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Harriet Walter

Born September 24, 1950 · London, England, UK (age 75)

Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama. Walter began her career in 1974 and made her Broadway…

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Shelter

Shelter · 2026

MovieActionCrime

A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility · 1995

Sense and Sensibility

MovieDramaRomance

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens · 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

MovieAdventureAction

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Rocketman

Rocketman · 2019

MovieMusicDrama

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Atonement

Atonement · 2007

MovieDramaRomance

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

The Last Duel

The Last Duel · 2021

MovieDramaHistory

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

Babel

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair · 2012

MovieDramaHistory

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

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Shelter

Shelter · 2026

MovieActionCrime

A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.

Prime Minister Fordham

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility · 1995

Sense and Sensibility

MovieDramaRomance

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Fanny Ferrars Dashwood

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens · 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

MovieAdventureAction

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Dr. Kalonia

Rocketman

Rocketman · 2019

MovieMusicDrama

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Helen Piena

Atonement

Atonement · 2007

MovieDramaRomance

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Emily Tallis

The Last Duel

The Last Duel · 2021

MovieDramaHistory

King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire, Jacques Le Gris, by challenging him to a duel.

Nicole de Carrouges

Babel

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.

Lilly

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair · 2012

MovieDramaHistory

A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.

Augusta - Prinsesse af Wales

The Young Victoria

The Young Victoria · 2009

The Young Victoria

MovieDramaHistory

As the only legitimate heir of England's King William, teenage Victoria gets caught up in the political machinations of her own family. Victoria's mother wants her to sign a regency order, while her Belgian uncle schemes to arrange a marriage between the future monarch and Prince Albert, the man who will become the love of her life.

Queen Adelaide

Suite Française

Suite Française · 2015

Suite Française

MovieDramaRomance

France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

Viscountess Montmort

Man Up

MovieRomanceComedy

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

Fran Patterson

Your Christmas or Mine?

Your Christmas or Mine? · 2022

Your Christmas or Mine?

MovieComedyRomance

Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware that they have just swapped Christmases.

Iris

Denial

MovieDramaHistory

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Vera Reich

From Time to Time

From Time to Time · 2009

From Time to Time

MovieAdventureFantasy

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.

Lady Gresham

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending · 2017

The Sense of an Ending

MovieMysteryDrama

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

Margaret Webster

My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé · 2018

My Dinner with Hervé

MovieDramaTV Movie

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

Baskin

Onegin

MovieDramaRomance

A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.

Madame Larina

Chéri

MovieDramaComedy

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

La Loupiote

Ballet Shoes

Ballet Shoes · 2008

MovieDramaFamily

An unusual explorer named Gum and his kindly niece adopt three orphans -- Pauline, Petrova and Posy -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London. But the girls must fend for themselves when Gum doesn't return from one of his adventures. Together, they nurture their passions for acting, aviation and ballet in this charming TV adaptation of Noel Streatfield's novel.

Dr. Smith

Herself

Herself · 2020

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws together a community to lend a helping hand to build her house and ultimately recover her own sense of self.

Peggy

Bedrooms and Hallways

Bedrooms and Hallways · 1998

Bedrooms and Hallways

MovieComedyDrama

At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.

Sybil

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things · 2003

Bright Young Things

MovieComedyDrama

During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.

Lady Maitland

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig · 1993

The Hour of the Pig

MovieDramaHistory

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.

Jeannine Martin

Mindhorn

Mindhorn · 2016

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Richard's Agent

Silo

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

Martha Walker

Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso · 2020

SeriesDramaComedy

Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?

Deborah Welton

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders · 1997

Midsomer Murders

SeriesCrimeDrama

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.

Margaret Winstanley

Black Mirror

Black Mirror · 2011

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

Judith Keyworth

The Crown

The Crown · 2016

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

Clemmie Churchill

Succession

Succession · 2018

SeriesDramaComedy

Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Lady Caroline Collingwood

Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey · 2010

A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.

Lady Shackleton

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife · 2012

Call the Midwife

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

Sister Ursula

Agatha Christie's Marple

Agatha Christie's Marple · 2004

Agatha Christie's Marple

SeriesDramaCrime

The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.

Duchess

Spooks

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

Deep Throat

Screen Two

Screen Two · 1985

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Amelia Cleverly

Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe · 1996

Dalziel and Pascoe

SeriesMysteryCrime

In the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton, the unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-China-shop-copper DS Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick DS, later DI, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining down-to-Earth wit and humour.

Mary Waddell

Killing Eve

Killing Eve · 2018

SeriesCrimeDrama

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Dasha Duzran

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse · 1987

Inspector Morse

SeriesCrimeDrama

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

Dr. Esther Martin

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead · 2001

Waking the Dead

SeriesCrimeMystery

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

Annie Keel

Performance

Performance · 1991

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

Dorothy Maitland

Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall · 2015

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

Margaret Pole

The Spanish Princess

The Spanish Princess · 2019

The Spanish Princess

The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Margaret Beaufort

Law & Order: UK

Law & Order: UK · 2009

Law & Order: UK

Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.

Natalie Chandler

Documentary Now!

Documentary Now! · 2015

Documentary Now!

Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.

Edwina

PONIES

SeriesDramaCrime

In 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.

Manya Caplan

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose · 2018

Patrick Melrose

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

Princess Margaret

The Cleaner

The Cleaner · 2021

After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath and the pub is all in a day's work.

Lisa

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love · 2011

Rosamunde Pilcher's Shades of Love

Edmund Aird is the lord of Balnaird House, one of the most splendid estates in the Scotish Highlands. He and his American-born wife, Virginia, seem to have it all: wealth, beautiful children, and a thriving family business. Just when everything seems to be on track, long-buried tensions arise to threaten the family's happiness and the fate of their ancestral home.

Isobel Balmerino