Geraldine James

Biography

Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Silo

Play for Today

Anne with an E

Inspector Morse

Natural World

The Sweeney

All Movies (74)

• Creditors2025 · as Tekla
• Tank Boy2025
• Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible2023 · as Narrator
• The Trap2023
• Benediction2021 · as Theresa Thornycroft
• A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Downton Abbey2019 · as Queen Mary
• Beast2018 · as Hilary Huntington
• Megan Leavey2017 · as Dr. Turbeville
• Daphne2017 · as Rita
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016 · as Blue Three
• Alice Through the Looking Glass2016 · as Lady Ascot
• 45 Years2015 · as Lena
• Robot Overlords2015 · as Monique
• Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film2014 · as Self
• Legacy2013 · as Martha
• Diana2013 · as Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
• Dr. Easy2013 · as Voice of Dr. Easy
• The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World2013 · as Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
• 13 Steps Down2012 · as Gwendolen Chawcer
• The Farmer's Wife2012 · as The Farmer's Wife
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011 · as Cecilia Vanger
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows2011 · as Mrs. Hudson
• Arthur2011 · as Vivienne
• Made in Dagenham2010 · as Connie
• Alice in Wonderland2010 · as Lady Ascot
• Sherlock Holmes2009 · as Mrs. Hudson
• Caught in a Trap2008 · as Joyce Perkins
• Heist2008 · as Joanna the Concubine
• Ocean Voyagers2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Northanger Abbey2007 · as Jane Austen (voice)
• The Time of Your Life2007 · as Eileen
• The Fever2007 · as Ranevskaya
• The 50 Greatest Television Dramas2007 · as Self
• A Harlot's Progress2006 · as Mother Needham
• Calendar Girls2003 · as Marie
• Hearts of Gold2003 · as Elizabeth Powell
• The Hound of the Baskervilles2002 · as Mrs. Mortimer
• White Teeth2002 · as Joyce Malfen
• An Angel for May2002 · as Susan Higgins
• Taliesin Jones2002 · as Mum
• Tom & Thomas2002 · as Miss Tromp
• All Forgotten2001 · as Mother
• The Luzhin Defence2000 · as Vera, Natalia's Mother
• The Man Who Knew Too Little1997 · as Ludmilla Kropotkin
• Moll Flanders1996 · as Edna
• Doggin' Around1994 · as Sarah Williams
• Words Upon the Window Pane1994 · as Mrs. Henderson
• The Healer1994 · as Dr. Mercedes Honeysett
• No Worries1994 · as Anne O'Dwyer
• A Doll's House1992 · as Kristine Linde
• Losing Track1992 · as Mrs. Dewey
• The Bridge1992 · as Mrs. Todd
• Prince of Shadows1991 · as Rebeca Osorio
• Ex1991 · as Alice
• If Looks Could Kill1991 · as Vendetta Galante
• The Wolves of Willoughby Chase1989 · as Gertrude Brisket
• She's Been Away1989 · as Harriet Ambrose
• The Tall Guy1989 · as Carmen
• Wall of Tyranny1988 · as Krista Donner
• Time and the Conways1985 · as Madge Conway
• Blott on the Landscape1985
• Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi1983 · as Self
• Gandhi1982 · as Mirabehn
• Chains1982 · as Janine
• I Remember Nelson1982 · as Lady Emma Hamilton
• Sweet William1980 · as Pamela
• Bloody Kids1980 · as Ritchie's Wife
• Hesther for Example1980 · as Hesther
• The Dumb Waiter1979 · as Sally
• Who's Who1979 · as Miss Hunt
• Dummy1977 · as Sandra
• Now & Then— · as Laura
• A Visit to Grandpa’s—

All TV Shows (67)

• The Cage2026 · as Nancy Packer
• Run Away2026 · as Mother Adiona
• Dope Girls2025 · as Isabella Salucci
• This Town2024 · as Marie
• Silo2023 · as Mayor Ruth Jahns
• The Beast Must Die2021 · as Joy
• Back to Life2019 · as Caroline Matteson
• Anne with an E2017 · as Marilla Cuthbert
• The Five2016 · as Julie Wells
• Black Work2015 · as CC Carolyn Jarecki
• Hidden India2015 · as Herself - Narrator
• Uncle2014 · as Jane
• Utopia2013 · as Milner
• Thirteen Steps Down2012 · as Gwendolen Chawcer
• Playhouse Presents2012 · as Liz / Lydia
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth2011 · as Narrator
• The Michael Ball Show2010 · as Self
• Drama Trails2010 · as Self
• Little Britain USA2008 · as Celia
• The Last Enemy2008 · as Barbara Turney
• Phoo Action2008 · as Dr Evelyne Conan-Bell
• City of Vice2008 · as Nell
• Fairy Tales2008 · as Mrs Brooke
• The Time of Your Life2007 · as Eileen
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard2006 · as Hilary Rees-Benson
• Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire2006 · as Cornelia
• Jane Hall2006 · as Lorraine Hall
• Hex2004 · as Lilith Hughes
• He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Lady Rowley
• Little Britain2003 · as Harvey's Mother
• State of Play2003 · as Yvonne Shaps
• White Teeth2002 · as Joyce Malfen
• Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale2002 · as Hans's Mother
• Crime and Punishment2002 · as Pulcheria
• An Angel For May2002 · as Susan Higgins
• The Sins2000 · as Gloria Green
• Seesaw1998 · as Val Price
• Drovers' Gold1997 · as Ruth Jones
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Miranda Bedford
• Rebecca1997 · as Beatrice
• Over Here1996 · as Lady Billingham
• Band of Gold1995 · as Rose Garrity
• Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Eleanor Harker QC
• Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Eleanor Harker Q.C.
• Stanley and the Women1991 · as Dr Trish Collings
• Performance1991 · as Kristine Linde
• In Suspicious Circumstances1991 · as Dr Irene Gayus
• Screen One1989 · as Alice
• Screen One1989 · as Mrs. Dewey
• Screen One1989 · as Sarah Williams
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Helen Abernethie
• Echoes1988 · as Angela O'Hara
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Helen Field
• Blott on the Landscape1985 · as Lady Maud Lynchwood
• The Jewel in the Crown1984 · as Sarah Layton
• Natural World1983 · as Self
• I Remember Nelson1982 · as Lady Emma Hamilton
• The History Man1981 · as Barbara Kirk
• Shoestring1979 · as Mary Philips
• Love Among the Artists1979 · as Mary Sutherland
• General Studies1979 · as Barbara Kirk
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Sweeney1975 · as Shirley Glass
• Playhouse1974 · as Hesther
• Playhouse1974 · as Janine
• Play for Today1970 · as Miss Hunt