Deborah Findlay
Biography
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010. In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford. She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Silent Witness

Casualty

Great Performances

Heartbeat

Sherlock Holmes
All Movies (41)
- Ladies First2026 · as Mrs. Sachs
- A Death in the Family2025 · as Mother
- That Christmas2024 · as Mrs. Horton (voice)
- Such a Lovely Day2023 · as Grandmother
- Up on the Roof2023 · as Claire
- From A Strange Land2021 · as Margaret
- National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2021 · as Nurse
- Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations2019 · as Helene
- National Theatre Live: Allelujah!2018 · as Sister Gilchrist
- Kaleidoscope2017 · as Maureen
- Hampstead2017 · as Mary Neal
- Jackie2016 · as Maud Shaw
- The Ones Below2016 · as Tessa
- The Lady in the Van2015 · as Pauline
- Coalition2015 · as Harriet Harman
- Suite Française2015 · as Madame Joseph
- National Theatre Live: Coriolanus2014 · as Volumnia
- Arthur Christmas2011 · as General (voice)
- Gunrush2009 · as Jill
- Summer2008 · as Doctor Price
- One of Those Days2008 · as Supervisor
- Who Gets the Dog2007 · as Pamela Wilson
- Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale2007 · as Susan Owen
- The Yellow House2007 · as Madame Roulin
- This Life +102007 · as Doctor
- This Life +102007
- Vanity Fair2004 · as Mrs. Sedley
- Home2003 · as Margaret Ballantyne
- State of Mind2003 · as D.C.I Stella Munroe
- Me Without You2001 · as Judith
- The End of the Affair1999 · as Miss Smythe
- Jane Eyre1997 · as Mrs. Reed
- Jack & Sarah1995 · as Miss Cartwright
- Milner1994 · as Sylvia Milner
- 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight1993 · as Cheryl Morris
- The House of Bernarda Alba1991 · as Martirio
- Top Girls1991 · as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
- Truly Madly Deeply1991 · as Claire
- First and Last1989 · as Lisa
- Busted1983 · as Angela
- Commitments1982 · as Ingy
All TV Shows (32)
- Dalgliesh2021 · as Miss Willard
- The Drowning2021 · as Lynn
- The Split2018 · as Ruth Defoe
- Life In Squares2015 · as Aunt Jane
- Lovesick2014 · as Fiona
- Leaving2012 · as Vanessa
- Cranford2007 · as Miss Tomkinson
- Lewis2007 · as Lady Hugh
- Torchwood2006 · as Denise Riley
- Foyle's War2002 · as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
- Anna Karenina2000 · as Countess Lydia
- Wives and Daughters1999 · as Miss Phoebe
- The Last Train1999
- Trial & Retribution1997 · as Jill Ashton
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Lorna Soane
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Hilary Richards
- Silent Witness1996 · as Gemma King
- The Vet1995 · as Anna Walker
- Kavanagh Q.C.1995 · as Susannah Emmott
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes1994 · as Sarah Cushing
- Natural Lies1992 · as Grace
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes1992 · as Kay Consett
- Heartbeat1992 · as Eva Knight
- Performance1991 · as Isabella Bird
- All Good Things1991 · as Doll
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Rowena Drake
- Casualty1986 · as Debbie Cookson
- Ladies in Charge1986 · as Hetty
- Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Sarah Cushing
- Shroud for a Nightingale1984 · as Heather Pearce
- Dalgliesh1983 · as Heather Pearce
- Great Performances1971 · as Nurse