Alexandra Dowling

Alexandra Dowling
Born	(1990-05-22) 22 May 1990 England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2012–present
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Alexandra Dowling (born 22 May 1990) is an English actress best known for her lead role as Queen Anne in the BBC One historical action drama series The Musketeers, which is based on the characters in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. She is also known for her guest starring role as Roslin Frey in HBO's Game of Thrones.

Early life

In 2012, Dowling graduated from Oxford School of Drama with a Diploma in Professional Acting, which she pursued for three years.

Career

In 2012, Dowling made her television debut in "The Drawing of the Dark", the eleventh episode of the final series of the BBC fantasy drama series Merlin, as a druid girl named Kara.

Dowling guest starred in "The Rains of Castamere", the ninth episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series Game of Thrones as Roslin Frey. She also starred in "Elephants Can Remember" in the thirteenth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot, adapted from Agatha Christie's novel of the same name. This episode was aired on 9 June 2013, and starring Zoë Wanamaker, Vanessa Kirby and David Suchet.

Dowling played the female lead Agnes in the epic action film Hammer of the Gods, also starring James Cosmo. The film is directed by Farren Blackburn and was released on 5 July 2013. The film tells the story of a dying Viking king who sends his son on a quest to seek out his older brother, the clan's only hope for defeating an approaching enemy horde.

She currently has a lead role as Queen Anne in the BBC One historical drama series The Musketeers, based on Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, about French political intrigues in the early 17th century.

On 15 December 2014 it was announced that Dowling was in the running for the female lead role in the upcoming fifth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, alongside Kaya Scodelario, Gabriella Wilde, Lucy Boynton and Jenna Thiam, who are also in the running for that role. The role, however, went to Scodelario, as confirmed by producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The sequel will be released on 7 July 2017.

Dowling portrayed Bertha in Joshua Stamp-Simon's stage adaption of St. John Emile Clavering Hankin's The Last of the De Mullins, which opened at Jermyn Street Theatre on 5 February and ended on 28 February 2015.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Hammer of the Gods	Agnes
2014	Nobblycarrot7	Celeste	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Merlin	Kara	Episode: "The Drawing of the Dark"
2013	Game of Thrones	Roslin Frey	Episode: "The Rains of Castamere"
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Marie McDermott	Episode: "Elephants Can Remember"
2014–present	The Musketeers	Queen Anne	Main cast

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	"The Last Of The De Mullins"	Bertha	Jermyn Street Theatre
2016	"I Have Been Here Before"	Janet Ormund	Jermyn Street Theatre

External links

• Alexandra Dowling at the Internet Movie Database