directed by Josie Rourke.

Among her many television roles, she played Ellen Rooney in the 2017 BBC drama The Replacement.[6] This role gained Christie her first BAFTA Scotland nomination.