鲁伯特·福兰德2004年处女作《浪荡子》中出演过约翰尼·德普角色的情人，次年在《傲慢与偏见》中扮演了追求伊丽莎白并造成她对达西先生“偏见”的威肯先生，由此为更多人熟悉，同时戏外的他成功抱得美人归，同凯拉·奈特利之间的情事甚至是婚期都常常登上英伦小报的头条，福兰德本人的外形也被认为同奈特利的“铁匠男友”奥兰多·布鲁姆惊人相似。
Millicent Martin was born on June 8, 1934 in Romford, Essex, England as Millicent Mary Lillian Martin. She is an actress, known for Alfie (1966), Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) and From a Bird's Eye View (1970). She has been married to Marc Alexander since 1978. She was previously married to Norman Eshley and Ronnie Carroll.
After three years of drama school, she headed to Manchester and the Royal Exchange Theater. There, among her other credits, she had leading roles in the plays "The Deep Man", "Measure For Measure" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", in which she played "Stella". At the same time, she was busily carving a niche for herself in numerous BBC television plays, including Cover Her Face (1985), Pride and Prejudice (1980), "Unity", Hideaway (1986), "Byron" and the ten-part The Citadel (1983). She was also a featured regular on the English comedy series Up Line (1987). In 1984, she made her feature film debut in Horton Foote's Nineteen Nineteen (1985).
