Siobhan Finneran filmography

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Siobhan Finneran is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television and film. Finneran made her film debut starring as Rita in the 1987 film release Rita, Sue and Bob Too. Over the following decade, Finneran established herself as a television actress appearing frequently in both comedic and dramatic guest roles. Into the 21st century, Finneran began appearing in more regular and leading roles in returning and standalone television series. Her more prolific work includes Benidorm (2007–2015), Downton Abbey (2010–2012) and Happy Valley (2014–2023).

Finneran has appeared in several additional independent films, most notably in The Selfish Giant (2013) which earned her a British Independent Film Award nomination. She has also appeared in several theatre productions — including the original production of On the Shore of the Wide World (2005) at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Rita, Sue and Bob Too	Rita	[1]
2007	Boy A	Kelly	[2]
2013	The Selfish Giant	Mrs Swift	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress[3][4]
2014	Un illustre inconnu [fr]	Elizabeth Travers	English title - Nobody from Nowhere[5]
2016	Somatic	Dr Mary Thomason	Short film
	Broadcast Signal Intrusion
2017	Apostasy	Ivanna	[6]
2018	Pond Life	Kath Edlington
2020	Pace	DS Howard	Short film
TBA	Rapture	TBA	Post production; short film
	The Damned		In post-production[7]

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1989–1990	Coronation Street	Josie Philips	Appeared between 2 August 1989 and 2 March 1990[8][9]
1991	Cannon and Ball's Playhouse: Growing Concern	Carol	Television film[10]
	Josie		1 episode[11]
1991–1992	Motormouth	Milly Bates	32 episodes
1993	Heartbeat	Janet	Episode: "Bringing It All Back Home"[12]
1994		Tax Inspector	Episode: "Wild Thing"[13]
1995	Peak Practice	Caroline Royal	Episode: "Light at the End of the Tunnel"[14]
	Resort to Murder	Lena	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
	New Voices	Liz	Episode: "The King of Farawania"
1995–1996	The Russ Abbot Show	Cast member	8 episodes
1996	Out of the Blue	Fran Paiton	1 episode[15]
	Emmerdale	Heather Hutchinson	Soap opera
1997	Where the Heart Is	Carol Bevan	Episode: "Things Fall Apart"[16]
1998	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Peggy Rainford	Episode: "Child's Play"[17]
1999	The Cops	Brenda Walsh	1 episode[18]
2000	Always and Everyone	Karen Boyd	1 episode
	City Central	Carol Bell	Episode: "Community Spirit"
2000–2002	Clocking Off	Julie O'Neil	Series 1–3[19][6]
2001	Bob & Rose	Marina Marquess	3 episodes[19]
2002	Blood Strangers	WPC Melanie Whitaker	Television film
	The King and Us	Jenny
	Shipman	Kathleen Adanski
	Sparkhouse	Sue Bolton	Mini-series[19]
2003	Heartbeat	Gloria Brown	Episode: "Fool For Love"
2004	Passer By	Helen Keyes	Mini-series[19]
	Conviction	Gail Cleary	1 episode
2005	Dalziel and Pascoe	Susie Ferdinand[19]	2 episodes: "Dust Thou Art"
	Casualty	Sue Stedding	Episode: "The Cost of Honesty"
2006	Johnny and the Bomb	Mrs Bushell	Mini-series[19]
	The Royal	Rita Hogg	Episode: "Keep On Running"
	Wire in the Blood	D.I. Jan Shields	Episode: "Torment"
	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	Beverley Clarke	6 episodes[19]
2007	Comedy Showcase	Shirley	Episode: "Other People"
2007–2015	Benidorm	Janice Garvey	Series 1–7[20] (44 episodes)
2008	Apparitions	Sister Ruth	5 episodes[21]
2009	Unforgiven	Izzie Ingram	Miniseries (3 episodes)[22]
	The Street	Kim	1 episode[23]
	Blue Murder	Anita Burgess	Episode: "Having It All"[24]
	Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday	Verity	Straight-to-DVD[25]
2010	Casualty	Mel Riley	Episode: "A Day in a Life"
2010–2012	Downton Abbey	Sarah O'Brien	Main role;[26] won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series[27]
2012	Sport Relief 2012	Janice Garvey	1 episode: Benidorm meets Britain's Got Talent
2013	The Syndicate	Mandy Atkinson	6 episodes[28]
2014–2023	Happy Valley	Clare Cartwright	Main role[29][30] Nominated – BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress[31]
2014	Timeshift	Narrator	Episode: "Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain"
2015	Midwinter of the Spirit	Angela Purefoy	Mini-series[32]
	The Secrets of the Tea Chimps	Narrator
2017	The Moorside	DC Christine Freeman	Mini-series[33]
	The Loch	DCI Lauren Quigley	6 episodes[34][35]
	The Chillenden Murders	Narrator
2017–2019	Cold Feet	Nikki Kirkbright	Supporting role
2017–present	The Other One	Marilyn	Main role
2018	Doctor Who	Becka Savage	Episode: "The Witchfinders"
	James Bulger: The New Revelations	Narrator
2019	The Widow	Sally Newell	Episode: "Poteza"
	A Confession	Elaine Pickford
2019–2021	Forensics: The Real CSI	Narrator	9 episodes
2020	The Stranger	DS Johanna Griffin	Miniseries
	The Yorkshire Jobcentre	Narrator
2020–2021, 2024	Alma's Not Normal	Lin Nuthall	Main role
2023	The Reckoning	Beryl Hullighan	2 episodes
	Time	Marie-Louise O'Dell	3 episodes
2024	Inside No. 9	Edith	Episode: "Boo to a Goose"
TBA	Protection	DI Liz Nyles	US premiere 29 December 2024;[36] UK release expected 2025[37]
	Out of the Dust	TBA	Upcoming miniseries

Theatre credits

Year	Title	Role	Venue
Unknown	An Inspector Calls	Edna	Nottingham Playhouse[6]
2002	Port	Christine/Anne	Royal Exchange, Manchester[38]
2005	On the Shore of the Wide World	Alice Holmes	Royal Exchange, Manchester[39] Royal National Theatre, London[40]
2014–2015	3 Winters	Masha	Royal National Theatre, London[41]