Kathryn Pogson (born 1954) is an English film and stage actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil. She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1986 New York production of Aunt Dan and Lemon.
She grew up in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, where she attended Crossley & Porter Grammar School. She has appeared on television many times, including appearances in We'll Meet Again, Midsomer Murders, Vera and Foyle's War.
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Theatre work
Jack and the Beanstalk | Fairy Dewdrop | Bacup Empire | Gloria Parkinson
Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Theatremobile
Twelfth Night | Viola | The Dukes, Lancaster
The Arbor | Girl | Royal Court Theatre
Hedda Gabler | Thea Elvsted | Roundhouse
Touched | Betty | Royal Court Theatre
At Home | Two Hander | Riverside Studios
Hamlet | Ophelia | Donmar Warehouse
The Shelter | The Woman | Lyric Theatre, London
1983 Masterpieces | Rowena | Royal Court Theatre
1984 The Lucky Chance | Leticia | Royal Court Theatre
1985 Deadlines | Jane Carberry | Royal Court Theatre
1985 Aunt Dan and Lemon | Lemon | Royal Court Theatre | The Public Theater | won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
1987 The Balcony | Carmen | Royal Shakespeare Company | Terry Hands
1987 A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | Royal Shakespeare Company
1988 One Way Pendulum | Sylvia | Old Vic
1989 Richard II | Queen Isabel | Phoenix Theatre, London
1989 Richard III | Lady Anne | Phoenix Theatre, London
1990 Nightingale | Florence | Dimson Theatre NY
1991 The Lady from the Sea | Ellida | Women's Playhouse Trust
1992 The Crackwalker | Sandy | Gate Theatre
1995 The Fairy Queen | Helena | Lisbon
1997 The Cenci | Lucretia | Almeida Theatre
1997 The Brutality of Fact | Maggie | New End Theatre
1997 The Merchant of Venice | Portia | The Globe Theatre | Richard Olivier
1997 The Honest | Viola | The Globe Theatre | Jack Shepherd
1998 The Snow Palace | Stanislava | Sphynx – Tricycle and Oslo | Janet Suzman
2001 Cherished Disappointments in Love | Her | Sphinx – Helsinki State Theatre | Sue Parish
2002 Just Between Ourselves | Vera | No 1 Tour | Dominic Hill
2003 Girl Watching | Polly | Birmingham Rep/Tour | Natasha Betteridge
2005 Carver | Woman | Arcola | William Gaskill
2009 Legacy | Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst | Theatre of Angels (National Tour) | Maria Pattinson
2011 Sixty-Six Books: The Foundation | Theta | Bush Theatre | Peter Gill
2012 Blood Wedding | The Mother | Royal & Derngate, Northampton | Laurie Sansom
2012 The Bachae | Agave | Royal & Derngate, Northampton | Laurie Sansom
2015 Antigone | Eurydice | Barbican | Ivo van Hove
2019 My Brother's Keeper | Mrs Stone | The Playground Theatre | Craig Gilbert