Gerda Stevenson

Gerda Stevenson is a Scottish actress, director, and writer, described by the Scotsman in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress." She has played a vast range of parts in the theater, including both Desdemona and Lady MacBeth, and has apeared in many television dramas. She was Murren's mother in the Mel Gibson film Braveheart, and her voice is familiar to listeners of British radio as a reader of short stories and adaptations.