Alexandra Afryea – Care

Alexandra plays the role of Nurse Alice Darwin in Jimmy McGovern and Gillian Juckes Care.

Care will be shown on BBC 1 at 9pm on Sunday 9th December.

Jenny Northwood, played by Sheridan Smith, is a single mother of two struggling to raise her two girls after her feckless husband left for another woman. Her widowed mother Mary is her lifeline, helping out with the kids which allows Jenny to hold down her full-time job at the supermarket. When Mary (played by Alison Steadman)suffers a massive stroke resulting in vascular dementia, Jenny’s world comes crashing down.

 

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