Quick Facts
Biography
Alison Peebles (born 1953) is an award-winning Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a multiple award-winning Scottish theater company. Peebles is noted for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd’s celebrated 1993 production of Macbeth at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland.
Peebles directed the film AfterLife, which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003. Peebles is also noted for the documentary Multiple, shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has Multiple Sclerosis.
Alison Peebles originally trained as a Painter at Edinburgh College of Art.
In 2016, Peebles was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress at the 2016 BAFTA Scotland Film Awards.
Filmography
Actress
- 2015 Where Do We Go From Here?
- 2011 Fast Romance (film)
- 2010 Lip Service (TV series)
- 2010 Labour (film short)
- 2009 Floating Is Easy (short)
- 2009 Wasted (film)
- 2009 Eadar-Chluich (TV series)
- 2004-2008 High Times (TV series)
- 2008 Trouble Sleeping
- 2007 Silver Tongues (short)
- 1988–2005 Taggart (TV series)
- 2004 Sex Traffic (TV movie)
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
- 2003 Skagerrak (film)
- 1999 Psychos (TV mini-series)
- 1998 The Acid House (film)
- 1997 Bumping the Odds (TV movie)
- 1996 Rab C. Nesbitt (TV series)
- 1995 The Final Cut (TV mini-series)
- 1992–1993 Strathblair (TV series)
- 1992 Bunch of Five (TV series)
- 1991–1992 The Advocates (TV series)
- 1990 Casualty (TV series)
Director
- 2003 AfterLife (film)
- 2002-2003 Stacey Stone (TV series)
- 2001 Tangerine (film short)
- 2001 Nan (film short)
Awards
| Year | Nominated Work | Awards | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Where Do We Go From Here? | British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |