| Tamzin Malleson | |
| Birth Date: | 1974 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Yeovil, Somerset, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Yearsactive: | 1996–present |
| Domesticpartner: | Keith Allen |
| Children: | 1 |
| Television: | Dangerfield Teachers Bodies Midsomer Murders |
Tamzin Malleson (born 1 May 1974) is an English actress.
Malleson was born in Yeovil, and attended Horsley Primary School in Horsley, Gloucestershire, where she had her first taste of acting as a Munchkin.[1] She furthered her drama activities in Archway School in Stroud, Glocs.[1]
She originally played Alison Dangerfield in Series 3 and 4 of the BBC drama Dangerfield,[2] before going on to play one of the starring roles (Penny Neville) in the Channel 4 comedy Teachers[3] for three of the programme's four series, and she starred in one of ITV's Poirot adaptations, "Evil Under The Sun".[2] She appeared in The Bill, and in the detective show A Touch of Frost, and starred in the BBC medical drama Bodies.[4]
Malleson played the role of Kate Wilding, the pathologist in the series Midsomer Murders, from the middle of series 14 to the end of series 17.[1]
Malleson is in a relationship with actor Keith Allen, (father of actors Lily and Alfie Allen),[1] who starred alongside her in Bodies, and the couple have one daughter, Teddie Malleson-Allen (born in April, 2006).[5] They live near Stroud, Gloucestershire.[6] In 2017, Allen and Malleson opened a diner in Stroud, built with the diner set of in which Allen had appeared.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Fishmonger's Daughter | Ruby | Short film |
| 2005 | The Man-Eating Lions of Njombe | Ruby | TV film |
| 2007 | Kitchen | Liz | TV film |
| 2010 | Between You & Me | Sammy | Short film |
| Nocturn | Jody | Short film | |
| 2011 | 7 Lives | Mary | Film |
| 2021 | La Cha Cha | Virginia Callaway | Film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | A Touch of Frost | Helen Tudor | Episode: "Deep Waters" |
| Kavanagh QC | Helen Kinross | Episode: "The Burning Deck" | |
| 1996–1997 | Dangerfield | Alison Dangerfield | 16 episodes |
| 1998–1999 | The Bill | Carrie Winkler | Episode: "Deep Secret" Episode: "Murder, What Murder?" |
| 2000–2001 | Always and Everyone | Kate Brady | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Christine Redfern | Episode: "Evil Under the Sun" |
| 2003 | The Vice | P.C. Lorraine Johnstone | Episode: "Birdhouse,Outcast" |
| 2004 | Murder City | Rosa Mansfield | Episode: "Nothing Sacred" |
| 2002–2004 | Teachers | Penny Neville | Main character |
| 2004–2006 | Bodies | Polly Grey | Main character |
| 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Siobhan | TV miniseries |
| 2011–2015 | Midsomer Murders | Kate Wilding | Main character |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Caroline Greaves | 4 episodes |
| 2018 | Marcella | JoJo | 3 episodes |