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Geraldine James

Born 1950 · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK · Active 1970–2026

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.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011 ★ 7.3

as Cecilia Vanger

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016

Filmography

141 credits

2020s 12 credits

2026

The Cage as Nancy Packer

TV ★ 7.5

2026

Run Away as Mother Adiona

TV ★ 6.6

2025

Tank Boy

Movie

2025

Creditors as Tekla

Movie

2025

Dope Girls as Isabella Salucci

TV ★ 5.5

2024

This Town as Marie

TV ★ 6.7

2023

The Trap

Movie

2023

Eiffel Tower: Building the Impossible as Narrator

Movie ★ 8.3

2023

Silo as Mayor Ruth Jahns

TV ★ 8.2

2021

Benediction as Theresa Thornycroft

Movie ★ 6.2

2021

The Beast Must Die as Joy

TV ★ 6.4

2020

A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie

2010s 33 credits

2019

Downton Abbey as Queen Mary

Movie ★ 7.1

2019

Back to Life as Caroline Matteson

TV ★ 7.4

2018

Beast as Hilary Huntington

Movie ★ 6.5

2017

Megan Leavey as Dr. Turbeville

Movie ★ 7.3

2017

Daphne as Rita

Movie ★ 5.6

2017

Anne with an E as Marilla Cuthbert

TV ★ 8.7

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass as Lady Ascot

Movie ★ 6.6

2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Blue Three

Movie ★ 7.5

2016

The Five as Julie Wells

TV ★ 6.8

2015

Robot Overlords as Monique

Movie ★ 4.8

2015

45 Years as Lena

Movie ★ 6.6

2015

Black Work as CC Carolyn Jarecki

TV ★ 5.9

2015

Hidden India as Herself - Narrator

TV ★ 8.4

2014

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self

Movie ★ 4.8

2014

Uncle as Jane

TV ★ 7.7

2013

Diana as Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo

Movie ★ 5.6

2013

Dr. Easy as Voice of Dr. Easy

Movie ★ 6.2

2013

Legacy as Martha

Movie ★ 5.2

2013

The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World as Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by

Movie ★ 8.0

2013

Utopia as Milner

TV ★ 8.0

2012

The Farmer's Wife as The Farmer's Wife

Movie ★ 10.0

2012

13 Steps Down as Gwendolen Chawcer

Movie ★ 4.9

2012

Thirteen Steps Down as Gwendolen Chawcer

TV ★ 7.2

2012

Playhouse Presents as Liz / Lydia

TV ★ 6.0

2011

Arthur as Vivienne

Movie ★ 5.6

2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo● as Cecilia Vanger

Movie ★ 7.4

2011

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mrs. Hudson

Movie ★ 7.1

2011

Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth as Narrator

TV ★ 6.0

2011

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

TV ★ 6.0

2010

Made in Dagenham as Connie

Movie ★ 6.7

2010

Alice in Wonderland as Lady Ascot

Movie ★ 6.6

2010

The Michael Ball Show as Self

2010

Drama Trails as Self

2000s 36 credits

2009

Sherlock Holmes as Mrs. Hudson

Movie ★ 7.2

2008

Heist as Joanna the Concubine

Movie ★ 5.2

2008

Caught in a Trap as Joyce Perkins

Movie ★ 6.0

2008

The Last Enemy as Barbara Turney

TV ★ 6.7

2008

Little Britain USA as Celia

TV ★ 6.9

2008

Fairy Tales as Mrs Brooke

2008

Phoo Action as Dr Evelyne Conan-Bell

TV ★ 5.0

2008

City of Vice as Nell

TV ★ 2.7

2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas as Self

Movie

2007

Northanger Abbey as Jane Austen (voice)

Movie ★ 6.8

2007

Ocean Voyagers as Narrator (voice)

Movie ★ 7.0

2007

The Fever as Ranevskaya

Movie ★ 5.4

2007

The Time of Your Life as Eileen

Movie ★ 10.0

2007

The Time of Your Life as Eileen

TV ★ 7.0

2006

A Harlot's Progress as Mother Needham

Movie ★ 4.7

2006

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Hilary Rees-Benson

TV ★ 6.2

2006

Jane Hall as Lorraine Hall

TV ★ 6.6

2006

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Cornelia

TV ★ 7.6

2004

Hex as Lilith Hughes

TV ★ 6.5

2004

He Knew He Was Right as Lady Rowley

TV ★ 7.6

2003

Calendar Girls as Marie

Movie ★ 6.5

2003

Hearts of Gold as Elizabeth Powell

Movie ★ 6.3

2003

State of Play as Yvonne Shaps

TV ★ 7.4

2003

Little Britain as Harvey's Mother

TV ★ 7.1

2002

Taliesin Jones as Mum

Movie ★ 7.0

2002

Tom & Thomas as Miss Tromp

Movie ★ 6.7

2002

White Teeth as Joyce Malfen

Movie ★ 6.1

2002

An Angel for May as Susan Higgins

Movie ★ 6.3

2002

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs. Mortimer

Movie ★ 6.1

2002

An Angel For May as Susan Higgins

2002

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale as Hans's Mother

TV ★ 7.1

2002

Crime and Punishment as Pulcheria

2002

White Teeth as Joyce Malfen

TV ★ 7.0

2001

All Forgotten as Mother

Movie ★ 4.3

2000

The Luzhin Defence as Vera, Natalia's Mother

Movie ★ 6.2

2000

The Sins as Gloria Green

TV ★ 5.3

1990s 23 credits

1998

Seesaw as Val Price

TV ★ 8.0

1997

The Man Who Knew Too Little as Ludmilla Kropotkin

Movie ★ 6.4

1997

Rebecca as Beatrice

TV ★ 5.9

1997

Midsomer Murders as Miranda Bedford

TV ★ 7.5

1997

Drovers' Gold as Ruth Jones

TV ★ 7.5

1996

Moll Flanders as Edna

Movie ★ 6.1

1996

Over Here as Lady Billingham

TV ★ 7.7

1995

Band of Gold as Rose Garrity

TV ★ 5.5

1995

Kavanagh Q.C. as Eleanor Harker QC

TV ★ 7.3

1995

Kavanagh Q.C. as Eleanor Harker Q.C.

TV ★ 7.3

1994

No Worries as Anne O'Dwyer

Movie ★ 7.5

1994

Doggin' Around as Sarah Williams

Movie ★ 6.5

1994

The Healer as Dr. Mercedes Honeysett

Movie ★ 8.0

1994

Words Upon the Window Pane as Mrs. Henderson

Movie ★ 9.0

1992

Losing Track as Mrs. Dewey

Movie ★ 7.0

1992

A Doll's House as Kristine Linde

Movie ★ 5.5

1992

The Bridge as Mrs. Todd

Movie ★ 4.5

1991

Ex as Alice

Movie ★ 10.0

1991

Prince of Shadows as Rebeca Osorio

Movie ★ 5.2

1991

If Looks Could Kill as Vendetta Galante

Movie ★ 6.1

1991

Performance as Kristine Linde

TV ★ 6.3

1991

Stanley and the Women as Dr Trish Collings

TV ★ 6.5

1991

In Suspicious Circumstances as Dr Irene Gayus

TV ★ 6.5

1980s 24 credits

1989

The Tall Guy as Carmen

Movie ★ 5.7

1989

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase as Gertrude Brisket

Movie ★ 5.7

1989

She's Been Away as Harriet Ambrose

Movie ★ 5.7

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Helen Abernethie

TV ★ 8.2

1989

Screen One as Alice

TV ★ 7.2

1989

Screen One as Mrs. Dewey

TV ★ 7.2

1989

Screen One as Sarah Williams

TV ★ 7.2

1988

Wall of Tyranny as Krista Donner

Movie ★ 7.0

1988

Echoes as Angela O'Hara

TV ★ 7.0

1987

Inspector Morse as Helen Field

TV ★ 7.9

1985

Blott on the Landscape

Movie ★ 8.4

1985

Time and the Conways as Madge Conway

Movie ★ 8.0

1985

Blott on the Landscape as Lady Maud Lynchwood

TV ★ 7.5

1984

The Jewel in the Crown as Sarah Layton

TV ★ 6.5

1983

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self

Movie

1983

Natural World as Self

TV ★ 7.4

1982

Gandhi as Mirabehn

Movie ★ 7.6

1982

I Remember Nelson as Lady Emma Hamilton

Movie

1982

Chains as Janine

Movie

1982

I Remember Nelson as Lady Emma Hamilton

TV ★ 4.6

1981

The History Man as Barbara Kirk

TV ★ 4.1

1980

Sweet William as Pamela

Movie ★ 4.3

1980

Bloody Kids as Ritchie's Wife

Movie ★ 6.5

1980

Hesther for Example as Hesther

Movie

1970s 11 credits

1979

Who's Who as Miss Hunt

Movie ★ 6.3

1979

The Dumb Waiter as Sally

Movie ★ 6.3

1979

Shoestring as Mary Philips

TV ★ 7.7

1979

Love Among the Artists as Mary Sutherland

1979

General Studies as Barbara Kirk

1978

An Audience with... as Self

TV ★ 5.3

1977

Dummy as Sandra

Movie

1975

The Sweeney as Shirley Glass

TV ★ 8.0

1974

Playhouse as Hesther

TV ★ 7.0

1974

Playhouse as Janine

TV ★ 7.0

1970

Play for Today as Miss Hunt

TV ★ 6.6

s 2 credits

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Now & Then as Laura

Movie

—

A Visit to Grandpa’s

Movie