Alexandra Elizabeth Kingston is popular English actress, best known for her portrayal of Dr Elizabeth Corday in the American TV show ‘ER’. She played the titular role in ‘The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders’ and made appearances in crime based shows Law & Order: SVU and NCIS. She has also featured in ‘Upstairs Downstairs’, which is a prequel to the English drama ‘Downton Abbey’, as the lesbian archaeologist Dr Blanche Mottershead. Her popularity reached new heights after she appeared as Professor River Song in the hit British TV show ‘Doctor Who’. She was originally cast for just a couple of episodes but her character became so popular with the audiences that it compelled the producers to extend her role in the show. The special episode titled ‘The Husbands of River Song’ marked her return as River Song along with Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor. She is also the third of the five actors who have a recurring role in the American superhero show ‘Arrow’. She was married to British actor Ralph Fiennes but they separated after four years. She has won several awards for her supporting roles in numerous television dramas.
