Leverage's Gina Bellman - The Grifter

July 12, 10:54 PMActing ExaminerDeborah Smith Ford

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Gina Bellman is a New Zealand-born British actress.

After a two-episode stint in Grange Hill in 1984, she became a household name for her performance in the title role in Dennis Potter's drama Blackeyes. She is also well-known for playing Jane in the sitcom Coupling.

Her other TV roles include Waking the Dead, Jonathan Creek, Little Napoleons, Only Fools and Horses and Hotel Babylon. She has also appeared in several films including King David, which starred Richard Gere and Edward Woodward.

She co-starred alongside James Nesbitt in the 2007 BBC One drama serial Jekyll, a modern version of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Coupling author Steven Moffat.

In 2008 she began appearing on the TNT channel's serial drama Leverage, as Sophie Devereaux, a grifter or con-artist. The show is starring Timothy Hutton, with its new season coming up July 15th.  New pilot Dark Blue is to follow at 10/9c.