Tamsin Greig Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress. She played Fran Katzenjammer in "Black Books", Dr Caroline Todd in "Green Wing" and Beverly Lincoln in the British-American sitcom "Episodes". She currently stars as Jackie in the Channel 4 sitcom "Friday Night Dinner". Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama "Love Soup", Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera "The Archers", Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's "Emma", and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of "Tamara Drewe". Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress;
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