Biography
Geraldine James is an English actress. She has worked extensively on television, on stage and in film. She is known for her roles as Sarah Layton in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Marilla Cuthbert in the Netflix series Anne with an E (2017–2019) and as Queen Mary in the 2019 film Downton Abbey. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the television film She's Been Away.
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Awards & recognition
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play · 1990
- Volpi Cup — Best Actress · 1989
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1990 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Anne with an E
Hidden India
Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible
Silo
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Sweeney
Utopia
Inspector Morse
Uncle
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Gandhi
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Midsomer Murders
Blott on the Landscape
Back to Life
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Natural World
Megan Leavey
Kavanagh QC
Sherlock Holmes
Downton Abbey
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
The Time of Your Life
Little Britain USA
Northanger Abbey
Made in Dagenham
The Last Enemy
Tom & Thomas
Alice Through the Looking Glass
45 Years
Alice in Wonderland
Beast
Calendar Girls
The Jewel in the Crown
The Beast Must Die
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Hearts of Gold
An Angel for May
Who's Who
Benediction
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The Luzhin Defence
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Moll Flanders
If Looks Could Kill
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Black Work
Rebecca
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase