Kerry Lauren Fox (born 30 July 1966) is a New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion,

Career

Fox has had an international career, working in independent films and on television. She received praise and a nomination for the Australian Film Institute Awards for her leading role in Country Life, starred in Danny Boyle's breakout British hit Shallow Grave,

In 2009 she appeared alongside John Simm, Lucy Cohu and Ian Hart in the Duke of York's Theatre production of Andrew Bovell's play Speaking in Tongues. In 2011 she played Oriel Lamb in the television adaptation of Tim Winton's novel Cloudstreet.

Fox starred as criminal matriarch Frankie in the ABC series Bay Of Fires for two seasons between 2023 - 2025.

Personal life

Fox is married to journalist Alexander Linklater. They have two sons.

Filmography

Film

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

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|1990

|'

|Janet Frame

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|1992

|'

|Vicki

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|1993

|Friends

|Sophie Gordon

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|1994

|The Last Tattoo

|Kelly Towne

|

|-

|1994

|Country Life

|Sally Voysey

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|-

|1994

|A Village Affair

|Clodagh Unwin

|

|-

|1994

|Shallow Grave

|Juliet Miller

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|-

|1995

|Saigon Baby

|Kate Cooper

|

|-

|1995

|The Affair

|Maggie Leyland

|

|-

|1997

|Welcome to Sarajevo

|Jane Carson

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|-

|1997

|'

|Rosemary

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|-

|1998

|'

|Sonja Buloh

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|-

|1998

|'

|Maria Vaughan

|AKA, Immortality

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|1999

|To Walk with Lions

|Lucy Jackson

|

|-

|1999

|'

|Sue

|

|-

|1999

|Thinking About Sleep

|Police Woman

|Short film

|-

|1999

|Fanny and Elvis

|Katherine Fanny 'Kate' Dickson

|

|-

|2001

|Intimacy

|Claire

|

|-

|2001

|'

|Maddy Hope

|

|-

|2002

|Black and White

|Helen Devaney

|

|-

|2003

|'

|Marion Kirkman

|

|-

|2003

|So Close to Home

|Maggie

|

|-

|2004

|Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)

|Mary

|

|-

|2004

|Bob the Builder: Snowed Under

|Charlene (voice)

|Video

|-

|2005

|Rag Tale

|Peach James Taylor

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|-

|2007

|'

|Suze

|

|-

|2007

|Intervention

|Kate

|

|-

|2007

|He Said

|Julie

|Short film

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|2008

|Inconceivable

|Kay Stephenson

|

|-

|2009

|Storm

|Hannah Maynard

|

|-

|2009

|Bright Star

|Mrs. Brawne

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|-

|2010

|Morning Echo

|Christine Moffatt

|Short film

|-

|2011

|Burning Man

|Sally

|

|-

|2011

|Intruders

|Dr. Rachel

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|-

|2012

|Mental

|Nancy

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|-

|2012

|Mr. Pip

|June Watts

|

|-

|2013

|Trap for Cinderella

|Julia

|

|-

|2014

|Patrick's Day

|Maura Fitzgerald

|

|-

|2014

|War Book

|Maria

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|-

|2015

|Holding the Man

|Mary Gert Conigrave

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|2015

|Downriver

|Paige Levy

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|-

|2015

|'

|Beulah Harridiene

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|2016

|The Rehearsal

|Hannah

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|-

|2017

|Mayhem

|Irene Smythe

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|2019

|Top End Wedding

|Hampton

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|2019

|Little Joe

|Bella

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| 2019

| Rare Beasts

| Marion

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| 2021

| The Colour Room

| Ann Cliff

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|}

Television

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

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|1989

|Night of the Red Hunter

|Police Officer

|TV series

|-

|1993

|Rocky Star

|Dianna Moore

|TV series

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|1993

|Mr. Wroe's Virgins

|Hannah

|TV miniseries

|-

|1993

|'

|Andrea Joyce

|TV film

|-

|1995

|'

|Clodagh Unwin

|TV film

|-

|1995

|'

|Maggie Leyland

|TV film

|-

|1996

|Tales from the Crypt

|Dolores

|"Last Respects"

|-

|1999

|Shockers: Deja Vu

|Jessica

|TV film

|-

|2003

|40

|Maggie

|TV miniseries

|-

|2004

|Waking the Dead

|Elsbeth Varley

|"Anger Management: Part 1"

|-

|2005

|'

|Muriel Godby

|TV miniseries

|-

|2005

|Footprints in the Snow

|Claire

|TV film

|-

|2005

|Cold Blood

|Jan

|TV film

|-

|2006

|Nostradamus

|Catherine de' Medici

|TV film

|-

|2007

|'

|Polly Lewington

|"Pandemic"

|-

|2008

|Trial & Retribution

|DI Moyra Lynch

|"The Box: Part 1"

|-

|2008

|'

|Jocelyn Hurndall

|TV film

|-

|2011

|Vera

|Patricia Carmichael

|"Little Lazarus"

|-

|2011

|Cloudstreet

|Oriel Lamb

|TV miniseries

|-

|2012

|Midsomer Murders

|Betty DeQuetteville

|"The Dark Rider"

|-

|2012

|New Tricks

|Jane Ross

|"Part of a Whole"

|-

|2012

|Falcón

|Manuela Falcón

|"The Blind Man of Seville", "The Silent and the Damned"

|-

|2013–2015

|Sex & Violence

|Brenda Shaw

|Recurring role

|-

|2014

|'

|Sister Margaret Quayle

|TV miniseries

|-

|2014

|Glue

|Jackie Warwick

|TV miniseries

|-

|2016

|National Treasure

|Zoe Darwin

|TV miniseries

|-

|2017

|Death in Paradise

|Linda Taylor

| Series 6 Episode 3 The Impossible Murder

|-

|2018

|The Split

|Judge Joyce Aspen

|TV miniseries

|-

|2018

|Medusa's Ankles

|Susannah

|Short TV film

|-

|2020

|Last Tango in Halifax

|Nadine

|TV series

|-

|2022

|Conversations with Friends

|Valerie Taylor-Gates

|TV miniseries; 2 episodes

|-

| 2023

| Bay of Fires

|Frankie McLeish

| TV series

|-

| 2025

| The Stolen Girl

|Deborah Stanton

|TV miniseries; 2 episodes

|}

References

  • Fox interview about Intimacy
  • Fox interview about Black and White
  • Alexander Linklater's reflections, "Dangerous liaisons", in The Guardian (Friday 22 June 2001)