
Alex Kingston (born 11 March 1963) is an English actress. Active from the early 1980s, Kingston became noted for her television work in both Britain and the US in the 1990s, including her regular role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in the NBC medical drama ER (1997–2004) and her title role in the ITV miniseries The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress.
Kingston's later credits include the recurring role of River Song in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2008–2015), Mrs. Bennet in the ITV period-drama fantasy Lost in Austen (2008), Dinah Lance in The CW's superhero fiction drama series Arrow (2013–2016), and Sarah Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–2022).

The Killer's Game
2024 · as Sharon Rabinowitz

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · as Adele

Like Crazy
2011 · as Jackie Gardner

Alpha Dog
2006 · as Tiffany Hartunian

The Poseidon Adventure
2005 · as Suzanne Harrison

Croupier
1998 · as Jani De Villiers

Essex Boys
2000 · as Lisa Locke

The Infiltrator
1995 · as Anna

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996 · as Moll Flanders

Sweet Land
2005 · as Brownie

Crashing
2007 · as Diane Freed

Boudica
2003 · as Boudica

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015 · as River Song

Sordid Things
2009 · as Eve Manchester

Ghost Phone
2013 · as Sheila

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · as Self

Carrington
1995 · as Frances Partridge

Foreign Affairs
1993 · as Actress