Wendy Nottingham
- Known for
- Acting
Biography
Wendy Nottingham is a British actress whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly available in major sources. She has been active since 1987, making her earliest screen credit as an applicant at a hairdressing salon in Hidden City (1987), and has since accumulated over 50 film and television credits. Notably, she has appeared in three Best Picture Oscar nominees: Secrets & Lies (1996), Babel (2006), and Atonement (2007). Her most notable film credits include Elaine Clifford in Notes on a Scandal (2006), Helen Lenoir in Topsy-Turvy (1999), Mrs. Jarvis in Atonement (2007), Ivy in Vera Drake (2004), a Glum Wife in Secrets & Lies (1996), Madame Homais in Madame Bovary (2014), Laura in The Children Act (2017), Charlotte's Maid in Ammonite (2020), Mrs. Cordoza in The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021), and Conrad Earp's Secretary in Asteroid City (2023). On television she is best known as Mary in Peaky Blinders (2016, 5 episodes), with additional credits in The Borgias (2013), A Young Doctor's Notebook (2012), The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), Extras (2006), Agatha Christie's Marple (2008), Inspector Lewis (2008), Spooks (2008), EastEnders (2009), Holby City (2014), Lawless (2013), and Casualty (1990–2010). In theatre she appeared in Machinal (West End, 2024), Abigail's Party (Hampstead Theatre), Curtains (Rose Theatre Kingston, 2018), and Radiant Boy (Southwark Playhouse, 2025).
Known For
Filmography
Bonded
Movie · as August
Lynley
TV · as Ruth Brouard · 1 ep
Asteroid City
Movie · as Conrad Earp's Secretary
Good Boy
Movie · as Vicar
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Movie · as Mrs Cordoza
Ammonite
Movie · as Charlotte's Maid
Mr. Malcolm's List
Movie
The Children Act
Movie · as Laura
Farming
Movie · as Social Worker
Madame Bovary
Movie · as Madame Homais
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Movie · as Mrs. Bluejay
Lawless
Movie · as Angie Harris
Peaky Blinders
TV · as Mary · 5 eps
A Young Doctor's Notebook
TV · as Elena (Mother) · 1 ep
The Borgias
TV · as Abbess · 1 ep
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Movie
Bigga Than Ben
Movie · as Terrified Shopper
Atonement
Movie · as Mrs. Jarvis
Hell Bent for Leather
Movie · as Ma
Lewis
TV · as Susan Whelton · 1 ep
Kingdom
TV · as Mrs. Lawton · 1 ep
Notes on a Scandal
Movie · as Elaine Clifford
Housewife, 49
Movie · as Miss Finch
Babel
Movie · as Tourist
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
Extras
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
Vera Drake
Movie · as Ivy
Spooks
TV · as Sarah Mitchell · 1 ep
Topsy-Turvy
Movie · as Helen Lenoir
Dead on Time
Movie · as Wendy McNabb
Extremely Dangerous
TV · as Alison Byrne · 4 eps
Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Movie · as Eileen Brandon
The Peter Principle
TV · as Evelyn Walker · 6 eps
Secrets & Lies
Movie · as Glum Woman
Mary Reilly
Movie · as Screaming Girl's Mother
The Wimbledon Poisoner
TV · as Mrs 47 · 2 eps
Precious Bane
Movie · as Tivvy Sexton
Tumbledown
Movie · as Mrs Prothero
The Short & Curlies
Movie · as Charlene
Hidden City
Movie · as Applicant at Hairdressing Salon
The Bill
TV · 1 ep