Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig

Known for
Acting
Born
July 12, 1966 (age 60)
Birthplace
Maidstone, 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Filmography

2025
Largo poster

Largo

Movie · as Grace

2025
Legend Has It poster

Legend Has It

Movie · as Nisibi

2025
Riot Women poster

Riot Women

TV · as Holly · 6 eps

2025
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius poster

Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration poster

Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration

Movie · as Molly (voice)

2024
Sexy Beast poster

Sexy Beast

TV · as Cecilia Logan · 1 ep

2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin poster

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

TV · as Helen Gwinear · 2 eps

2024
Sweetpea poster

Sweetpea

TV · as Liv · 6 eps

2023
My Happy Ending poster

My Happy Ending

Movie · as Nancy

2022
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War poster

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Movie

2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea poster

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Movie · as Mummy (voice)

2022
Amazon: How Do They Really Do It? poster

Amazon: How Do They Really Do It?

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022
Suspect poster

Suspect

TV · as Natasha Groves · 8 eps

2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden poster

The Amazing Mr. Blunden

Movie · as Mrs. Wickens

2021
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Lady Capulet

2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel poster

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

Movie · as Self

2020
Days of the Bagnold Summer poster

Days of the Bagnold Summer

Movie · as Astrid

2020
Being Bridget Jones poster

Being Bridget Jones

Movie · as Self

2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads poster

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV · as Rosemary · 1 ep

2020
Belgravia poster

Belgravia

TV · as Anne Trenchard · 6 eps

2020
Love Monster poster

Love Monster

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 80 eps

2019
Official Secrets poster

Official Secrets

Movie · as Elizabeth Wilmshurst

2018
To Provide All People

To Provide All People

Movie · as GP

2017
Revolting Rhymes poster

Revolting Rhymes

Movie · as Grandma (voice)

2017
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night poster

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night

Movie · as Malvolia

2017
Diana and I poster

Diana and I

Movie · as Mary McDonald

2016
Breaking the Bank poster

Breaking the Bank

Movie · as Penelope

2016
Behold the Monkey poster

Behold the Monkey

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King poster

Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2016
Revolting Rhymes poster

Revolting Rhymes

TV · as Grandma · 2 eps

2016
Top Gear: Extra Gear poster

Top Gear: Extra Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel poster

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Movie · as Lavinia Beach

2015
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked poster

Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked

Movie · as Narrator

2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure

The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2014
Last Gasp poster

Last Gasp

Movie · as Sally

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Sally · 1 ep

2014
Bing poster

Bing

TV · as Molly (voice) · 105 eps

2014
Royal Cousins at War poster

Royal Cousins at War

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2013
The Guilty poster

The Guilty

TV · as DCI Maggie Brand · 3 eps

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car

Movie · as Narrator

2012
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II poster

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Movie · as Narrator

2012
White Heat poster

White Heat

TV · as Beth · 6 eps

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as DCI Athelney Jones · 1 ep

2011
Arthur Christmas poster

Arthur Christmas

Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)

2011
Going Postal 2in1 poster

Going Postal 2in1

Movie · as Miss Cripslock

2011
Episodes poster

Episodes

TV · as Beverly Lincoln · 41 eps

2011
Friday Night Dinner poster

Friday Night Dinner

TV · as Jackie Goodman · 36 eps

2010
Tamara Drewe poster

Tamara Drewe

Movie · as Beth Hardiment

2010
Cuckoo poster

Cuckoo

Movie · as Simon

2010
Mental: A History of the Madhouse poster

Mental: A History of the Madhouse

Movie · as Narrator

2010
Going Postal poster

Going Postal

TV · as Miss Cripslock · 2 eps

2010
Cats of Claw Hill poster

Cats of Claw Hill

TV · as Narrator, Samantha · 8 eps

2009
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · as Margot Frank

2009
Emma poster

Emma

TV · as Miss Bates · 4 eps

2009
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

TV · as Edith Hollander-Frank · 5 eps

2008
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth poster

Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth

Movie · as Jenny

2008
Prince John:  The Windsors' Tragic Secret poster

Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments poster

Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

Movie · as Self

2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen poster

Verity Lambert: Drama Queen

Movie

2007
Green Wing Special poster

Green Wing Special

Movie · as Caroline Todd

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

Movie · as Dr. Caroline Todd

2006
Falling Apart poster

Falling Apart

Movie · as Jackie

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Love Soup poster

Love Soup

TV · as Alice Chenery · 18 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Nurse

2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill poster

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Movie · as Lianne

2004
Shaun of the Dead poster

Shaun of the Dead

Movie · as Maggie

2004
When I'm Sixty-Four poster

When I'm Sixty-Four

Movie · as Denny

2004
Black Dolls poster

Black Dolls

Movie · as Fran Katzenjammer (Voice)

2004
Green Wing poster

Green Wing

TV · as Caroline Todd · 18 eps

2004
The Lenny Henry Show

The Lenny Henry Show

TV · 16 eps

2002
Miranda poster

Miranda

Movie · as Receptionist

2002
Pure poster

Pure

Movie · as Liaison Officer

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2001
Happiness poster

Happiness

TV · 3 eps

2000
Black Books poster

Black Books

TV · as Fran · 18 eps

1999
People Like Us poster

People Like Us

TV · as Sarah · 2 eps

1998
The Great Egyptians poster

The Great Egyptians

TV · as Cleopatra · 1 ep

1997
This Is the Sea poster

This Is the Sea

Movie · as (voice)

1997
Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek

TV · as Pam · 1 ep

1997
Blind Men

Blind Men

TV · 6 eps

1996
Neverwhere poster

Neverwhere

TV · as Lamia · 3 eps

1994
Wycliffe poster

Wycliffe

TV · as Dr. Hinkley · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Blue Heaven poster

Blue Heaven

TV · as Prof. Wiseman · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator, Narrator (voice) · 1 ep