Deborah Findlay
Deborah Findlay is an English actress.
Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010.
In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford.
She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train
She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley.
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Films (41)
Les dames d'abord
2026 · Mrs. Sachs
A Death in the Family
2025 · Mother
Ce Noël-là
2024 · Mrs. Horton (voice)
Such a Lovely Day
2023 · Grandmother
Una Segunda Oportunidad
2023 · Claire
From A Strange Land
2021 · Margaret
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021 · Nurse
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
2019 · Helene
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018 · Sister Gilchrist
Kaleidoscope
2017 · Maureen
Rencontre à Hampstead Park
2017 · Mary Neal
Jackie
2016 · Maud Shaw
London House
2016 · Tessa
The Lady in the Van
2015 · Pauline
Coalition
2015 · Harriet Harman
Suite Française
2015 · Madame Joseph
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014 · Volumnia
Arthur Christmas
2011 · General (voice)
Gunrush
2009 · Jill
Summer
2008 · Doctor Price
One of Those Days
2008 · Supervisor
Who Gets the Dog
2007 · Pamela Wilson
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
2007 · Susan Owen
The Yellow House
2007 · Madame Roulin
This Life +10
2007 · Doctor
Vanity Fair
2004 · Mrs. Sedley
Home
2003 · Margaret Ballantyne
State of Mind
2003 · D.C.I Stella Munroe
Me Without You
2001 · Judith
The End of the Affair
1999 · Miss Smythe
Jane Eyre
1997 · Mrs. Reed
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Miss Cartwright
Milner
1994 · Sylvia Milner
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993 · Cheryl Morris
The House of Bernarda Alba
1991 · Martirio
Top Girls
1991 · Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
Truly Madly Deeply
1991 · Claire
First and Last
1989 · Lisa
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
1988 · Player in 'Top Girls' extract
Busted
1983 · Angela
Commitments
1982 · Ingy
Séries (34)
Dalgliesh
2021 · Miss Willard
Et si c'était mon fils ?
2021 · Lynn
The Split
2018 · Ruth Defoe
Life in Squares
2015 · Aunt Jane
Lovesick
2014 · Fiona
Leaving
2012 · Vanessa
Return to Cranford
2009 · Augusta Tomkinson
Cranford
2007 · Miss Tomkinson
Lewis
2007 · Lady Hugh
Torchwood
2006 · Denise Riley
Thin Ice
2006 · Jeanette
Foyle's War
2002 · Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
Anna Karenina
2000 · Countess Lydia
Wives and Daughters
1999 · Miss Phoebe
The Last Train
1999
Trial & Retribution
1997 · Jill Ashton
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Lorna Soane, Hilary Richards
Silent Witness
1996 · Gemma King
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Susannah Emmott
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Sarah Cushing
Downtown Lagos
1992 · Celia Dawson
Natural Lies
1992 · Grace
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · Kay Consett
Heartbeat
1992 · Eva Knight
Performance
1991 · Isabella Bird
All Good Things
1991 · Doll
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Rowena Drake
Casualty
1986 · Debbie Cookson
What If It's Raining
1986 · Marilyn
Ladies in Charge
1986 · Hetty
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Sarah Cushing
Shroud for a Nightingale
1984 · Heather Pearce
Dalgliesh
1983 · Heather Pearce
Great Performances
1971 · Nurse