Alexandra Moen

Alexandra Moen was born in Pisa Italy Having an oceanographer as a father meant that she and her family a teacher mother and two younger brothers travelled along with his work At age six she moved to Canada and then to Bermuda and finally ending up in England where she completed her schooling She studied English at Leeds University before studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts She made her professional stage debuts in the West Ends production of Macbeth directed by Edward Hall in 2002 and also in 2003 performing as Nina at the Chichester Theatre in Steven Pimlotts critically acclaimed production of Chekhovs The Seagull Her first lead role in a TV series was in 2006 performing as Tamsin Dalgliesh in Tripping Over and then as Emily James in the final two seasons of BBCs hit comedy drama Hotel Babylon To many scifi fans she is probably best known for her appearance in Doctor Who doing something the doctor failed to rid the world of his great enemy the Master More recently she has brought the quirky Norwegian pathologist Petra Bergen to our small screen starring in all three series of Sky Atlantics Fortitude until 2018 In 2019 she took over playing Elizabeth of York from Jodie Comer in the Philippa Gregory adaptation Spanish Princess for Starz and played Simone Cameron the dedicated ballet teacher in BBCs hit series Dublin Murders