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Acting

Deborah Findlay

Career: Active from 1982 to 2025, busiest in 1991 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Deborah Findlay Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.4, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 3
Suspenseful 3
Character-Driven Drama 3
Claustrophobic Atmosphere 2
Class Conflict 2
Psychological Depth 2
Emotional Depth 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 62

Ladies First

41

as Mrs. Sachs

A Death in the Family

as Mother

That Christmas

65

as Mrs. Horton (voice)

Up on the Roof

as Claire

Such a Lovely Day

as Grandmother

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

70

as Nurse

The Drowning

57

TV show · as Lynn

Dalgliesh

75

TV show · as Miss Willard

From A Strange Land

as Margaret

2010s

15 titles · average score 70

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations

as Helene

The Split

76

TV show · as Ruth Defoe

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

as Sister Gilchrist

Kaleidoscope

58

as Maureen

The Ones Below

62

as Tessa

Jackie

75

as Maud Shaw

Suite Française

62

as Madame Joseph

The Lady in the Van

72

as Pauline

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

82

as Volumnia

Lovesick

89

TV show · as Fiona

Leaving

65

TV show · as Vanessa

Arthur Christmas

76

as General (voice)

2000s

17 titles · average score 72

Gunrush

as Jill

One of Those Days

as Supervisor

Lewis

80

TV show · as Lady Hugh

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale

as Susan Owen

Cranford

72

TV show · as Miss Tomkinson

The Yellow House

as Madame Roulin

Who Gets the Dog

as Pamela Wilson

TV show · as Jeanette

Torchwood

81

TV show · as Denise Riley

Vanity Fair

53

as Mrs. Sedley

Home

as Margaret Ballantyne

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell

1990s

21 titles · average score 75

The End of the Affair

67

as Miss Smythe

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Lorna Soane / Hilary Richards

Jane Eyre

70

as Mrs. Reed

Trial & Retribution

72

TV show · as Jill Ashton

Silent Witness

75

TV show · as Gemma King

Kavanagh Q.C.

75

TV show · as Susannah Emmott

Milner

as Sylvia Milner

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Eva Knight

Top Girls

as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd

Truly Madly Deeply

74

as Claire

All Good Things

TV show · as Doll

The House of Bernarda Alba

as Martirio

1980s

11 titles · average score 76

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Rowena Drake

First and Last

as Lisa

Omnibus: Caryl Churchill

as Player in 'Top Girls' extract

What If It's Raining

TV show · as Marilyn

Casualty

62

TV show · as Debbie Cookson

Ladies in Charge

TV show · as Hetty

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as Sarah Cushing

Shroud for a Nightingale

69

TV show · as Heather Pearce

Dalgliesh

79

TV show · as Heather Pearce

Busted

as Angela

Commitments

as Ingy

1970s

1 title · average score 70

Great Performances

70

TV show · as Nurse