Angel Colby is a British actress who became famous for her role as Guinevere in the TV series "Merlin". For her brilliant performance in the film, the actress was nominated for the Monte Carlo Television Festival Award in the Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.
Biography
Angel Colby was born in Islington, one of the districts of London, on August 30, 1980. The actress graduated from Queen Mary University of London - one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Great Britain. In her student years, the girl, who was keen on acting, took part in drama productions and acting training seminars several times. She later received a degree in acting from the same institution.
Queen Mary University of London: part of the John Wayne Science Center and Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Photo: Nevilley / Wikimedia Commons
Angel Colby is known to love to cook and travel.
Career and creativity
Angel Colby's television career began with a role in the series "The Scariest Places on Earth." In this reality-based paranormal story, she plays a student who encounters a ghost. But the performance of the aspiring actress went unnoticed.
In 2001, she appeared in four episodes of the British television sitcom Orrible, which aired on the BBC. Despite the fact that the film received negative reviews from film critics and had low ratings, Colby managed to attract attention and be remembered by the audience.
Soon, the actress received an invitation to take part in two television projects - "Catastrophe" (2002) and "Having It Off" (2002), where she appeared as Sally and Kylie Riley, respectively. In addition, in 2002, Colby got a role in the movie The Good Thief.
The following year in the career of the actress was remembered for the role of Louise Fraser in the television miniseries The Second Coming (2003), which was presented on the ITV channel as a two-part drama. She also played the role of Pippa in the comedy-drama series "Manchild".
In 2004, Angel Colby played a girl named Amber in the TV series Yes it Really, appearing in seven episodes of the comedy-drama. She then starred in an episode called Good Day to Bury Bad News, which is part of a drama series about the workings of the Holby City hospital cardiology department. In the same year, she landed the role of Gemma Ryan in the television series Persuasion, which premiered on BBC Three. The multi-part film is the result of the creative union of screenwriter Bill Gallagher and director Mark Manden.
Conviction directed by Mark Manden Photo: Leommrusso / Wikimedia Commons
In 2005, the actress starred as Gillian Lafferty in the hit crime drama Vincent. The series told about the activities of a private detective agency that investigated crimes not solved by the police. In the same year, Angel starred in such films as "Jacket", "Homicide Unit", "League of Gentlemen: Apocalypse" and "Introduce Us Together."
For the next few years, Colby was busy filming various television series. She has appeared in the television series Virtuosos (2006), Doctor Who (2006), Pure English Murder (2006), New Street Law (2007), Talk to Me (2007), Wildlife (2007) and others.
Colby then landed the lead role in the British science fiction series Merlin, based on the legends of Merlin and his friendship with King Arthur. She played Guinevere, a handmaid who managed to become Queen of Camelot. The popular series aired on BBC One between September 2008 and December 2012.
The building of the British Broadcasting Organization BBC Photo: Zizzu02 / Wikimedia Commons
In 2013, the actress played the lead role of Laura Roebuck in the British-French TV series The Tunnel. For this work, Colby has received several film awards, including the Broadcasting Press Guild Award and the International Emmy Award.
In 2015, Angel voiced one of the characters in the sci-fi cartoon "Thunders Go!", Which is still being released today. The project was created by the animation studios ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures.
Later, the actress played cameo roles in the motion picture "Undercover" (2016) and the adventure series "Mr. Hooten and Lady Alexandra" (2016) on the Sky1 channel.
In 2017, she appeared in an episode of the miniseries The Man in the Orange Shirt, and a year later she starred as detective Katie Hudson in Innocent.
Personal life
Angel Colby's personal life is known to be in a relationship with English actor Bradley James. The actors have appeared together on the BBC television project Merlin. The friendship that began on set and the on-screen chemistry grew into real feelings. The couple has been in a romantic relationship since August 2011.
Actor Bradley James Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons
It is known about the young man Colby that he was previously in a relationship with the Scottish actress Georgia King. However, after a short romance, the young people broke up.
Popularity for Bradley James came after the role of Arthur Pendragon in the BBC TV series "Merlin". He later starred in the films Portobello 196 (2009), Fast Girls (2012), Underworld: Blood Wars (2017), Medici: Lords of Florence (2018) and others. In 2019, he starred as Felix Sparks on the television series The Liberator.
