Deborah Findlay
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010. In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford. She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Such a Lovely Day as Grandmother
- 2023 · Up on the Roof as Claire
- 2021 · From A Strange Land as Margaret
- 2021 · Romeo & Juliet as Nurse
- 2021 · The Drowning as Lynn
- 2019 · Making Noise Quietly as Helene
- 2018 · National Theatre Live: Allelujah! as Sister Gilchrist
- 2018 · The Split as Ruth
- 2017 · Kaleidoscope as Maureen
- 2017 · Hampstead as Mary Neal
- 2016 · Jackie as Maud Shaw
- 2016 · The Ones Below as Tessa
- 2015 · The Lady in the Van as Pauline
- 2015 · Life In Squares as Aunt Jane
- 2015 · Coalition as Harriet Harman
- 2015 · Suite Française as Madame Joseph
- 2014 · Lovesick as Fiona
- 2014 · National Theatre Live: Coriolanus as Volumnia
- 2012 · Leaving as Vanessa
- 2011 · Arthur Christmas as General (voice)
- 2009 · Gunrush as Jill
- 2008 · Summer as Doctor Price
- 2008 · One of Those Days as Supervisor
- 2007 · Who Gets the Dog as Pamela Wilson
- 2007 · Cranford as Miss Tomkinson
- 2007 · Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale as Susan Owen
- 2007 · The Yellow House as Madame Roulin
- 2007 · Lewis as Lady Hugh
- 2007 · This Life +10 as
- 2007 · This Life +10 as Doctor
- 2006 · Torchwood as Denise Riley
- 2004 · Vanity Fair as Mrs. Sedley
- 2003 · Home as Margaret Ballantyne
- 2003 · State of Mind as D.C.I Stella Munroe
- 2001 · Me Without You as Judith
- 2000 · Anna Karenina as Countess Lydia
- 1999 · The End of the Affair as Miss Smythe
- 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Miss Phoebe
- 1999 · The Last Train as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Lorna Soane
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Hilary Richards
- 1997 · Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
- 1996 · This Life as Doctor
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Gemma King
- 1995 · Jack & Sarah as Miss Cartwright
- 1995 · Kavanagh Q.C. as Susannah Emmott
- 1994 · Milner as Sylvia Milner
- 1993 · 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight as Cheryl Morris
- 1992 · Natural Lies as
- 1992 · Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Kay Consett
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Eva Knight
- 1991 · The House of Bernarda Alba as Martirio
- 1991 · Top Girls as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
- 1991 · All Good Things as Doll
- 1991 · Truly Madly Deeply as Claire
- 1991 · Performance as Isabella Bird
- 1989 · First and Last as Lisa
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Rowena Drake
- 1986 · Casualty as Debbie Cookson
- 1986 · Ladies in Charge as
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Sarah Cushing
- 1983 · Dalgliesh as Heather Pearce
- 1983 · Busted as Angela
- 1982 · Commitments as Ingy
- 1971 · Great Performances as Nurse