Portrait of Sheila Reid

Acting

Sheila Reid

Career

Active from 1970 to 2025, with a break from 2000 to 2010, busiest in 2023 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Flickers
Flickers
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sheila Reid Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0
  • Warfare
    0.6, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • British Television 2
  • Sisterhood 2
  • Domestic Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

11 titles ยท average score 74
Mother Wound
Mother Wound (2025)

as Adeline

Portraits of Dangerous Women
Portraits of Dangerous Women (2024)

as Nancy

The Power of Parker
The Power of Parker (2023)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Gladys

Dreamland
Dreamland (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Nan

Love Without Walls
Love Without Walls (2023)

as Jeanie Binks

Bodies
Bodies (2023)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Baroness Antonia Garner

Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Etta

Big Boys
Big Boys (2022)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show ยท as Iris

Somewhere I've Been
Somewhere I've Been (2022)

as Mary

The Cleaner
The Cleaner (2021)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Maud

The Man in the Hat
The Man in the Hat (2020)
GoodWatch score 76

as Old Woman

2010s

16 titles ยท average score 68
Dial M for Middlesbrough
Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mildred

Death on the Tyne
Death on the Tyne (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mildred

Elderflower
Elderflower (2018)

as Maureen

Murder on the Blackpool Express
Murder on the Blackpool Express (2017)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mildred

Containment
Containment (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

as Enid

Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 (2014)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Mollie

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Lady Edna Forbes-Leith

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 82

as Gran

Psychobitches
Psychobitches (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Margot Fonteyn / Betty Ford

Playhouse Presents
Playhouse Presents (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Mother Theresa / Betty Ford

The Coldest Caller
The Coldest Caller (2011)

as Mrs. Evans

Case Histories
Case Histories (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Ms MacDonald

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 64
Place of Execution
Place of Execution (2008)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Ma Lomas

A Room with a View
A Room with a View (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Miss Alan

Hush
Hush (2008)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. Coates

Benidorm
Benidorm (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Madge Harvey / Madge

What We Did on Our Holiday
What We Did on Our Holiday (2006)

as Mrs. Piscopo

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Gran

Bones
Bones (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Paige Bonham

Sea of Souls
Sea of Souls (2004)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Aggie the Chambermaid

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (2004)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Mops

The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play (2003)

TV show ยท as Edith

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

as Joyce

Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Reverend Alice

1990s

10 titles ยท average score 67
Felicia's Journey
Felicia's Journey (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Iris

Still Crazy
Still Crazy (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Baggot

The Winter Guest
The Winter Guest (1997)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lily

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Mrs. Metcalfe

The Man Who Knew Too Little
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
GoodWatch score 52

as Woman in SS Cap

Oliver's Travels
Oliver's Travels (1995)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Eileen

The Ghostbusters of East Finchley
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995)

TV show ยท as Hilda

Cruel Train
Cruel Train (1995)

as Vera Mussell

15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993)

as Dr. Elizabeth Perry

American Friends
American Friends (1991)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mrs. Weeks

1980s

17 titles ยท average score 69
Vroom
Vroom (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jake's Mother

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
GoodWatch score 85

as Mrs Friel

Brazil
Brazil (1985)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Buttle

The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show

Taggart
Taggart (1983)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Patsy

The Dresser
The Dresser (1983)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lydia Gibson

Five Days One Summer
Five Days One Summer (1982)
GoodWatch score 40

as Gillian Pierce

The Black Room
The Black Room (1982)
GoodWatch score 45

as Female Lover

Get Lost!
Get Lost! (1981)

TV show ยท as Miss Langley

Flickers
Flickers (1980)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Lily Brewer

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)
GoodWatch score 74

as Lady Florrie Rawlinson

1970s

10 titles ยท average score 57
Big Wheels and Sailor
Big Wheels and Sailor (1979)

as Mother

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Mrs. Donovan

The Emigrants
The Emigrants (1976)

TV show ยท as May Parker

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Doreen Haskins

Z.P.G.
Z.P.G. (1972)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mary Herrick

I Want What I Want
I Want What I Want (1972)
GoodWatch score 51

as June

The Touch
The Touch (1971)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sara Kovac

Justice
Justice (1971)

TV show ยท as Madge

Three Sisters
Three Sisters (1970)
GoodWatch score 46

as Natasha

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maria

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 62
The Alphabet Murders
The Alphabet Murders (1965)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mrs. Fortune

Othello
Othello (1965)
GoodWatch score 67

as Bianca

Theatre 625
Theatre 625 (1964)

TV show ยท as Mavis

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Etta