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Known For
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Cast Credits
The Chelsea Detective (2022)
Starring as Olivia Arnold
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: A Crime of Passion (Sep 18, 2023)
- Episode 2x02: Golden Years (Sep 4, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: The Gentle Giant (Feb 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: The Wages of Sin (Feb 7, 2022)
Dodger (2022)
Guest starring as Dame Eliza Vestris
- Episode 1x05: Phantom of the Theatre (Feb 6, 2022) [Special Guest Star]
Whitstable Pearl (2021)
Starring as Dolly
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: To Those We Love (Dec 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x05: Hidden Treasures (Dec 12, 2022)
- Episode 2x04: The Gumshoe and the Femme Fatale (Dec 5, 2022)
- Episode 2x03: The Offer (Dec 5, 2022)
- Episode 2x02: Night Terrors (Nov 28, 2022)
- Episode 2x01: Babylon (Nov 28, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Man on the Blue Plaque (Jun 21, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: A Cup O' Kindness (Jun 14, 2021)
- Episode 1x04: Disappearance at Oare (Jun 7, 2021)
- Episode 1x03: Civil War (May 31, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Random Acts (May 24, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: The Free Waters (May 24, 2021)
Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh (2020)
Guest starring as Frances Barber
- Episode 5x04: Tim Peake, Jason Watkins, Frances Barber (Jan 22, 2023)
Queens of Mystery (2019)
Guest starring as Viv Collins
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Death by Vinyl: Final Chapter (Apr 15, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: Death by Vinyl: First Chapter (Apr 15, 2019)
Medici (2016)
Starring as Piccarda
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: La peste (Oct 25, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: La cupola e la dimora (Oct 18, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Peccato originale (Oct 18, 2016)
Murder in Successville (2015)
Guest starring as Mary Berry
- Episode 1x02: Bunch of Cults (May 13, 2015)
Mapp and Lucia (2014)
Starring as Amelia / Contessa Di Faraglione
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Dec 31, 2014)
Psychobitches (2013)
Guest starring as Bette Davis
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (May 30, 2013)
Guest starring as Doris Stokes
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jun 6, 2013)
Guest starring as Catherine the Great
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Jun 27, 2013)
Guest starring as Elizabeth I
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Nov 25, 2014)
Guest starring as St Catherine
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Nov 25, 2014)
Guest starring as Whistler's Mother
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Dec 2, 2014)
Guest starring as Thora Hird
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Dec 9, 2014)
Guest starring as Josephine Joseph
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Dec 16, 2014)
Guest starring as Barbara Cartland
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Dec 23, 2014)
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013)
Guest starring as Madame Kovarian
- Episode 1x11: The Eleventh Doctor (Nov 24, 2013)
Father Brown (2013)
Guest starring as Davina Malmort
- Episode 5x02: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur (Jan 2, 2017)
Bad Education (2012)
Guest starring as Alfie's Mum
- Episode S02 Special: Christmas Special (Dec 17, 2013)
Sunday Brunch (2012)
Guest starring as Frances Barber
- Episode 2018-04-22: Keith Lemon, Frances Barber, Sting, Shaggy, Anthony Head, Annabel Scholey, Manic Street Preachers (Apr 22, 2018)
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (2011)
Guest starring as Frances Barber
- Episode 3x09: Frances Barber, Phil Davis (Nov 14, 2013)
Silk (2011)
Starring as Caroline Warwick
(12 episodes)
- Episode 3x06: Episode 6 (Mar 31, 2014)
- Episode 3x05: Episode 5 (Mar 24, 2014)
- Episode 3x04: Episode 4 (Mar 17, 2014)
- Episode 3x03: Episode 3 (Mar 10, 2014)
- Episode 3x02: Episode 2 (Mar 3, 2014)
- Episode 3x01: Episode 1 (Feb 24, 2014)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Jun 20, 2012)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Jun 12, 2012)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Jun 5, 2012)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (May 29, 2012)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (May 22, 2012)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (May 15, 2012)
Doctor Who (2005)
Guest starring as Madame Kovarian
(6 episodes)
- Episode 6x13: The Wedding of River Song (Oct 1, 2011)
- Episode 6x12: Closing Time (Sep 24, 2011)
- Episode 6x07: A Good Man Goes to War (Jun 4, 2011)
- Episode 6x06: The Almost People (May 28, 2011)
- Episode 6x05: The Rebel Flesh (May 21, 2011)
- Episode 6x02: Day of the Moon (Apr 30, 2011)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Guest starring as Lizzie Hinchcliffe
- Episode 1x04: A Murder is Announced (Jan 2, 2005)
Loose Women (1999)
Guest starring as Frances Barber
(3 episodes)
- Episode 16x178: 22/05/12 - Frances Barber, Joe Calzaghe, guest anchor Ruth Langsford (May 22, 2012)
- Episode 14x79: 18/12/09 - Frances Barber, Larry Lamb, George Michael, Brian Turner (Dec 18, 2009)
- Episode 6x70: 21/09/2004 - Frances Barber, Mark Simpkin (Sep 21, 2004)
Midsomer Murders (1998)
Guest starring as Ingrid Lockston
- Episode 19x02: Crime and Punishment (Jan 4, 2017)
Guest starring as Constance Fielding
- Episode 13x05: Master Class (Oct 6, 2010)
Real Women (1998)
Starring as Anna Nicholls
(7 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Nov 9, 1999)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Nov 2, 1999)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Oct 26, 1999)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Oct 19, 1999)
- Episode 1x03: The Hitch (Mar 12, 1998)
- Episode 1x02: The Hangover (Mar 5, 1998)
- Episode 1x01: The Hen Night (Feb 26, 1998)
Trial & Retribution (1997)
Guest starring as Cassandra
(2 episodes)
- Episode 8x02: Blue Eiderdown (2) (Oct 12, 2004)
- Episode 8x01: Blue Eiderdown (1) (Oct 11, 2004)
Rhodes (1996)
Starring as Princess Catherine Radziwill
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: The Reckoning (Nov 3, 1996)
- Episode 1x07: Upsetting the Apple Cart (Oct 27, 1996)
- Episode 1x06: Land, Gold and Loot (Oct 20, 1996)
- Episode 1x05: The Chameleon and the Fly (Oct 13, 1996)
- Episode 1x04: The Price of My Blood (Oct 6, 1996)
- Episode 1x03: The Place of the Killing (Sep 29, 1996)
- Episode 1x02: All the World's Gold (Sep 22, 1996)
- Episode 1x01: All the World's Diamonds (Sep 15, 1996)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
Guest starring as Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
- Episode 3x04: The Wood Beyond (Oct 25, 1998)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Guest starring as Lady Millicent
- Episode 2x02: The Veiled Lady (Jan 14, 1990)
Inspector Morse (1987)
Guest starring as Nicole Burgess
- Episode 6x03: The Death of the Self (Mar 25, 1992)