Teresa Churcher (born 7 January) is an English actress whose film credits include Gosford Park, Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist, Being Julia, Creation and The Woman in Black. Churcher was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Churcher graduated with a Drama Diploma (honours) and the award for Most Promising Student from a London drama school in the mid 1990s. She began her career on the London stage playing Olga in Three Sisters, Agnes in Agnes of God and Sue Murray in The Truth Game.