
Deborah Findlay
ActingAlso 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(40 total)
Jackie
as Maud Shaw

Arthur Christmas
as General (voice)

Suite Française
as Madame Joseph

The Lady in the Van
as Pauline

That Christmas
as Mrs. Horton (voice)

The Ones Below
as Tessa

Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley

The End of the Affair
as Miss Smythe

Hampstead
as Mary Neal

Truly Madly Deeply
as Claire

Me Without You
as Judith

Jack & Sarah
as Miss Cartwright

Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia

Kaleidoscope
as Maureen

Summer
as Doctor Price

Home
as Margaret Ballantyne

Up on the Roof
as Claire

This Life +10
as Doctor
TV Shows
(28 total)
Torchwood
as Denise Riley

Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rowena Drake

Midsomer Murders
as Lorna Soane

Midsomer Murders
as Hilary Richards

Sherlock Holmes
as Sarah Cushing

Lovesick
as Fiona

Lewis
as Lady Hugh

Silent Witness
as Gemma King

Foyle's War
as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell

Casualty
as Debbie Cookson

Dalgliesh
as Miss Willard

The Split
as Ruth Defoe

Cranford
as Miss Tomkinson

Wives and Daughters
as Miss Phoebe

Heartbeat
as Eva Knight

The Drowning
as Lynn

Great Performances
as Nurse

Life In Squares
as Aunt Jane

Leaving
as Vanessa
