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Geraldine James

Acting

Born July 6, 1950 · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Also known as جرالدین جیمز

Biography

Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geraldine James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Drama Desk AwardOutstanding Actress in a Play · 1990
  • Volpi CupBest Actress · 1989
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Tony AwardBest Actress in a Play · 1990 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Anne with an E

2017as Marilla Cuthbert

Hidden India

as Herself - Narrator

Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible

2023as Narrator

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Helen Abernethie

Silo

2023as Mayor Ruth Jahns

Utopia

2013as Milner

The Sweeney

1975as Shirley Glass

Inspector Morse

1987as Helen Field

Uncle

2012as Jane

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

2006as Cornelia

Gandhi

1982as Mirabehn

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

2016as Blue Three

Midsomer Murders

1997as Miranda Bedford

Blott on the Landscape

as Lady Maud Lynchwood

Back to Life

2019as Caroline Matteson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011as Cecilia Vanger

Natural World

1983as Self

Megan Leavey

2017as Dr. Turbeville

Kavanagh QC

1995as Eleanor Harker Q.C.

Sherlock Holmes

2009as Mrs. Hudson

Downton Abbey

2019as Queen Mary

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011as Mrs. Hudson

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

as Hans's Mother

The Time of Your Life

as Eileen

Little Britain USA

2008as Celia

Northanger Abbey

2007as Jane Austen (voice)

Made in Dagenham

2010as Connie

The Last Enemy

2008as Barbara Turney

Tom & Thomas

2002as Miss Tromp

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016as Lady Ascot

45 Years

2015as Lena

Alice in Wonderland

2010as Lady Ascot

Beast

2017as Hilary Huntington

Calendar Girls

2003as Marie

The Jewel in the Crown

1984as Sarah Layton

The Beast Must Die

2020as Joy

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997as Ludmilla Kropotkin

Hearts of Gold

2003as Elizabeth Powell

An Angel for May

2002as Susan Higgins

Who's Who

1979as Miss Hunt

Benediction

2021as Theresa Thornycroft

The Luzhin Defence

2000as Vera, Natalia's Mother

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

as Hilary Rees-Benson

The Hound of the Baskervilles

2002as Mrs. Mortimer

Moll Flanders

1996as Edna

If Looks Could Kill

1991as Vendetta Galante

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011as Self - Participant

Rebecca

as Beatrice

Black Work

as CC Carolyn Jarecki

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

1989as Gertrude Brisket