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Acting

Linda Bassett

Career: Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 1998 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Far from the Madding Crowd
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Linda Bassett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Scare
1.4, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Violence
3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Satire 4
Character-Driven 3
Character-Driven Narrative 3
Class Conflict 3
Emotional Depth 2
Witty Dialogue 2
Coming of Age 2
Based on True Events 2
Emotional Resonance 2
Literary Adaptation 2
Tragic Romance 2
Coming-of-Age Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 72

Bare Roots

as Sue

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

72

as Queenie

2010s

9 titles · average score 68

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

70

as Dr Yasmine Vondenburg

Strike

74

TV show · as Joan Nancarrow

Effie Gray

51

as Anna

National Theatre Live: People

as Iris

Spies of Warsaw

67

TV show · as Maika Rosen

Call the Midwife

82

TV show · as Nurse Phyllis Crane / Phyllis Crane

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby

TV show · as Mrs. Smike

Grandma's House

71

TV show · as Grandma Lily

West Is West

62

as Ella Khan

2000s

15 titles · average score 65

Sense and Sensibility

76

TV show · as Mrs. Jennings

Cass

61

as Doll

The Reader

67

as Ms. Brenner

Lark Rise to Candleford

83

TV show · as Queenie Turrill

Kinky Boots

63

as Mel

Colour Me Kubrick

47

as Trolley Lady

Separate Lies

64

as Maggie

The English Harem

as Monica Pringle

The Brief

72

TV show · as Maureen Tyler

Calendar Girls

67

as Cora

The Hours

78

as Nelly Boxall

The Martins

53

as Anthea

1990s

27 titles · average score 66

East Is East

72

as Ella Khan

Far from the Madding Crowd

77

TV show · as Maryann Money

Spoonface Steinberg

as Mrs. Spud

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

as Mary Thornton

Far from the Madding Crowd

68

as Maryann Money

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Eileen Carnack

No Bananas

TV show · as Ellen Slater

Loved Up

60

as Mum

Kavanagh Q.C.

75

TV show · as Miss Haddon QC

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Beryl Palmer

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Mrs Cornish

A Small Dance

as Sandra Matkin

1980s

8 titles · average score 66

Traffik

79

TV show · as Rachel Lithgow

Paris by Night

54

as Janet Swanton

Omnibus: Caryl Churchill

as Player in 'Cloud 9' extract

Waiting for the Moon

56

as Gertrude Stein

Casualty

62

TV show · as Olwyn Humphries

The Bill

77

TV show

Dramarama

TV show · as Meg Crawford

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Gertrude Stein