Paola Dionisotti

Paola Dionisotti (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpaːola dioniˈzɔtːi]; born 1946) is an Italian-British actress active on stage and British television since 1975.

Paola Dionisotti
Born1946 (age 74–75)
Torino, Italy
OccupationActress

A character actress best known on television for recurring roles as Lady Patricia Broughall in Forever Green and Aunt Nicholls in Harbour Lights, she also has had prominent roles in Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders. She is also known for playing Lady Waynwood in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones.[1] On the stage, she is noted for her Shakespearean roles.[2] She starred in Michael Bogdanov's 1978 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Aldwych.[3] In 2014, she played the tavern landlady Mistress Quickly in the acclaimed RSC production of Henry IV Parts One and Two.

Partial filmography
Year Title Role
1978The Sailor's ReturnLucy Sturmey
1983Fords on WaterEddie's Mother
1984A Murder is Announced (Miss Marple)Miss Hinchcliffe
1998The Tichborne ClaimantThe Dowager
VigoMarie
2000Come and GoFlo
2001IntimacyAmanda
2004Love's BrotherNonna
2010Agatha Christie: Poirot Episode: "Hallowe'en Party"Mother Goodbody
2010My Mother's CoatNarrator
2012Cheerful Weather for the WeddingMrs Whitstable
2016Florence Foster JenkinsBaroness Le Feyre

Awards

Notes
  1. "'Game of Thrones' Season 4 Spoilers and Casting News: Paola Dionisotti Cast as Lady Anya Waynwood, Mysterious Innkeeper's Daughter to Appear in Season Premiere (PHOTOS)". www.hngn.com. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. Rutter, Carol. Clamorous Voices, Shakespeare's Women Today with Sinead Cusack, Paola Dionisotti, Fiona Shaw, Juliet Stevenson and Harriet Walter (London: The Woman's Press, 1988)
  3. Miller, Stephen Roy (ed.) The Taming of a Shrew: The 1594 Quarto (The New Cambridge Shakespeare; Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), page 52


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