Patricia Laffan

Sadly, she is not. Patricia passed away 2 and a half years ago but her death was only recently discovered and made public. Looks like she stayed right out of the limelight so much as to avoid publicity even after her death.

"I don't think there's anything extraordinary about me except this passion for the truth."

Just watched this for the first time, and other than Peter Ustinov's great "Nero", Patricia's "Poppaea" character was my favorite. I would have enjoyed more of her. I always like the evil/sexy/vindictive female characters like hers. I would have enjoyed this had it been done like HBO series Rome and her appetites could have been more on display. Striking looking woman and I liked the visual style of her her character.