Andrea Lowe

Lowe was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire She attended Redhill Comprehensive School, the Lesley Reason School of Dance in Gedling and the Carlton TV acting academy. She also performed with the theatre group, Acorn. Lowe later studied English and theatre in London at Goldsmiths College. ==Career==

Lowe started her theatre career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. In 1993, she had her first film role, alongside Samantha Morton, in the musical comedy drama The Token King, set in a high school in Nottingham. Among her extensive work since then, Lowe guest-starred in two episodes of the second season of The Tudors in which she played Lady Eleanor Luke, a fictional noblewoman who was briefly the mistress of Henry VIII, and played Vicky in the 2009 TV film, The Unloved. Lowe played the role of Annie Cabbot for 5 years in the British television network ITV series DCI Banks (2011–2016), having also played the role in its pilot, DCI Banks: Aftermath (2010). Lowe was absent for much of the second season as she and her character were on maternity leave. Lowe starred in Alan Ayckbourn's play How the Other Half Loves alongside Jenny Seagrove and Jason Merrells at the Duke of York's Theatre, the West End theatre, on St Martin's Lane, London in 2016. In 2023, she starred in Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre. ==Filmography==

Film Television ==Selected theatre work==

• How The Other Half Loves (Duke of York's Theatre, West End, London) • Bash (Citizens Theatre Glasgow) • A Day in Dull Armour (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs) • The Birthday Party (Crucible Theatre Sheffield) • Lost and Found (River House Barn) • Gong Donkeys (The Bush Theatre) ==References==