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Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig

Acting1966Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

Biography

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.

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Acting History

2025
Largo
as Grace
Legend Has It
as Nisibi
The One Show
TVas Self1 eps
Riot Women
TVas Holly
2024
Sexy Beast
TVas Cecilia Logan1 eps
2023
2022
2020
Belgravia
TVas Anne Trenchard6 eps
Love Monster
TVas Narrator (voice)
2019
Official Secrets
as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Elementary
TVas DCI Athelney Jones1 eps
2018
The Last Leg
TVas Self1 eps
2017
Revolting Rhymes
as Grandma (voice)
Diana and I
as Mary McDonald
Top Gear
TVas Self1 eps
2014
Last Gasp
as Sally
Inside No. 9
TVas Sally1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self4 eps
Bing
TVas Molly (voice)157 eps
2013
The Guilty
TVas DCI Maggie Brand
2011
Arthur Christmas
as Additional Voices (voice)
Episodes
TVas Beverly Lincoln41 eps
Friday Night Dinner
TVas Jackie Goodman37 eps
2010
Tamara Drewe
as Beth Hardiment
Cuckoo
as Simon
Going Postal
TVas Miss Cripslock
Cats of Claw Hill
TVas Narrator, Samantha
2009
The Diary of Anne Frank
TVas Edith Hollander-Frank
Emma
TVas Miss Bates4 eps
2007
Green Wing Special
as Caroline Todd
2005
Doctor Who
TVas Nurse1 eps
Love Soup
TVas Alice Chenery
2003
Jonathan Creek
TVas Pam1 eps
2002
Miranda
as Receptionist
Pure
as Liaison Officer
2000
Black Books
TVas Fran18 eps
1999
People Like Us
TVas Sarah
1998
The Great Egyptians
TVas Cleopatra
1997
This Is the Sea
as (voice)
Wycliffe
TVas Dr. Hinkley1 eps
1996
Neverwhere
TVas Lamia
1993
GMTV
TVas Self
1992
Blue Heaven
TVas Prof. Wiseman

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/12/1966(59 years old)
Place of Birth
Maidstone, Kent, England, UK