BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-BRITISH " ANGEL COULBY " IS AN ENGLISH ACTRESS, SHE MADE HER TELEVISION DEBUT IN THE BBC COMEDY ORRIBLE : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                             BLACK               SOCIAL            HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                               Angel Coulby (born 30 August 1980) is an English actress. She made her television debut in the BBC comedy 'Orrible. She is best known for portraying the character Queen Guinevere "Gwen" Pendragon in the BBC fantasy series Merlin.

Early life

Coulby was born and grew up in north London, she moved to Edinburgh to study for a degree in acting at Queen Margaret University.

Career

She is seen in an episode of Scariest Places on Earth, not! as a student who had an encounter with a ghost. Her breakthrough came in 2001 with her role in the Johnny Vaughan vehicle 'Orrible. She was later chosen to play Gwen, a young woman who would later become Queen Guinevere, in the BBC One fantasy TV series Merlin.

In an interview, Coulby stated that she enjoys being able to play the character from Gwen the humble, lowly maid servant all the way to Queen Guinevere of Camelot. In that capacity, she starred in all the five seasons, and most of the episodes, right up to the final one.

She took the star role of the jazz singer Jessie in the BBC Two Stephen Poliakoff five-part 2013 drama serial Dancing on the Edge along with Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Goodman,Matthew Goode, Anthony Head and Jacqueline Bisset.^[1]

It was announced in February that Coulby would star in the British remake of The Tunnel, a Scandinavian crime drama. She will star alongside Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy. The series aired in late 2013.^[2]

Coulby has stated in interviews that she enjoys music festivals and has recently taken up sewing as a hobby, as well as designing clothes and playing guitar.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Scariest Places on Earth	Awassa Tact (scared student), name intended as wordplay on "I was attacked"[3][4]	Episode: "2.10 – Exorcism: Greyfriars Cemetery 1"
2001	'Orrible	Shiv	4 episodes
2002	Casualty	Sally	Episode: "In the Heat of the Night"
	Having It Off	Kylie Riley	TV series
	A Good Thief	Leah Pickering	TV movie
2003	The Second Coming	PC Louise Fraser	TV miniseries
	Manchild	Pippa	Episode: "2.4"
2004	Making Waves	LMA Anita Cook	Episode: "1.1" Episode: "1.2"
	As If	Amber	7 episodes
	Conviction	Jemma Ryan	6 episodes
	Holby City	Maxine Framley	Episode: "A Good Day to Bury Bad News"
2005	The Jacket	Intern No. 2
	Murder Investigation Team	Lee Allanson	Episode: "2.1"
	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse	Receptionist
	Imagine Me & You	Anna
	Vincent	Gillian Lafferty	7 episodes
2006	Hustle	Alice	Episode: "A Bollywood Dream"
	Doctor Who	Katherine	Episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace"
	The Bill	Zoe Hughes	Episode: "461"
	Tripping Over	Charity	Episode: "1.5"
2007	Magicians	Receptionist
	Gina's Laughing Gear	Nurse Jones	Episode: "Dollby City"
	Secret Life	Young Mum	TV movie
	New Street Law	Sharon Weir	Episode: "2.6"
	Talk to Me	Faith	4 episodes
	The Visit	Rachael	6 episodes
	Life Is Wild		Episode: "Heritage Day"
2008– 2012	Merlin	Queen Guinevere "Gwen" Pendragon	65 episodes (main role)
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Jessie Taylor	5 episodes (main role)
	The Tunnel	Laura Roebuck	10 episodes (main role)