This morning I was looking at my Instagram Feed. The Doctor Who account had a photo of Madame de Pompadour from the "The Girl in the Fireplace" episode. I thought she looked familar....beyond us seeing her in the episode several weeks ago. I had this feeling I've seen her more recently.
My immediate idea is that we saw her in another BBC show recently. Tim and I watched Blackpool last week, and this week we're watching Extras. I thought maybe she was in one of those.
Then I realized she reminds me of an actress from Neighbours. It took me awhile to find photos to compare the two, because I didn't even know the name of the character in Neighbours.
I found it after some searching. It's Georgia Brookes played by Saskia Hampele.
The Doctor Who actress is Sophie Myles.
I compared the Google Images pages of both actresses (Hampele and Myles). I think they look very alike in some photos, and very different in others. But then in photos where Hampele looks very different from Myles, I also think she looks very different from what I know of her from Neighbours. And when Myles looks very different from Hampele, I also think she doesn't look like Madame de Pompadour.
Oh...goodness. I just looked at Sophie Myles' filmography. It turns out I was right the first time. She WAS on Extras! We just saw her a couple of days ago. She was in the episode with Orlando Bloom. I'm disappointed in myself for not recognizing her...as herself; or mistaking her for an Australian actress.
It's weird how the brain connects things. Or at least my brain. As I've been watching Neighbours, I never thought the Georgia character reminded me of Madame de Pompadour. Although maybe it did on a subconscious level? And when watching Extras, I didn't do my very common: Who is that actress? She looks so familiar. Yet today I saw the Doctor Who photo, and started wondering things.
My immediate idea is that we saw her in another BBC show recently. Tim and I watched Blackpool last week, and this week we're watching Extras. I thought maybe she was in one of those.
Then I realized she reminds me of an actress from Neighbours. It took me awhile to find photos to compare the two, because I didn't even know the name of the character in Neighbours.
I found it after some searching. It's Georgia Brookes played by Saskia Hampele.
The Doctor Who actress is Sophie Myles.
I compared the Google Images pages of both actresses (Hampele and Myles). I think they look very alike in some photos, and very different in others. But then in photos where Hampele looks very different from Myles, I also think she looks very different from what I know of her from Neighbours. And when Myles looks very different from Hampele, I also think she doesn't look like Madame de Pompadour.
Oh...goodness. I just looked at Sophie Myles' filmography. It turns out I was right the first time. She WAS on Extras! We just saw her a couple of days ago. She was in the episode with Orlando Bloom. I'm disappointed in myself for not recognizing her...as herself; or mistaking her for an Australian actress.
It's weird how the brain connects things. Or at least my brain. As I've been watching Neighbours, I never thought the Georgia character reminded me of Madame de Pompadour. Although maybe it did on a subconscious level? And when watching Extras, I didn't do my very common: Who is that actress? She looks so familiar. Yet today I saw the Doctor Who photo, and started wondering things.
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