Samantha Spiro
Acting1968Mill Hill, London, England, UK
Biography
Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, D.I. Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Melessa Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Maureen Groff in Sex Education. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards.
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Known For
Acting History
Future
Something Else
as Judith
2028
The Beatles: Ringo
as Gracie
2026
Narnia
as Beaver (voice)
2025
Scope
as Fiona
Missing You
TVas Nurse Sally• 1 eps
2024
2023
One Life
as Esther Rantzen
Vera
TVas Belinda Rayford• 1 eps
Beyond Paradise
TVas Yvonne Wiley• 1 eps
Still Up
TVas Christine• 8 eps
Midsomer Murders
TVas Phyllis Cuttle• 1 eps
Inside No. 9
TVas Sue• 1 eps
2022
Not Going Out
TVas Bigoted Woman• 1 eps
The Other Half
TVas Penny• 1 eps
2021
Where Is Anne Frank
as Edith Frank (voice)
Pops
as Roz Jacobs
Ragdoll
TVas Joy Massey• 3 eps
Ridley Road
TVas Liza Epstein• 4 eps
The Larkins
TVas Bertha• 1 eps
2020
2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Mrs Felix
A Battle In Waterloo
as Mary
Sex Education
TVas Maureen Groff• 25 eps
2018
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
as Pamela
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs Erlynne
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Patricia
Tracey Ullman's Show
TVas Birgit• 1 eps
2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Edith Paper
Babs
as Babs
Doc Martin
TVas Tina Collins• 1 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Hazran• 1 eps
Porters
TVas Rebecca• 1 eps
2016
2015
London Spy
TVas Detective Taylor• 4 eps
2014
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Lady Macbeth
Psychobitches
TVas Barbara Stanwyck / Jessica Mitford / Betty / Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria / Liz Taylor / Golda Meir / Audrey Hepburn / Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart / Katharine Hepburn / Barbara Castle / Gracie Fields / Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus• 1 eps
2013
Taming of the Shrew
as Katherina
Bad Education
TVas Professor Green• 3 eps
2012
Panto!
as Di
A Running Jump
as Debbie
2010
Grandma's House
TVas Auntie Liz• 12 eps
2007
After You've Gone
TVas Ann Venables• 2 eps
2004
Coupling
TVas Jeffina• 1 eps
2003
Murder Investigation Team
TVas DI Vivien Friend• 8 eps
2002
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Red Lady (voice)
2001
From Hell
as Martha Tabram
2000
Cor, Blimey!
as Barbara Windsor
1998
Guru in Seven
as Sharon
1994
Beyond Bedlam
as WPC Foster