Stella Gonet Biography
Stella Gonet is a Scottish theatre, film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC dramas The House of Eliott and Holby City. Her stage credits include playing Ophelia in the 1989 National Theatre revival of Hamlet, opposite both Daniel Day-Lewis and Ian Charleson as Hamlet and playing Margaret Thatcher in the original West End production of Handbagged (2014).
How old is Stella Gonet? – Age
She is 63 years old as of May 8, 2023. The actress was born on May 8, 1960, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Stella Gonet Height
The actress stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Stella Gonet Early Life
According to data, the film actress hasn’t revealed the names of her parents. Although it is known that her Polish father met her Scottish mother, a teacher of English, when he was stationed in Greenock during the Second World War. She is the seventh of twelve children and four of her sisters are nurses.
Is Stella Gonet married? – Husband
The actress married English actor Nicholas Farrell in 2005. They both have a daughter, Natasha born in 2000.
Stella Gonet Career
Gonet starred as Beatrice Eliott, one of the two lead roles, in three series of the television drama The House of Eliot and played Chief Executive Officer Jayne Grayson in the medical drama Holby City. She appeared in Casualty, The Crow Road, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Foyle’s War, Outnumbered and Lewis. She played a villain in the mini-series The Secret and played Grace Maplin in the Sins of Commission episode of Midsomer Murders. Her screen credits also include For Queen and Country, Nicholas Nickleby and Red Mercury.
Stella also has acted extensively in the theatre. In 1989 she appeared as Ophelia in the National Theatre production of Hamlet, with the title role being played by Daniel Day-Lewis, Ian Charleson and Finally Jeremy Northam. She played Margaret Thatcher in the Moira Buffini play Handbagged in 2013 at the Tricycle Theatre, and in 2014 at the Vaudeville Theatre when the play transferred to the West End. She played Elizabeth in the 2018 BBC1 drama series The Cry.
In 2020, Stella played Caroline Sturgess in the BBC drama The Salisbury Poisonings. From 2020 to 2023 she appeared in the Sky television series Breeders. Collaborating with Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain, Gonet appeared in the films Spencer (2021) and EI Conde (2023) as Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher respectively.
Stella Gonet TV
1985 – Gems
1986 – To Have and to Hold
1986 – Casualty
1987 – ScreenPlay
1989 – The Bill
1991 – The Advocates
1991 – Screen Two
1992 – Stalin
1996 – The Crow Road
1996 – Drop the Dead Donkey
2002 – The Secret
2004 – Midsomer Murders
2005 – The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2005 – Taggart
2007 – Persuasion
2008 – Casualty
2014 – Silk
2015 – Humans
2017 – Man Down
2018 – The Cry
2021 – Breeders
