Linda Bassett is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her film career.
Bassett was born in Pluckley, Kent, England, to a typist mother and a police officer father. Her roles include the awardwinning part of Ella Khan in the 1999 British comedy film East is East. Other roles include Mrs. Jennings in the threepart BBC adaptation Sense and Sensibility, Queenie Turrill in Lark Rise to Candleford, Doll in the film Cass.
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