Deborah Findlay is an English actress.
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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Filmography (Movies)
A Death in the Family
Character:Mother
Release Date:14/09/2025
That Christmas
Character:Mrs. Horton (voice)
Release Date:27/11/2024
Such a Lovely Day
Character:Grandmother
Release Date:10/10/2023
Up on the Roof
Character:Claire
Release Date:24/03/2023
From A Strange Land
Character:Margaret
Release Date:02/11/2021
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Character:Nurse
Release Date:28/09/2021
Making Noise Quietly
Character:Helene
Release Date:19/07/2019
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Character:Sister Gilchrist
Release Date:01/11/2018
Kaleidoscope
Character:Maureen
Release Date:10/11/2017
Hampstead
Character:Mary Neal
Release Date:23/06/2017
Jackie
Character:Maud Shaw
Release Date:02/12/2016
The Ones Below
Character:Tessa
Release Date:11/03/2016
The Lady in the Van
Character:Pauline
Release Date:30/10/2015
Coalition
Character:Harriet Harman
Release Date:28/03/2015
Suite Française
Character:Madame Joseph
Release Date:12/03/2015
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Character:Volumnia
Release Date:29/01/2014
Arthur Christmas
Character:General (voice)
Release Date:10/11/2011
Gunrush
Character:Jill
Release Date:22/08/2009
Summer
Character:Doctor Price
Release Date:05/12/2008
One of Those Days
Character:Supervisor
Release Date:01/01/2008
Who Gets the Dog
Character:Pamela Wilson
Release Date:02/12/2007
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
Character:Susan Owen
Release Date:11/11/2007
The Yellow House
Character:Madame Roulin
Release Date:22/03/2007
This Life +10
Character:Doctor
Release Date:02/01/2007
This Life +10
Character:
Release Date:02/01/2007
Vanity Fair
Character:Mrs. Sedley
Release Date:01/09/2004
Home
Character:Margaret Ballantyne
Release Date:06/10/2003
State of Mind
Character:D.C.I Stella Munroe
Release Date:01/01/2003
Me Without You
Character:Judith
Release Date:01/11/2001
The End of the Affair
Character:Miss Smythe
Release Date:03/12/1999
Jane Eyre
Character:Mrs. Reed
Release Date:09/03/1997
Jack & Sarah
Character:Miss Cartwright
Release Date:02/06/1995
Milner
Character:Sylvia Milner
Release Date:19/12/1994
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Character:Cheryl Morris
Release Date:18/08/1993
The House of Bernarda Alba
Character:Martirio
Release Date:18/12/1991
Top Girls
Character:Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
Release Date:02/11/1991
Truly Madly Deeply
Character:Claire
Release Date:03/05/1991
First and Last
Character:Lisa
Release Date:12/12/1989
Busted
Character:Angela
Release Date:28/01/1983
Commitments
Character:Ingy
Release Date:26/01/1982
Television Appearances
Dalgliesh
Character:Miss Willard
The Drowning
Character:Lynn
The Split
Character:Ruth Defoe
Life In Squares
Character:Aunt Jane
Lovesick
Character:Fiona
Leaving
Character:Vanessa
Cranford
Character:Miss Tomkinson
Lewis
Character:Lady Hugh
Torchwood
Character:Denise Riley
Foyle's War
Character:Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
Anna Karenina
Character:Countess Lydia
Wives and Daughters
Character:Miss Phoebe
The Last Train
Character:
Midsomer Murders
Character:Lorna Soane
Midsomer Murders
Character:Hilary Richards
Silent Witness
Character:Gemma King
Kavanagh Q.C.
Character:Susannah Emmott
Natural Lies
Character:Grace
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Character:Kay Consett
Heartbeat
Character:Eva Knight
Performance
Character:Isabella Bird
All Good Things
Character:Doll
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Rowena Drake
Casualty
Character:Debbie Cookson
Ladies in Charge
Character:
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sarah Cushing
Dalgliesh
Character:Heather Pearce
Great Performances
Character:Nurse
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