Saskia Reeves

Saskia Reeves born 16 August 1961 is a British actress perhaps best known for her roles in the films Close My Eyes 1991 and ID 1995 and the 2000 miniseries Frank Herberts Dune Born and brought up in London to a Dutch mother and English father Reeves studied at Londons Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has since worked with directors such as Mike Leigh Stephen Poliakoff Michael Winterbottom and Nicholas Hytner Early in her career she performed in puppet shows and in satirical revues at the Covent Garden Community Theatre Her television credits include Spooks and the Bodies finale Her stage work includes productions at Londons National and Royal Court Theatres as well as on international tour In addition to her acting career Reeves does voice work including commercial and narration book readings for VocalPointnet In 2008 she starred in English Touring Theatres revival of Athol Fugards Hello and Goodbye at the Trafalgar Studios in London In 2010 she starred as Anne Darwin the wife of the famous disappearing canoeist John Darwin played by Bernard Hill in Canoe Man a dramatisation of the John Darwin disappearance case for BBC4 and in the BBC1 series Luther In 2011 Reeves played the matriarch Anna Brangwen in the first part of William Ivorys twopart adaptation of D H Lawrences novels The Rainbow and Women in Love first shown on BBC4 Description above from the Wikipedia article Saskia Reeves licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia