biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1945– )
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| biography:
| Actress, born in London, UK. A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, she appeared in a wide range of classical theatre roles, and won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for Cal (1984). Later films include The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989), The Madness of King George (1994), Some Mother's Son (1997), Teaching Mrs Tingle (1999), Greenfingers (2001), and Gosford Park (2001). Her role as Jane Tennison in the television series Prime Suspect (from 1991) made her a household name in the UK. |
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