Michelle Arthur

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Michelle Arthur is an English actress based in the United States. She has appeared in various television series, films, and video games. She is also known for her work with J. J. Abrams, appearing in Mission: Impossible III and episodes of Alias and Lost.

Career[edit]

Film[edit]

She appeared as the Thorpe Sisters in the 1987 film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey. Arthur also appeared in the James Bond film GoldenEye (1995) as "Anna Nishkova". She has also appeared in the 1997 film Clockwatchers as "Dianne", in Seabiscuit (2003) as "Marcela's friend", in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004). She also starred in the 2005 remake of Fun With Dick and Jane as Dick's secretary and in Mission: Impossible III (another collaboration with Abrams) as an airline worker. She appeared in the 2011 film Thin Ice.

Television[edit]

On television, Arthur has guest starred in shows such as Leap of Faith as "Claudia", four episodes of Alias as "Abigail" (a third Abrams collaboration), three episodes of Lost as "Michelle the flight attendant" (a fourth collaboration with Abrams), two episodes of The Big Bang Theory as "Mrs Petrescu" and one episode of Grey's Anatomy as "Brooke". She was set to appear in J. J. Abrams' television series The Catch as "Stella", before its cancellation by ABC. She was a regular cast member and writer on the comedy Head Case as Lola on the Starz network.

Voice work[edit]

Arthur has also lent her voice to several video games, including Armed & Dangerous, playing three characters - "Leper Boy", "Leper Woman" and "Lady of the Pond", as well as voicing characters in X-Men Legends (as Moira & Female Prisoner #3) and EverQuest II (as Smith Cayless Chambers, Merchant Tanaira and Vida Sweeps). She has also done the voice of Jote from Final Fantasy XII.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1995 GoldenEye Anna
1997 Clockwatchers Diane, the Shoe Lady
2001 Free Secretary
2004 Seabiscuit Marcela's Friend
2004 The Terminal Field Reporter
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Dick's Secretary
2006 Mission: Impossible III Airline Worker
2006 Happy Feet Adélie Chica Voice
2007 The Number 23 Sybil
2007 Charlie Wilson's War Refugee Camp Nurse
2011 Thin Ice Karla Gruenke
2012 Battleship British Newscaster
2013 Saving Mr. Banks Polly
2016 Best Fake Friends Rachel

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Screen Two Thorpe Sisters Episode: "Northanger Abbey"
1998 Players Doctor Episode: "Mint Condition"
2002 Leap of Faith Claudia Episode: "The Balls Game"
2002 Alias Abigail 4 episodes
2004–2005 Lost Michelle, Flight Attendant #3
2005 Grey's Anatomy Brooke Episode: "Into You Like a Train"
2005 The Catch Stella Television film
2007–2009 Head Case Lola Buckingham 28 episodes
2009 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Dana Episode: "Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep"
2011 Private Practice Psychiatrist Episode: "Two Steps Back"
2015 In-Between Dean Haglund Episode: "Murder"
2016, 2018 The Big Bang Theory Mrs. Petrescu 2 episodes
2018, 2020 Mom Belinda
2019 Station 19 British Woman Tenney Episode: "Crazy Train"
2019, 2020 Dirty John 2 episodes
2022 The Villains of Valley View Grandma (voice) Episode: "Havoc-Ween"

Video games[edit]

Year Title Role Source
2003 Armed and Dangerous Leper Boy, Leper Woman, The Lady Of The Pond
2004 X-Men Legends Moira MacTaggert, Female Prisoner #3
2004 EverQuest II Smith Cayless Chambers, Merchant Tanaira, Vida Sweeps
2006 Final Fantasy XII Jote [1]
2012 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Additional voices
2013 Marvel Heroes Valkyrie
2014 The Elder Scrolls Online Almalexia, Lyranth, Meridia, Additional voices
2014 WildStar Luminai Female
2016 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Additional voices
2017 The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Michelle Arthur (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

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