Tamsin Greig
Actor
Born July 12, 1966 in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (/ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia. Greig is also a stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Filmography
Riot Women
Holly
Largo
Grace
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
Self
Legend Has It
Nisibi
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration
Molly (voice)
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
Helen Gwinear
Sexy Beast
Cecilia Logan
My Happy Ending
Nancy
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Mummy (voice)
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Suspect
Natasha Groves
Amazon: How Do They Really Do It?
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Mrs. Wickens
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Lady Capulet
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
Self
Being Bridget Jones
Self
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Astrid
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Rosemary
Belgravia
Anne Trenchard
Love Monster
Narrator (voice)
Official Secrets
Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Revolting Rhymes
Grandma (voice)
Diana and I
Mary McDonald
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
Malvolia
Revolting Rhymes
Grandma
Breaking the Bank
Penelope
Top Gear: Extra Gear
Self
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King
Narrator (voice)
Behold the Monkey
Narrator
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked
Narrator
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Lavinia Beach
Bing
Molly (voice)
Last Gasp
Sally
Inside No. 9
Sally
Royal Cousins at War
Narrator
The Guilty
DCI Maggie Brand
The Last Leg
Self
Elementary
DCI Athelney Jones
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Narrator
White Heat
Beth
Arthur Christmas
Additional Voices (voice)
Friday Night Dinner
Jackie Goodman
Episodes
Beverly Lincoln
Cuckoo
Simon
Tamara Drewe
Beth Hardiment
Cats of Claw Hill
Narrator, Samantha
Going Postal
Miss Cripslock
Mental: A History of the Madhouse
Narrator
Emma
Miss Bates
The Diary of Anne Frank
Edith Hollander-Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Margot Frank
Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret
Narrator (voice)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Self
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth
Jenny
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Green Wing Special
Caroline Todd
The One Show
Self
Falling Apart
Jackie
Love Soup
Alice Chenery
Doctor Who
Green Wing
Caroline Todd
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Lianne
When I'm Sixty-Four
Denny
Shaun of the Dead
Maggie
Top Gear
Self
Pure
Liaison Officer
Miranda
Receptionist
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
Happiness
Black Books
Fran
People Like Us
Sarah
The Great Egyptians
Cleopatra
This Is the Sea
(voice)
Jonathan Creek
Pam
Neverwhere
Lamia
Wycliffe
Dr. Hinkley
GMTV
Self
Natural World
Narrator