Kitty Aldridge

Kitty Aldridge
Born (1962-05-09) 9 May 1962 (age 62)
Bahrain
OccupationNovelist, actress
NationalityBritish
Spouse
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(m. 1997)​
Children2

Kitty Aldridge (born 9 May 1962) is a British actress and writer.

Life and career

Aldridge was born in Bahrain. After training as an actress at the Drama Centre London, Aldridge went on to work in film, theatre and television as an actress for 15 years.[1] In her thirties she began to write fiction.[2] Her first novel, Pop,[3][4] published in 2001, was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002[5] and shortlisted for the Pendleton May First Novel Award 2002. Her second novel, Cryers Hill,[6] was published in March 2007.

Aldridge's short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011.[7]

Her third novel, A Trick I Learned from Dead Men,[8] was published in 2012. It was longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction[9] and The Guardian newspaper's Not The Booker Prize 2012.[10]

Aldridge’s new novel, The Wisdom of Bones,[11] was published in May 2019.

Aldridge married Mark Knopfler, the former guitarist and frontman of Dire Straits, on Valentine's Day 1997 in Barbados.[12] They have two daughters.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 A Room with a View New Lucy
1986 Gathering Stones Anna Short
1987 Maurice Kitty Hall
1987 An African Dream Katherine Hastings
1988 American Roulette Kate Webber
1988 Tyger Tyger Burning Bright Tasmin
1989 Slipstream Belitski
1998 Divorcing Jack Agnes Brinn

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Porterhouse Blue Serena "1.4"
1988 The Management Kitty "The Wedding"
1989 The Paradise Club DI Rosy Campbell Main role (series 1)
1990 A Little Piece of Sunshine Sabrina TV film
1990 The World of Eddie Weary Barbara Daniels TV film
1992 Downtown Lagos Alice Hughes TV miniseries
1993 Heartbeat Sarah Collins "Baby Blues"
1993 To Play the King Sarah Harding TV miniseries
1996 Cadfael Judith Perle "The Rose Rent"
1997 The Ice House Anne Cattrell TV miniseries

Bibliography

  • Pop, Cape (Vintage); (2001) ISBN 0099428326
  • Cryers Hill, Cape (Vintage); (1 March 2007) ISBN 0099506181
  • Arrivederci Les; (2011)
  • A Trick I Learned from Dead Men, Cape (Vintage); (5 July 2012) ISBN 0224096435
  • The Wisdom of Bones, Corsair (Little, Brown); (May 2, 2019) ISBN 9781472154392

Awards

  • Bridport Short Story Prize 2011[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/authors/detail.page?id=rmODt-B--tQ4pfKYhzsXgHXNNGpiWpImsc3Zm2gmsmK6PiaVuG21GsqqGJik' [dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Kitty Aldridge: 'The deceased are like gods in a way'". TheGuardian.com. 30 June 2012.
  3. ^ Vintage Books, UK
  4. ^ Aitken Alexander Associates Ltd – Literary Agency London, UK
  5. ^ Orange Prize for Fiction announces 2002 longlist, PR Newswire UK
  6. ^ Vintage Books, UK
  7. ^ a b "The Bridport Prize". Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Random House Group, UK". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Longlist". Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  10. ^ Jordison, Sam (3 August 2012). "Not the Booker prize 2012: vote for the shortlist". The Guardian.
  11. ^ Aldridge, Kitty (5 February 2019). The Wisdom of Bones. Corsair. ISBN 9781472154392.
  12. ^ Wright, M. (1997) The Mirror, London, England. Available from: Gale A61105962 MARK TIES THE KNOT-FLER AGAIN; TV Kitty is wife No 3 in paradise wedding.(Features)] Retrieved on 15 May 2007.
  13. ^ Jewish Showbiz News