Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro

Known for
Acting
Born
June 20, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Mill 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Spiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Something Else poster

Something Else

Movie · as Judith

2028
The Beatles: Ringo poster

The Beatles: Ringo

Movie · as Gracie

2027
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew poster

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Movie · as Beaver (voice)

2026
Troilus and Cressida poster

Troilus and Cressida

Movie · as Pandarus / Nestor

2026
Bill's Included poster

Bill's Included

TV · as Siobhan · 6 eps

2025
Scope poster

Scope

Movie · as Fiona

2025
Missing You poster

Missing You

TV · as Nurse Sally · 1 ep

2024
Hoard poster

Hoard

Movie · as Michelle

2024
Hard Truths poster

Hard Truths

Movie · as Nicole

2024
Only Child poster

Only Child

TV · as Lydia Bartlett · 1 ep

2023
One Life poster

One Life

Movie · as Esther Rantzen

2023
Still Up poster

Still Up

TV · as Christine · 8 eps

2023
Beyond Paradise poster

Beyond Paradise

TV · as Yvonne Wiley · 1 ep

2022
The Other Half poster

The Other Half

TV · as Penny · 1 ep

2021
Pops poster

Pops

Movie · as Roz Jacobs

2021
Where Is Anne Frank poster

Where Is Anne Frank

Movie · as Edith Frank (voice)

2021
Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road

TV · as Liza Epstein · 4 eps

2021
The Larkins poster

The Larkins

TV · as Bertha · 1 ep

2021
Ragdoll poster

Ragdoll

TV · as Joy Massey · 3 eps

2020
Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim poster

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim

Movie

2020
Semi-Detached poster

Semi-Detached

TV · as Kate · 6 eps

2019
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans

Movie · as Mrs Felix

2019
A Battle in Waterloo poster

A Battle in Waterloo

Movie · as Mary

2019
Sex Education poster

Sex Education

TV · as Maureen Groff · 25 eps

2018
Grandpa's Great Escape poster

Grandpa's Great Escape

Movie · as Patricia

2018
Lady Windermere's Fan poster

Lady Windermere's Fan

Movie · as Mrs Erlynne

2018
Agatha and the Truth of Murder poster

Agatha and the Truth of Murder

Movie · as Pamela

2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Movie · as Edith Paper

2017
Babs poster

Babs

Movie · as Babs

2017
Porters poster

Porters

TV · as Rebecca · 1 ep

2016
Me Before You poster

Me Before You

Movie · as Josie Clark

2016
Tracey Ullman's Show poster

Tracey Ullman's Show

TV · as Birgit · 1 ep

2015
London Spy poster

London Spy

TV · as Detective Taylor · 4 eps

2014
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Movie · as Lady Macbeth

2014
Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9

TV · as Sue · 1 ep

2013
Taming of the Shrew poster

Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Katherina

2013
Plebs poster

Plebs

TV · as Sylvia · 2 eps

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus, Liz Taylor / Golda Meir, Barbara Castle, Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria, Jessica Mitford / Betty, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart, Barbara Stanwyck, Gracie Fields · 1 ep

2012
A Running Jump poster

A Running Jump

Movie · as Debbie

2012
Panto! poster

Panto!

Movie · as Di

2012
Bad Education poster

Bad Education

TV · as Pro Green, Professor Green · 6 eps

2012
Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife

TV · as Grace Calthorpe · 1 ep

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Mary Whitehouse / Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus, Liz Taylor / Golda Meir, Barbara Castle, Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria · 1 ep

2011
Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

TV · as Melessa Tarly · 1 ep

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Belinda Rayford · 1 ep

2010
Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House

TV · as Auntie Liz · 12 eps

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Mum · 1 ep

2007
After You've Gone poster

After You've Gone

TV · as Ann Venables · 2 eps

2006
Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out

TV · as Bigoted Woman · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Hazran · 1 ep

2004
Doc Martin poster

Doc Martin

TV · as Tina Collins · 1 ep

2003
Murder Investigation Team poster

Murder Investigation Team

TV · as DI Vivien Friend · 8 eps

2002
Tomorrow La Scala! poster

Tomorrow La Scala!

Movie · as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)

2002
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Movie · as Red Lady (voice)

2001
From Hell poster

From Hell

Movie · as Martha Tabram

2001
Double Income, No Kids Yet poster

Double Income, No Kids Yet

TV · as Katie · 6 eps

2000
Cor, Blimey! poster

Cor, Blimey!

Movie · as Barbara Windsor

2000
Coupling poster

Coupling

TV · as Jeffina · 1 ep

1998
Guru in Seven poster

Guru in Seven

Movie · as Sharon

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Phyllis Cuttle · 1 ep

1994
Beyond Bedlam poster

Beyond Bedlam

Movie · as WPC Foster