Andrea Lowe

Andrea Lowe (born 1 January 1975) is an English TV, film, and theatre actress. Lowe got her first major role in the Harold Pinter play The Birthday Party at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. She has played numerous roles on television, stage, and film. However, she is most known for her 5-year turn as Detective Sergeant Annie Cabbot in the ITV series DCI Banks (2011–2016).

Andrea Lowe
Born	(1975-01-01) 1 January 1975 (age 50) Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Partner	Terry Betts
Children	1

Early life

Lowe was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire^[1] on 1 January 1975.^[2] She attended Redhill Comprehensive School,^[3][4] the Lesley Reason School of Dance in Gedling^[4] and the Carlton TV acting academy.^[2] She also performed with the theatre group, Acorn.^[1][3] Lowe later studied English and theatre in London^[1] at Goldsmiths College.^[4]

Career

Lowe started her theatre career at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre in the play The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter.^[1]

In 1993, she had her first film role, alongside Samantha Morton, in the musical comedy drama The Token King, set in a high school in Nottingham. Among her extensive work since then, Lowe guest-starred in two episodes of the second season of The Tudors in which she played Lady Eleanor Luke, a fictional noblewoman who was briefly the mistress of Henry VIII, and played Vicky in the 2009 TV film, The Unloved.

Lowe played the role of Annie Cabbot for 5 years in the British television network ITV series DCI Banks (2011–2016), having also played the role in its pilot, DCI Banks: Aftermath (2010). Lowe was absent for much of the second season as she and her character were on maternity leave.^[5]

Lowe starred in Alan Ayckbourn's play How the Other Half Loves alongside Jenny Seagrove and Jason Merrells at the Duke of York's Theatre, the West End theatre, on St Martin's Lane, London in 2016. In 2023, she starred in Dixon and Daughters at the National Theatre.^[6]

Film work

• The Arbiter as Kate (2013)
• Route Irish (Sixteen Films) (2010)
• Club Le Monde as Sarah (Screen Production Associates) (2002)
• Pandaemonium as Edith Southey (Mariner Films)(2000)
• Threesome as Melanie (Sugar & Water Films)(2000)
• Repeat After Me (Channel 4 Dogma Series; Ideal World)
• The Rover's Return (Short End Films)
• The Perfect G (London Guildhall)
• The Token King (Channel 4)
• Snorted (Goldsmiths College)

TV work

• Endeavour, Series 8, Episode 2, Pauline Lunn, 2022
• Agatha Raisin - “The Wizard of Evesham” (Eve Pemberton) 2018
• Trust Me - TV Series, 2 episodes (Ally Sutton) 2017
• Midsomer Murders Series 16, Episode 2 "Let Us Prey" (Ava Gould) 2014
• Lewis Series 8, "The Lions of Nemea" (Philippa Garwood) 2014
• Inspector George Gently Series 6, "Blue For Bluebird" (Cherry Stretch) 2014
• Love Life (mini series, 3 episodes) (Lucy) 2012
• DCI Banks (series) (DS Annie Cabbot) 2011–2016
• DCI Banks: Aftermath (DS Annie Cabbot) 2010
• Accused Series One, Episode 4, "Kenny's Story" (Donna Armstrong) 2010
• The Unloved (movie) (Vicki) 2009
• Coronation Street three episodes (Naomi) 2009
• The Tudors Series Two, episodes 3 & 4 (Lady Eleonor Luke) 2008
• No Heroics Series One, episode 1 "Supergroupie" (Vicci) 2008
• Silent Witness Episode "Terror" Parts 1&2 (Emily Wright) 2008
• Torchwood Series Two, episode "Fragments" (Katie) 2008
• Agatha Christie's Marple "Ordeal By Innocence" (Maureen) 2007
• Murphy's Law (Series 5) (Kim Goodall) 2007
• New Tricks Series 4, Episode 6, "Buried Treasure" (Tina Murphy) 2007
• Where the Heart Is – TV Series, 9 episodes, (Zoë Phelps) 2006
• Cracker (Elaine) 2006
• Murder City – "Death of a Ladies' Man" (Helen Osborn) 2006
• The Bill – Episodes 400 and 401 (Leigh Bevan) 2006
• Love Soup – "The Reflecting Pool" (Tina) 2005
• A Thing Called Love (Liz Leech) 2004
• No Angels – Episode No. 1.9 (Julia) 2004
• Fields of Gold (W.P.C.) 2002
• Rescue Me (Melanie Woods)
• Peak Practice – Suffer the Little Children (Zoë Thomson) 2001
• The Sleeper (Donna) 2000
• Nature Boy (Claire Whitaker) 2000
• Night and Day (BBC)
• Doctors – Episode "Second Chance" (Jackie Dean)

Selected theatre work

• How The Other Half Loves (Duke of York's Theatre, West End, London)
• Bash (Citizens Theatre Glasgow)
• A Day in Dull Armour (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs)
• The Birthday Party (Crucible Theatre Sheffield)
• Lost and Found (River House Barn)
• Gong Donkeys (The Bush Theatre)