Deborah Findlay
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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Acted in
Such a Lovely Day
2023
as Grandmother
Up on the Roof
2023
as Claire
From A Strange Land
2021
as Margaret
Romeo & Juliet
2021
as Nurse
The Drowning
2021
as Lynn
Making Noise Quietly
2019
as Helene
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
as Sister Gilchrist
The Split
2018
as Ruth
Kaleidoscope
2017
as Maureen
Hampstead
2017
as Mary Neal
Jackie
2016
as Maud Shaw
The Ones Below
2016
as Tessa
The Lady in the Van
2015
as Pauline
Life In Squares
2015
as Aunt Jane
Coalition
2015
as Harriet Harman
Suite Française
2015
as Madame Joseph
Lovesick
2014
as Fiona
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Volumnia
Leaving
2012
as Vanessa
Arthur Christmas
2011
as General (voice)
Gunrush
2009
as Jill
Summer
2008
as Doctor Price
One of Those Days
2008
as Supervisor
Who Gets the Dog
2007
as Pamela Wilson
Cranford
2007
as Miss Tomkinson
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
2007
as Susan Owen
The Yellow House
2007
as Madame Roulin
Lewis
2007
as Lady Hugh
This Life +10
2007
as Doctor
This Life +10
2007
Torchwood
2006
as Denise Riley
Vanity Fair
2004
as Mrs. Sedley
Home
2003
as Margaret Ballantyne
State of Mind
2003
as D.C.I Stella Munroe
Me Without You
2001
as Judith
Anna Karenina
2000
as Countess Lydia
The End of the Affair
1999
as Miss Smythe
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Miss Phoebe
The Last Train
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Lorna Soane
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Hilary Richards
Jane Eyre
1997
as Mrs. Reed
This Life
1996
as Doctor
Silent Witness
1996
as Gemma King
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Miss Cartwright
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Susannah Emmott
Milner
1994
as Sylvia Milner
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
as Cheryl Morris
Natural Lies
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Kay Consett
Heartbeat
1992
as Eva Knight
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Martirio
Top Girls
1991
as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
All Good Things
1991
as Doll
Truly Madly Deeply
1991
as Claire
Performance
1991
as Isabella Bird
First and Last
1989
as Lisa
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Rowena Drake
Casualty
1986
as Debbie Cookson
Ladies in Charge
1986
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Sarah Cushing
Dalgliesh
1983
as Heather Pearce
Busted
1983
as Angela
Commitments
1982
as Ingy
Great Performances
1971
as Nurse