Anna-Louise Plowman From 2016-2017 she played chamber maid Mrs. Hudson in the hit series "Black Sails", which starred Toby Stephens. Plowman attended the Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, New Zealand between 1982 and 1989, where she graduated from Form 7. She later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Lecoq School in Paris. Plowman married actor Toby Stephens, who is the son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and the late Sir Robert Stephens, in London, in 2001. In May 2007, Plowman and Stephens had their first child, a son named Eli Alistair. Simon Gray, the renowned British playwright (who
Toby Stephens Stephens took the part of James Bond himself in the readings. In early December 2008, Stephens read from "Coda", the last book written by his good friend Simon Gray, for BBC Radio 4. The excerpts from which Stephens read included Gray's description of his participation as godfather at the christening of Stephens' son Eli. Early in 2009, Stephens appeared as Prince John in season 3 of the BBC series "Robin Hood". The series also aired on BBC America in the United States. Stephens' more recent television appearances include two episodes of a six-part television series, "Strike Back", based on the