Portrait of Barbara Marten

Acting

Barbara Marten

Career

Active from 1993 to 2022, busiest in 2008 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Bob & Rose
Bob & Rose
GoodWatch score68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 26 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Marten Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.1, average 2.0
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 65
Digger
Digger (2026)
GoodWatch score 62

as Beatrice Compson

Dune: Prophecy
Dune: Prophecy (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Sister Avila

My Lady Jane
My Lady Jane (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Granny

The Twin
The Twin (2022)
GoodWatch score 43

as Helen

Slow Horses
Slow Horses (2022)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Anne

The Devil's Hour
The Devil's Hour (2022)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Sylvia

Dalgliesh
Dalgliesh (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Janet Carpenter

Her Majesty
Her Majesty (2021)

as Her Majesty (Aged)

The Turning
The Turning (2020)
GoodWatch score 30

as Mrs. Grose

2010s

12 titles ยท average score 69
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations (2019)

as May

Sanctuary
Sanctuary (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Margot

A Discovery of Witches
A Discovery of Witches (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Queen Elizabeth

Mrs Wilson
Mrs Wilson (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Mrs. McKelvie

Everything is Possible: The York Suffragettes
Everything is Possible: The York Suffragettes (2017)

as Annie Seymour Pearson

Hamlet
Hamlet (2015)

as Gertrude

The Mill
The Mill (2013)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Hannah Greg

Public Enemies
Public Enemies (2012)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Kathy Whiteley

Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry IV, Part 1 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

as Mistress Quickley / Lady Northumberland

Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Henry IV, Part 2 - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2012)

as Mistress Quickly / Lady Northumberland

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Diane Barton

Oranges and Sunshine
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mary

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 62
Mother, Mine
Mother, Mine (2008)

as Margaret

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (2008)

as Fanny

Goldplated
Goldplated (2006)

TV show ยท as Beth White

Faith
Faith (2005)

as Doreen

Between Two Women
Between Two Women (2004)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ellen Hardy

The Royal
The Royal (2003)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Assistant Matron Thelma Parker

The Debt
The Debt (2003)
GoodWatch score 66

as Gwen Dresner

Flesh and Blood
Flesh and Blood (2002)

as Barbara

A Is for Acid
A Is for Acid (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

as Emily Haigh

Bob & Rose
Bob & Rose (2001)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Carol Cooper

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Penny Cain

Fat Friends
Fat Friends (2000)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Liz Ashburn

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 72
Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Louise Roach

Band of Gold
Band of Gold (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Mrs Richards

Harry
Harry (1993)

TV show ยท as Rita Salter

The Sherman Plays
The Sherman Plays (1993)

TV show ยท as Gwen John

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Margaret Watson

Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill (1990)

as Sheila Stalker

1980s

5 titles ยท average score 68
The Fifteen Streets
The Fifteen Streets (1989)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hannah Kelly

Home Run
Home Run (1989)

as Bill's Wife

Love Birds
Love Birds (1988)

as Marlene

A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mrs Sykes

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Tamara Redpath