<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1988--2007 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Ian Dunn (m . 1991) </Td> </Tr> <P> Emma Gwynedd Mary Chambers (11 March 1964--21 February 2018) was an English actress . She was known for playing the role of Alice Tinker in the BBC comedy The Vicar of Dibley and Honey Thacker in the film Notting Hill (1999). </P> <P> Chambers was born on 11 March 1964, in Doncaster, the daughter of John Chambers, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and his wife Noelle, née Strange . Her siblings are business owners (created Storm Model Management) Sarah and Simon . She attended St. Mary's School and her secondary education was at St Swithun's School, Winchester, Hampshire . She then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1980s, where she was a classmate of actor Ross Kemp . </P>

Who played alice tinker in the vicar of dibley