RECENT CREDITS
The Jazz Baroness (TV)  Nov. 25, 2009
State of Play (FILM)  Apr. 17, 2009
Inkheart (FILM)  Jan. 23, 2009
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV)  Feb. 24, 2008
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (FILM)  Dec. 21, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
2009 Cast as the ruthless editor of the Washington Globe in the political thriller, "State of Play"
2008 Published her memoir, In the Frame
2006 Starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in Lee Daniels' indie film "Shadowboxer"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Narrator
TV


Brighton Rock   -Ida Cokery
Actor
Film


Love Ranch   -Grace Botempo
Actor
Film


The Debt (Remake)   -Rachel Singer
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Last Station   -Sofya Andreyevna
Actor
Film


The Tempest   -Prospera
Actor
Film


Narrator
Film


Actor
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


In America   -Cast
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


State of Play  2009 -Cameron Lynne
Actor
Film


Inkheart  2009 -Elinor Loredan
Actor
Film


The 80th Annual Academy Awards  2008 -Presenter
Actor
TV


National Treasure: Book of Secrets  2007 -Emily Appleton
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Countdown To The Emmys 2007  2007 -Herself
Actor
TV


Barbara Walters Oscar Special  2007 -Interviewee
Actor
TV


Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act  2006 -Jane Tennison
Actor
TV
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The Queen  2006 -The Queen
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Shadowboxer  2006 -Rose
Actor
Film


Elizabeth I  2005 -Elizabeth I
Actor
TV


The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy  2005 -Voice of Deep Thought
Actor
Film


The Clearing  2004 -Eileen Hayes
Actor
Film


Pride  2004 -of Macheeba
Voice
TV


The 58th Annual Tony Awards  2004 -Presenter
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Raising Helen  2004 -Dominique
Actor
Film


Calendar Girls  2003 -Chris
Actor
Film


Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness  2004 -Det Supt Jane Tennison
Actor
TV
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Actor
TV


Door to Door  2002 -Mrs. Porter
Actor
TV


No Such Thing  2002 -The Boss
Actor
Film


Last Orders  2002 -Amy
Actor
Film


Gosford Park  2001 -Mrs Wilson
Actor
Film


Greenfingers  2001 -Georgina Woodhouse
Actor
Film


On the Edge  2001
Director
TV


The Pledge  2001 -Doctor
Actor
Film


2010  2000 -Tanya Kirbuk
Actor
Film


Third Watch  1999 -Cast
Actor
TV
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Caligula  1999 -Caesonia
Actor
Film


Teaching Mrs. Tingle  1999 -Mrs Tingle
Actor
Film


The Passion of Ayn Rand  1999 -Ayn Rand
Actor
TV


The Prince of Egypt  1998 -of the Queen
Voice
Film


Painted Lady  1998 -Maggie Sheridan
Associate Producer, Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Critical Care  1997 -Stella
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement  1997 -Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Some Mother's Son  1996 -Kathleen Quigley
Actor, Associate Producer
Film


The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century  1996 -of Margaret Rhonnda/ Princess Evelyn Blucher
Voice
TV


Losing Chase  1996 -Chase Philips
Actor
TV


Prime Suspect: The Scent of Darkness  1996 -Superintendent Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Prime Suspect: Inner Circles  1996 -Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Prime Suspect: The Lost Child  1995 -Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Madness of King George  1994 -Queen Charlotte
Actor
Film


Prime Suspect 3  1994 -Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Royal Deceit  1994 -Queen Geruth
Actor
Film


The Hawk  1993 -Annie Marsh
Actor
Film


Dr. Bethune  1993 -Frances Penny Bethune
Actor
Film


Frasier  1993 -Guest Caller Babette
Actor
TV
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Prime Suspect 2  1993 -Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Where Angels Fear to Tread  1992 -Lilia Herriton
Actor
Film


Prime Suspect  1992 -Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Comfort of Strangers  1991 -Caroline
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover  1990 -Georgina SpicaAlbert Spica's Wife
Actor
Film


When the Whales Came  1989 -Clemmie Jenkins
Actor
Film


Cause Celebre  1988 -Alma Rattenbury
Actor
TV


Pascali's Island  1988 -Lydia Neuman
Actor
Film


The Little Mermaid  1987 -Princess Emilia
Actor
TV


The Mosquito Coast  1986 -Mother
Actor
Film


Heavenly Pursuits  1986 -Ruth Chancellor
Actor
Film


White Nights  1985 -Galina Ivanova
Actor
Film


Cal  1984 -Marcella Morton
Actor
Film


The Long Good Friday  1982 -Victoria
Actor
Film


Excalibur  1981 -Morgana
Actor
Film


Hussy  1980 -Beaty Simons
Actor
Film


S.O.S. Titanic  1979 -May Sloan
Actor
TV


As You Like It  1979 -Rosalind
Actor
TV


Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill  1974 -Stella MacKenzie
Actor
TV


O Lucky Man!  1973 -Patricia
Actor
Film


Cousin Bette  1972
Actor
TV


Savage Messiah  1972 -Gosh SmithBoyle
Actor
Film


Age of Consent  1970 -Cora
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Hamlet   -Gertrude
Actor
Film


NT Live: Phèdre   -Phèdre
Actor
Film


Invocation Maya Deren   -Narration
Narrator
Film


Narrator
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

2009 Cast as the ruthless editor of the Washington Globe in the political thriller, "State of Play"
2008 Published her memoir, In the Frame
2006 Starred opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in Lee Daniels' indie film "Shadowboxer"
2006 Reprised role of Inspector Jane Tennison in the PBS Masterpiece Theatre miniseries "Prime Suspect: The Final Act"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Mov
2006 Offered an award winning performance as the Queen of England in the Channel 4/HBO joint production of "Elizabeth I"
2006 Portrayed Queen Elizabeth II following the tragic death of Diana, Princess Of Wales in "The Queen"
2004 Appeared in the Comedy "Raising Helen" directed by Garry Marshall
2004 Co-starred with Robert Redford and Willem Dafoe in the thriller "The Clearing"
2003 Starred in the television feature "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"; received Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
2003 Starred in "Calender Girls"as one of the women of the Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire that posed nude in 1999, to raise money for Leukemia; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actr
2003 Returned as Inspector Jane Tennison to the PBS Masterpiece Theatre miniseries "Prime Suspect 6: The Last Witness''; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (2004)
2002 Cast as a ruthless TV news producer in Hal Hartley's "No Such Thing"
2002 Co-starred in the Television movie "Door To Door"; earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie; received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actress
2001 Directed the short, "Happy Birthday" (filmed 2000); aired on Showtime as part of Directed By series in the edition entitled "On the Edge"
2001 Returned to Broadway opposite Ian McKellen in "The Dance of Death"
2001 Played the efficient housekeeper Mrs. Wilson in Robert Altman's "Gosford Park"; reteamed on screen with Clive Owen and Michael Gambon; earned second Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination
2000 Co-starred opposite Stuart Townsend in the Donmar staging of "Orpheus Descending"
2000 Had leading comic role as a gardening expert in the British comedy "Greenfingers"; screened at Cannes; first screen teaming with Clive Owen (released theatrically in the USA in 2001)
1999 Gave a brilliant star turn in the title role of the Showtime film "The Passion of Ayn Rand"; received second Emmy Award
1999 Cast as the titular educator in the black comedy "Teaching Mrs. Tingle"
1999 Returned to the London stage in "Collected Stories"
1998 Starred opposite Alan Rickman in the London stage production of "Antony and Cleopatra"
1998 Voiced the Queen in the animated feature "The Prince of Egypt"
1997 Associate produced and starred as a faded rock singer turned sleuth in the British TV mystery "Painted Lady"; aired on PBS in the USA
1996 First screen credit as associate producer on "Some Mother's Son"; also starred as an Irishwoman whose son is imprisoned for alleged IRA activities
1995 Made Broadway debut in "A Month in the Country"; received a Tony nomination
1994 Played the queen in "Prince of Jutland/Royal Deceit," a drama that purported to tell the "real" story of Hamlet
1994 Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination playing the loyal queen in "The Madness of King George"; co-starring Nigel Hawthorne and Rupert Everett
1990 Created signature role of Detective Inspector Jane Tennison in the Granada Television drama "Prime Suspect" (aired in USA on PBS in 1991); reprised the role in several series between 1992 and 2006
1990 Co-starred with Rupert Everett in the thriller "The Comfort of Strangers"
1989 Had title role of the cheating spouse of a gangster in Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" opposite Michael Gambon
1988 Acted opposite Ben Kingsley in "Pascali's Island"
1986 Starred opposite Harrison Ford in "The Mosquito Coast"
1985 Met future husband Taylor Hackford when he directed her in "White Nights"
1984 Offered a beautifully nuanced turn as the widow of a British soldier who falls in love with the young Irishman responsible for his death in "Cal"; earned the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Fest
1984 Cast as a Russian astronaut in "2010"
1983 Played Imogen in the BBC/PBS version of Shakespeare's "Cymbeline"
1983 Had second go as the Egyptian queen in "Antony and Cleopatra" opposite Michael Gambon
1981 Was featured as Morgana (aka Morgan Le Fey) in John Boorman's "Excalibur"
1981 Cast as the fairy queen Titania in the BBC/PBS adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
1979 Co-starred in the notorious and controversial feature "Caligula"
1979 Played the love interest to Bob Hoskins' gangster in the acclaimed "The Long Good Friday"
1978 Had lead role of Rosalind in the BBC/PBS production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It"; part of a series in which all the Bard's plays were performed
1975 Garnered acclaim for her stage performance in "The Sea Gull"
1975 Starred opposite Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates and Malcolm McDowell in British TV adaptation of Harold Pinter's play "The Collection"
1974 Starred opposite Michael Jayston in the thriller "Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill" (ABC); film aired in Great Britain as "Coffin for the Bride"
1973 Appeared in Lindsay Anderson's "O Lucky Man!"
1972 - 1973 Toured Africa and America with Peter Brook's theater company
1972 Co-starred in Ken Russell's "Savage Messiah" and had title role in film "Miss Julie"
1971 Had supporting role in the BBC production of "Cousin Bette"; aired on PBS' "Masterpiece Theater" in 1972
1969 Offered memorable turn as the unclothed muse for James Mason in "Age of Consent"
1968 Played Hermia in a British TV adaptation of "A Midsummer's Night Dream"; directed by Peter Hall (released theatrically in the USA)
1967 Joined Royal Shakespeare Company
1967 TV debut in BBC production of "Herostradus"
1965 Played Cleopatra at the Old Vic with the National Youth Theater at age 18
Raised in Ilford and Southend-on-Sea, England
Won raves for playing Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth"


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