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Other names
  
Nicola Chambers

Name
  
Emma Chambers

Occupation
  
Actress

Role
  
Actress


Years active
  
1988–2007

Spouse
  
Ian Dunn (m. 1991)

Known for
  
Role of Alice Tinker

Siblings
  
Sarah Doukas

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Full Name
  
Emma G. M. Chambers

Born
  
11 March 1964 (age 60) (
1964-03-11
)
Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Notable work
  
Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley

Television
  
The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007)

Books
  
An indolent and blundering art?

Movies and TV shows
  
The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill, Martin Chuzzlewit, The Clandestine Marriage, How Do You Want Me?

Similar People
  
James Fleet, Ian Dunn, Gary Waldhorn, Dawn French, Trevor Peacock

'Vicar of Dibley' actress Emma Chambers dies at 53


Emma G. M. Chambers (born 11 March 1964) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Alice Tinker in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley and Honey Thacker in the film Notting Hill.

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British Actress Emma Chambers Passes Away at 53


Early life

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Chambers was born in Doncaster, where she went to school at St. Mary's. Her secondary education was at St Swithun's School, Winchester, Hampshire. She then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1980s, where she was a classmate of actor Ross Kemp. Her sister is Sarah Doukas of Storm Model Management.

Career

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After taking some smaller parts on television productions such as The Bill, in November 1994 Chambers played the role of Charity Pecksniff in the TV serialisation of the Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit.

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From 1994 to 2007 she played the role of Alice Tinker in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley. Chambers appeared in all 20 episodes and four Comic Relief specials until 2007. She did not appear in the two most recent Comic Relief specials, in 2013 and 2015. In 1998, Chambers won the British Comedy Award for Best Actress for her performance.

In 1998, Chambers took the role of Helen Yardley in the TV series How Do You Want Me?, and 1999, she appeared in the film Notting Hill, as Honey, the sister of Hugh Grant's character.

In 2000, she was cast as Martha Thompson in Take a Girl Like You, a made for TV drama based on the Kingsley Amis novel and a remake of the 1970 film.

Chambers worked as a voice performer in the animated made-for-TV film The Wind in the Willows in 1995. In 2003 she provided the voice of Spotty for two episodes in the TV series Little Robots. Her episodes were called "Spotty Rules" and "Spotty's Clean Machine".

She was in theatre for about 10 years before her major break in television. She has appeared in a number of stage productions including Tartuffe and Invisible Friends. In 2002 she toured with the Michael Frayn play, Benefactors, where she starred opposite Neil Pearson.

As of 2002, she lived with her husband, fellow actor Ian M. Dunn, in Lymington, Hampshire.

Filmography

Actress
1994
The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) as
Alice Tinker / Alice Horton
- Comic Relief Special 2007 - Wife Swap (2007) - Alice Horton
- The Vicar in White (2007) - Alice Horton
- The Handsome Stranger (2006) - Alice Horton
- Comic Relief Special 2005 - Antiques Roadshow (2005) - Alice Horton
- Happy New Year (2005) - Alice Horton
- Merry Christmas (2004) - Alice Horton
- Summer (2000) - Alice Horton
- Spring (1999) - Alice Horton
- Winter (1999) - Alice Horton
- Autumn (1999) - Alice Horton
- Comic Relief Special 1999 - Celebrity Party (1999) - Alice Horton
- Love and Marriage (1998) - Alice Tinker
- Celebrity Vicar (1998) - Alice Tinker
- Dibley Live (1998) - Alice Tinker
- Engagement (1997) - Alice Tinker
- Comic Relief Special 1997 - Ballykissdibley (1997) - Alice Tinker
- The Christmas Lunch Incident (1996) - Alice Tinker
- The Easter Bunny (1996) - Alice Tinker
- Animals (1994) - Alice Tinker
- Election (1994) - Alice Tinker
- The Window & the Weather (1994) - Alice Tinker
- Community Spirit (1994) - Alice Tinker
- Songs of Praise (1994) - Alice Tinker
- The Arrival (1994) - Alice Tinker
2003
Little Robots (TV Series) as
Spotty
- Spotty Rules (2003) - Spotty (voice)
- Spotty's Clean Machine (2003) - Spotty (voice)
1996
Pond Life (TV Series) as
Belle
- Pet (2000) - Belle (voice)
- Falling Out (2000) - Belle (voice)
- Fat (2000) - Belle (voice)
- Christmas (2000) - Belle (voice)
- Addict (1997) - Belle (voice)
- Glastonbury (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Driving Test (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Get on Downer (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Success (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Bitter & Twisted (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Holiday (1996) - Belle (voice)
- Boyfriend (1996) - Belle (voice)
2000
Take a Girl Like You (TV Mini Series) as
Martha Thompson
- Part 1 (2000) - Martha Thompson
- Part 3 (2000) - Martha Thompson
- Part 2 (2000) - Martha Thompson
1999
The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (TV Special short) as
Alice Tinker
1998
How Do You Want Me? (TV Series) as
Helen Yardley
- The Pleasures of Village Life (1999) - Helen Yardley
- Ready Steady Kill (1999) - Helen Yardley
- The Bad Builders (1999) - Helen Yardley
- Nude Modelling Module (1999) - Helen Yardley
- I'm Not an Alcoholic (1999) - Helen Yardley
- White Pubic Hair (1999) - Helen Yardley
- Sausage, Balloon, Bum (1998) - Helen Yardley
- The Hidden World of Country Fire Stations (1998) - Helen Yardley
- Woof (1998) - Helen Yardley
- Floppy, But Not Too Floppy (1998) - Helen Yardley
- No-One Can Hear You Scream (1998) - Helen Yardley
1999
Notting Hill as
Honey
1999
Bravo Two Zero (TV Movie) as
Dinger's Wife (uncredited)
1998
The Clandestine Marriage as
Betsy
1996
Drop the Dead Donkey (TV Series) as
Carol
- What Are Friends For? (1996) - Carol
1995
The Wind in the Willows (TV Movie) as
Gaoler's Daughter (voice)
1995
Bomber (Video) as
WAAF Corporal Ruth Lambert
1994
Martin Chuzzlewit (TV Mini Series) as
Charity Pecksniff
- Episode Six (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
- Episode Five (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
- Episode Four (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
- Episode Three (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
- Episode Two (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
- Episode One (1994) - Charity Pecksniff
1992
The Mixer (TV Series) as
A.S.M.
- The Mixer and the Birthday Party - A.S.M.
1990
The Bill (TV Series) as
Marie Summers
- A Case to Answer (1990) - Marie Summers
- The Night Watch (1990) - Marie Summers
1989
Skulduggery (TV Movie) as
At the Party - Cynthia
1988
The Rainbow (TV Mini Series) as
Margaret
- The Darkness of Paradise (1988) - Margaret
- The Widening Circle (1988) - Margaret
Soundtrack
1994
The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Window & the Weather (1994) - (performer: "My Favorite Things" - uncredited)
Thanks
2020
The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) (In Loving Memory of - 1 episode)
- In Lockdown: Compilation (2020) - (In Loving Memory of - as Emma)
Self
2007
The Story of Dibley (TV Movie documentary) as
Self / Alice
2005
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (TV Special) as
Alice Horton
2004
Dibley Defrocked (Video documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
2002
V Graham Norton (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.26 (2002) - Self - Guest
Archive Footage
2020
The Vicar of Dibley (TV Series) as
Alice Tinker / Alice Horton
- In Lockdown: Compilation (2020) - Alice Tinker / Alice Horton (uncredited)
- In Lockdown #2 (2020) - Alice Tinker / Alice Horton (uncredited)
2020
The Big Night In (TV Special) as
Alice (uncredited)
2018
TCM Remembers 2018 (TV Special) as
Self / actress
2018
I can't believe it's not butter (Video short) as
Alice (uncredited)
2016
The One Show (TV Series) as
Alice
- Episode dated 20 April 2016 (2016) - Alice (uncredited)
2015
Britain's Best Loved Sitcoms (TV Series documentary) as
Alice Tinker
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Alice Tinker (uncredited)
2012
Alice and the 'Da Vinci Code' (Video short) as
Alice (uncredited)
2011
This Morning (TV Series) as
Alice Horton
- Episode dated 27 June 2011 (2011) - Alice Horton (uncredited)
2011
Dawn French and Emma Chambers (Video short) as
Alice (uncredited)
2010
Nativity in Dibley (Video documentary short) as
Alice Horton (uncredited)
2008
The Greatest Christmas Comedy Moments (TV Movie documentary) as
Alice Tinker (uncredited)
2007
The Comedy Christmas (TV Movie documentary) as
Alice Tinker (uncredited)
2002
The Real Vicars of Dibley (TV Movie documentary) as
Alice Tinker (uncredited)

References

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