Portrait of Lia Williams

Acting

Lia Williams

Career

Active from 1988 to 2025, busiest in 1998 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lia Williams Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Period Drama 2
  • Social Injustice 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

52
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 76
MobLand
MobLand (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Emily Gutwell

Decoy
Decoy (2025)

as Vivian

Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Paula Vennells

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Isabel Kirby

Scoop
Scoop (2024)
GoodWatch score 66

as Fran Unsworth

The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Belov

Living
Living (2022)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mrs. Smith

Benediction
Benediction (2021)
GoodWatch score 76

as Edith Sitwell

Archive
Archive (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

as House (voice)

2010s

11 titles · average score 71
The Capture
The Capture (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as DSU Gemma Garland

His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Dr Cooper

Kiri
Kiri (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Alice Warner

Strike
Strike (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Liz Tassel

The Foreigner
The Foreigner (2017)
GoodWatch score 64

as Katherine Davies

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Wallis Simpson / Wallis, Duchess of Windsor

Distance
Distance (2016)

as Jane

The Truth Commissioner
The Truth Commissioner (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

as Prime Minister

The Missing
The Missing (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Nadia Herz

Secret State
Secret State (2012)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Laura Duchenne

Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise (2011)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Grace Verdinikov

2000s

9 titles · average score 59
Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Emma Barnes

The Stronger
The Stronger (2007)

Director

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Joan Tyler

Snow White: The Sequel
Snow White: The Sequel (2007)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sleeping Beauty (voice)

Three Steps to Hendon
Three Steps to Hendon (2005)

as Dawn Luscombe

May 33rd
May 33rd (2004)

TV show · as Ella Wilson

The Russian Bride
The Russian Bride (2001)

TV show · as Natash Cherniavskaya

Chica de Río
Chica de Río (2001)
GoodWatch score 56

as Cathy

The King Is Alive
The King Is Alive (2000)
GoodWatch score 57

as Amanda

1990s

15 titles · average score 66
Shot Through the Heart
Shot Through the Heart (1998)
GoodWatch score 69

as Maida

Firelight
Firelight (1998)
GoodWatch score 56

as Constance

Imogen's Face
Imogen's Face (1998)

as Amanda

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Maggie Markham

The Fifth Province
The Fifth Province (1997)

as Diana De Brie

The Uninvited
The Uninvited (1997)

TV show

Flowers of the Forest
Flowers of the Forest (1996)

as Janet Hilton

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as DCI Carol Deacon

Seaforth
Seaforth (1994)

TV show

Dirty Weekend
Dirty Weekend (1993)
GoodWatch score 51

as Bella

Mr. Wroe's Virgins
Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993)

TV show · as Joanna

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Lady Ashfordly

1980s

8 titles · average score 69
Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf (1988)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Carol Brown

The Yob
The Yob (1988)

as Lucy

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Carrie Langman

Bread
Bread (1986)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Hotel Maid

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Janet Hinton

Girls On Top
Girls On Top (1985)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Secretary

Annika
Annika (1984)

TV show · as Karen

The Comic Strip Presents...
The Comic Strip Presents... (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Lucy