Acting credits
64
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Deborah Findlay
Acting
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Movies: 37Series: 27
TMDB ID: 135420
IMDb ID: nm0277525
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q5248240
Also known as
Deborah Findley • Deborah Finlay
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Deborah Findlay.
A Death in the Family
as Mother
2025 Movie
7.2
That Christmas
as Mrs. Horton (voice)
2024 Movie
3.5
Such a Lovely Day
as Grandmother
2023 Movie
5.6
Up on the Roof
as Claire
2023 Movie
From A Strange Land
as Margaret
2021 Movie
6.1
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
2021 Movie
5.7
Making Noise Quietly
as Helene
2019 Movie
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
as Sister Gilchrist
2018 Movie
5.6
Kaleidoscope
as Maureen
2017 Movie
6.0
Hampstead
as Mary Neal
2017 Movie
6.5
Jackie
as Maud Shaw
2016 Movie
6.0
The Ones Below
as Tessa
2016 Movie
6.4
The Lady in the Van
as Pauline
2015 Movie
7.0
Coalition
as Harriet Harman
2015 Movie
7.2
Suite Française
as Madame Joseph
2015 Movie
8.2
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia
2014 Movie
6.8
Arthur Christmas
as General (voice)
2011 Movie
6.0
Gunrush
as Jill
2009 Movie
6.3
Summer
as Doctor Price
2008 Movie
7.3
One of Those Days
as Supervisor
2008 Movie
5.0
Who Gets the Dog
as Pamela Wilson
2007 Movie
7.7
The Yellow House
as Madame Roulin
2007 Movie
8.1
This Life +10
as Doctor
2007 Movie
5.8
Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
2004 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Deborah Findlay.
6.7
Dalgliesh
as Miss Willard • 2 eps
2021 Series
5.6
The Drowning
as Lynn • 4 eps
2021 Series
7.2
The Split
as Ruth Defoe • 18 eps
2018 Series
6.3
Life In Squares
as Aunt Jane • 3 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Lovesick
as Fiona • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.2
Leaving
as Vanessa • 3 eps
2012 Series
8.2
Cranford
as Miss Tomkinson • 7 eps
2007 Series
7.6
Lewis
as Lady Hugh • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.3
Torchwood
as Denise Riley • 2 eps
2006 Series
7.9
Foyle's War
as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.5
Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia • 4 eps
2000 Series
7.3
Wives and Daughters
as Miss Phoebe • 6 eps
1999 Series
7.2
The Last Train
1 eps
1999 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Lorna Soane • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Silent Witness
as Gemma King • 1 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Susannah Emmott • 1 eps
1995 Series
Natural Lies
as Grace • 3 eps
1992 Series
4.0
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Kay Consett • 3 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Eva Knight • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Performance
as Isabella Bird • 1 eps
1991 Series
All Good Things
as Doll • 6 eps
1991 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rowena Drake • 1 eps
1989 Series
6.2
Casualty
as Debbie Cookson • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.0
Ladies in Charge
1 eps
1986 Series