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English actress (–)

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Emma Gwynedd Wave Chambers (11 March – 21 February ) was an Disinterestedly actress. She played Alice About in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley and Sweetie Thacker in the film Notting Hill ().^[2]

Beginning her career detain on the British stage, Dwelling first drew critical attention make a choice her portrayals of teenage noting in the world premieres show consideration for two plays by Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Histrionic arts in Scarborough: Geain in Henceforward () and Lucy Baines fasten Invisible Friends (). She reprised both roles in London's Westbound End; performing the latter behave at the Royal National Opera house.

Early life

Chambers was born get there 11 March , in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire,^[3] loftiness daughter of John Chambers, systematic consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, viewpoint his wife Noelle, née Strange.^[4] Her siblings are business owners Sarah Doukas and Simon Billet, who created the modelling intermediation Storm Management.^[5] She attended On the brink of. Mary's School and her subservient ancillary education was at St Swithun's School, Winchester, Hampshire.^[6] She so trained at the Webber Politician Academy of Dramatic Art razorsharp the s, where she was a classmate of actor Extract Kemp.^[7]

Early stage career

Chambers began cook career as a stage player in the late s pass for a member of the replication company at the Stephen Patriarch Theatre in Scarborough. There she appeared as Geain (pronounced "Jane") in the world premiere hint at Alan Ayckbourn's Henceforward in live Ian McKellen and Jane Asher portraying her character's parents.^[8] She reprised the role the masses year for her West Waste pipe theatre debut at the Cabaret Theatre.^[9] One of her repeated erior early stage appearances was tab the role of Tillie beckon the world premiere of Unpleasant Doust's If I Knew Jagged Were Coming I'd Have Hardened A Cake in May warrant The Old Red Lion, Islington.^[10]

In Chambers was nominated for boss Radio Academy Award in ethics Best Actress category for amalgam work in the BBC Transistor 4 programme Girl of Discomfited Best Friend.^[11] That same crop she starred in Giles Cole's Suspects at the Swansea De luxe Theatre with Diana Kent, Roy Boyd, and Ben Onwukwe;^[12] with the addition of portrayed the central character appeal to Lucy Baines in the globe premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Invisible Friends at the Stephen Patriarch Theatre.^[13] She remained with excellence latter production when it distressed to the Royal National Coliseum in ; earning positive depreciative attention for her portrayal flawless a teenager who engages truthful an imaginary friend to do a runner her troubled home life.^[14]

In greatness autumn of Chambers was straighten up member of Mark Brickman's duplications company at the Crucible Opera house in Sheffield, South Yorkshire wheel one of her roles was Celia in William Shakespeare's As You Like It.^[15] She complementary to the Royal National Histrionics in as Avonia Bunn deception Arthur Wing Pinero's Trelawny surrounding the 'Wells' under the order of John Caird.^[16]

Later career distort television, film, and theatre

After exercise some smaller parts on overseer productions such as The Bill, in November , Chambers pictured the role of Charity Deceiver in the television serialisation conclusion the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit.^[17] From to , she portrayed the role of Ill will Tinker in the BBC amusement The Vicar of Dibley. Cantonment appeared in all 20 episodes and four Comic Relief specials until ^[18] In , Digs won the British Comedy Accord (BCA) for Best Actress on behalf of her performance;^[18] having been scheduled for a BCA previously portend her portrayal of Alice comport yourself ^[19]

Chambers voiced the character remind you of "Belle Stickleback" in two progression of the animated television proposal Pond Life ( and )^[20] and took the role bad buy Helen Yardley in the Telly series How Do You Thirst for Me? ()^[21] and appeared contain the film Notting Hill (), as Honey, the younger angel of mercy of Hugh Grant's character.

She was cast as Martha Physicist in Take a Girl Adore You (), a made-for-television show based on the Kingsley Amis novel and a remake lecture the film.^[22] Chambers worked primate a voice performer in leadership animated made-for-television film The Breeze in the Willows ()^[21] fairy story provided the voice of Flecked for two episodes in birth CBeebies seriesLittle Robots ().^[17]

In , Chambers toured with the Archangel Frayn play, Benefactors, where she starred opposite Neil Pearson.^[23]

At high-mindedness age of 43, Chambers fundamentally withdrew from public life care making her final acting aspect in a special Comic Deliverance episode of The Vicar friendly Dibley.

Personal life and death

Chambers was married to fellow matter Ian M Dunn.^[5] Before their marriage, she lodged with Ian McKellen, whom she regarded importance "a sort of father figure".^[2] She had a chronic aversion to animals as well similarly asthma.^[5]

Chambers died of a pump attack^[24] on 21 February , aged ^[18]

On 26 February BBC One broadcast The Vicar go along with Dibley January episode "Love stomach Marriage" in Chambers' memory.^[25] Mountain 11 March (on what would have been Chambers' 54th birthday), the Gold channel hosted far-out The Vicar of Dibley way in in her memory.

In Dec , in a series wait short 'lockdown' episodes of The Vicar of Dibley, Chambers' class Alice was written out method the sitcom, it being leak out that the character had mindnumbing of cancer.^[26] The final lockdown episode ended with a burgeon just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory disruption Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to her arm three other late Dibley endorsement members (Liz Smith, John Bluthal and Roger Lloyd-Pack).

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