Geraldine James

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Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an English actress.

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Known For

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Blue Three

Alice in Wonderland

Lady Ascot

Sherlock Holmes

Mrs. Hudson

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Mrs. Hudson

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Cecilia Vanger

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Lady Ascot

Anne with an E

Marilla Cuthbert

Gandhi

Mirabehn

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Creditors MOVIE	Tekla
2025	Tank Boy MOVIE	Self
2025	Dope Girls TV	Isabella Salucci
2024	This Town TV	Marie
2023	Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible MOVIE	Narrator
2023	The Trap MOVIE	Self
2023	Silo TV	Mayor Ruth Jahns
2021	Benediction MOVIE	Theresa Thornycroft
2020	A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	Downton Abbey MOVIE	Queen Mary
2019	Back to Life TV	Caroline Matteson
2018	Beast MOVIE	Hilary Huntington
2017	Megan Leavey MOVIE	Dr. Turbeville
2017	Anne with an E TV	Marilla Cuthbert
2017	Daphne MOVIE	Rita
2016	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story MOVIE	Blue Three
2016	Alice Through the Looking Glass MOVIE	Lady Ascot
2016	The Five TV	Julie Wells
2015	Black Work TV	CC Carolyn Jarecki
2015	45 Years MOVIE	Lena
2015	Hidden India TV	Herself - Narrator
2015	Robot Overlords MOVIE	Monique
2014	Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film MOVIE	Self
2013	Legacy MOVIE	Martha
2013	Diana MOVIE	Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
2013	Dr. Easy MOVIE	Voice of Dr. Easy
2013	The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World MOVIE	Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
2013	Utopia TV	Milner
2012	13 Steps Down MOVIE	Gwendolen Chawcer
2012	Thirteen Steps Down TV	Gwendolen Chawcer
2012	The Farmer's Wife MOVIE	The Farmer's Wife
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Liz / Lydia
2011	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo MOVIE	Cecilia Vanger
2011	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows MOVIE	Mrs. Hudson
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV	Self - Participant
2011	Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth TV	Narrator
2011	Arthur MOVIE	Vivienne
2010	Made in Dagenham MOVIE	Connie
2010	The Michael Ball Show TV	Self
2010	Drama Trails TV	Self
2010	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	Lady Ascot
2009	Sherlock Holmes MOVIE	Mrs. Hudson
2008	Caught in a Trap MOVIE	Joyce Perkins
2008	Little Britain USA TV	Celia
2008	The Last Enemy TV	Barbara Turney
2008	Fairy Tales TV	Mrs Brooke
2008	Heist MOVIE	Joanna the Concubine
2007	Ocean Voyagers MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2007	Northanger Abbey MOVIE	Jane Austen (voice)
2007	The Time of Your Life MOVIE	Eileen
2007	The Time of Your Life TV	Eileen
2007	The Fever MOVIE	Ranevskaya
2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas MOVIE	Self
2006	A Harlot's Progress MOVIE	Mother Needham
2006	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard TV	Hilary Rees-Benson
2006	Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire TV	Cornelia
2006	Jane Hall TV	Lorraine Hall
2004	Hex TV	Lilith Hughes
2003	Little Britain TV	Harvey's Mother
2003	Calendar Girls MOVIE	Marie
2003	Hearts of Gold MOVIE	Elizabeth Powell
2003	State of Play TV	Yvonne Shaps
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles MOVIE	Mrs. Mortimer
2002	White Teeth MOVIE	Joyce Malfen
2002	Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale TV	Hans's Mother
2002	An Angel for May MOVIE	Susan Higgins
2002	Taliesin Jones MOVIE	Mum
2002	Tom & Thomas MOVIE	Miss Tromp
2002	An Angel For May TV	Self
2001	All Forgotten MOVIE	Mother
2000	The Sins TV	Gloria Green
2000	The Luzhin Defence MOVIE	Vera, Natalia's Mother
1998	Seesaw TV	Val Price
1997	The Man Who Knew Too Little MOVIE	Ludmilla Kropotkin
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Miranda Bedford
1997	Rebecca TV	Beatrice
1996	Moll Flanders MOVIE	Edna
1995	Band of Gold TV	Rose Garrity
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Eleanor Harker QC
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Eleanor Harker Q.C.
1994	Doggin' Around MOVIE	Sarah Williams
1994	Words Upon the Window Pane MOVIE	Mrs. Henderson
1994	The Healer MOVIE	Dr. Mercedes Honeysett
1994	No Worries MOVIE	Anne O'Dwyer
1992	A Doll's House MOVIE	Kristine Linde
1992	Losing Track MOVIE	Mrs. Dewey
1992	The Bridge MOVIE	Mrs. Todd
1991	Prince of Shadows MOVIE	Rebeca Osorio
1991	Stanley and the Women TV	Dr. Trish Collings
1991	Performance TV	Kristine Linde
1991	Ex MOVIE	Alice
1991	If Looks Could Kill MOVIE	Vendetta Galante
1989	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase MOVIE	Gertrude Brisket
1989	She's Been Away MOVIE	Harriet Ambrose
1989	The Tall Guy MOVIE	Carmen
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot TV	Helen Abernethie
1988	Wall of Tyranny MOVIE	Krista Donner
1987	Inspector Morse TV	Helen Field
1985	Time and the Conways MOVIE	Madge Conway
1985	Blott on the Landscape MOVIE	Self
1985	Blott on the Landscape TV	Lady Maud Lynchwood
1984	The Jewel in the Crown TV	Sarah Layton
1983	Natural World TV	Self
1983	Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi MOVIE	Self
1982	Gandhi MOVIE	Mirabehn
1982	Chains MOVIE	Janine
1982	I Remember Nelson MOVIE	Lady Emma Hamilton
1982	I Remember Nelson TV	Lady Emma Hamilton
1981	The History Man TV	Barbara Kirk
1980	Sweet William MOVIE	Pamela
1980	Bloody Kids MOVIE	Ritchie's Wife
1980	Hesther for Example MOVIE	Hesther
1979	Shoestring TV	Mary Philips
1979	The Dumb Waiter MOVIE	Sally
1979	Who's Who MOVIE	Miss Hunt
1978	An Audience with... TV	Self
1977	Dummy MOVIE	Sandra
1975	The Sweeney TV	Shirley Glass
1974	Playhouse TV	Hesther
1974	Playhouse TV	Janine
	Now & Then MOVIE	Laura
	The Cage TV	Nancy Packer

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