Acting

Gina McKee

Born April 14, 1964 · Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK (age 62)

Georgina "Gina" McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Our Friends in the North (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for The Lost Prince (2003) and The Street (2007). She also starred on television in The Forsyte Saga (2002) and as Caterina Sforza in The Borgias (2011). Her film appearances include Notting Hill (1999), and Phanto…

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Notting Hill

Notting Hill · 1999

MovieRomanceComedy

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

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.

Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread · 2017

MovieDramaRomance

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc · 1999

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

MovieAdventureDrama

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

My Policeman

My Policeman · 2022

MovieDramaRomance

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

The Lair of the White Worm

The Lair of the White Worm · 1988

The Lair of the White Worm

MovieHorrorComedy

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

Naked

MovieDramaComedy

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

The End We Start From

The End We Start From · 2023

The End We Start From

MovieDramaMystery

As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.

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Notting Hill

Notting Hill · 1999

MovieRomanceComedy

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

Bella

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.

Sister Drummond

Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread · 2017

MovieDramaRomance

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

Countess Henrietta Harding

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc · 1999

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

MovieAdventureDrama

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.

the Duchess of Bedford

My Policeman

My Policeman · 2022

MovieDramaRomance

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

Marion

The Lair of the White Worm

The Lair of the White Worm · 1988

The Lair of the White Worm

MovieHorrorComedy

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

Nurse Gladwell

Naked

MovieDramaComedy

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Cafe Girl

The End We Start From

The End We Start From · 2023

The End We Start From

MovieDramaMystery

As London is submerged below floodwaters, a woman gives birth to her first child. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place.

F

In the Loop

In the Loop · 2009

The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.

Judy Molloy

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Scenes of a Sexual Nature · 2006

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

MovieComedyDrama

Sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it and some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath in north-west London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples. What makes us tick?

Julia

Croupier

Croupier · 1998

MovieDramaThriller

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

Marion Nell

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · 2002

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

MovieComedyDrama

In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.

Genevieve

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

And When Did You Last See Your Father? · 2007

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Kathy Morrison

MirrorMask

MirrorMask · 2005

In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.

Joanne Campbell / Queen of Light / Queen of Shadows

The Rachel Papers

The Rachel Papers · 1989

The Rachel Papers

MovieComedyRomance

Poised to attend Oxford University, 19-year-old Charles Highway decides it's high time to have a romantic encounter with an older woman. With the help of a computer program and several eccentric relatives, Highway sets his sights on seducing Rachel Noyce, a stunning American in her 20s. However, Highway has his work cut out for him. Noyce has a boyfriend, DeForest, and is not exactly receptive to Highway's advances — at first, anyway.

Evonne

The Reckoning

The Reckoning · 2004

MovieCrimeDrama

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the expected bible stories, the actors now stage a performance based on the crime. Through the performance of the play, they discover a mystery.

Sarah

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble · 2000

There's Only One Jimmy Grimble

Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.

Donna Grimble

Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me · 2005

MovieDramaComedy

The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the consequence that they run away to Australia.

Jonjo's Ma

LX 2048

LX 2048 · 2020

MovieScience FictionDrama

In the near future, the sun has become so toxic people can no longer leave their houses in daytime, and normal life is conducted mostly inside the virtual realm. Against this dystopian backdrop, a dying man seeks to ensure the future well-being of his family, while coping with what it means to be human in this new reality.

Dr. Rhys

Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell · 2018

MovieThrillerCrime

A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband.

Heather

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

The Loss of Sexual Innocence · 1999

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

The story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life.

Susan's Mother

The Life of Stuff

The Life of Stuff · 1997

The Life of Stuff

MovieComedyDrama

Brutal drama, with the occasional comic twist, about a wannabe gangster who buys a Glasgow warehouse which he plans to turn into the flagship of his criminal empire. Believing he has eliminated his arch-rival, he decides to hold the party of a lifetime to celebrate.

Janice

Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.

Great North: A Run. A River. A Region. · 2021

Great North: A Run. A River. A Region.

MovieDocumentary

GREAT NORTH: A RUN. A RIVER. A REGION is a documentary film about the Great North Run, a half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields.

Narrator

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop · 2007

The Old Curiosity Shop

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.

Sally Brass

Casualty

Casualty · 1986

SeriesDramaSoap

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Ginnie Davies

Vera

SeriesCrimeDrama

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Julie Armstrong

Minder

SeriesComedyDrama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Joanna

Lewis

SeriesCrimeDrama

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.

Diane Turnbull

Screen Two

Screen Two · 1985

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

Lynn

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.

Jackie Cochran

Line of Duty

Line of Duty · 2012

SeriesCrimeDrama

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

Jackie Laverty

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.

Girl in Betting Shop

The Borgias

The Borgias · 2011

SeriesDramaCrime

Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

Caterina Sforza

Playhouse Presents

Playhouse Presents · 2012

Playhouse Presents

SeriesDramaComedy

Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer with a different cast.

Natalie

Drop the Dead Donkey

Drop the Dead Donkey · 1990

Drop the Dead Donkey

A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by editor George Dent, the staff of GlobeLink battle to maintain the company as a serious news organization against Sir Roysten's right-hand man, Gus Hedges, who wants to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Roysten's business empire.

Lou

Bodyguard

Bodyguard · 2018

SeriesCrimeDrama

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

Anne Sampson

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga · 2002

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga is a British-American drama television serial based on John Galsworthy's novel series of the same name. Taking place from the 1870s to the 1920s, three generations of the upper-middle-class Forsyte family are explored.

Irene Forsyte

In Suspicious Circumstances

In Suspicious Circumstances · 1991

In Suspicious Circumstances

SeriesCrimeDrama

Introduced by renowned English actor Edward Woodward, In Suspicious Circumstances is an anthology of reenactments depicting real-life murder mysteries, some famous and some obscure, exploring cases with elements of miscarriage of justice, unsolved mysteries, and unusual circumstances, often spanning different historical periods.

Evelyn Foster

Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North · 1996

Our Friends in the North

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

Over the course of four decades, the personal lives of a quartet of Newcastle friends—Nicky, Geordie, Mary, and Tosker—intertwine with various political machinations, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

Mary Cox (née Soulsby)

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great · 2019

Catherine the Great

SeriesDramaWar & Politics

This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.

Countess Praskovya Bruce

Emerald City

Emerald City · 2017

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and her K9 police dog are transported to another world, one far removed from our own — a mystical land of competing kingdoms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. This is the fabled Land of Oz in a way you’ve never seen before, where wicked witches don’t stay dead for long and a young girl becomes a headstrong warrior who holds the fate of kingdoms in her hands.

Jane

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club · 1989

The Paradise Club

SeriesDramaCrime

Focuses on brothers Frank and Danny Kane. Their mother is the matriarch of a South London criminal gang, assisted by Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club following the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.

Bank Teller

This World

This World · 2004

SeriesDocumentary

The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".

Suspect

Suspect · 2022

SeriesDramaMystery

A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about her death.

Kate

Missing

Missing · 2012

SeriesMysteryAction & Adventure

Becca Winstone learns that her son, Michael, disappears while studying abroad, and it's a race against time when she travels to Europe to track him down. A surprising turn of events reveals just how far one mother will go to protect her family. Exotic locations and thrilling twists will keep you riveted in "Missing."

Jamie Ortega

Brass Eye

Brass Eye · 1997

Investigative reporter Chris Morris puts modern Britain under the spotlight, and smacks the issues of the day till they bleed. He tackles weighty issues including animals, drugs, sex and skewered celebrities and politicians alike - and in a later episode in 2001, paedophiles.

Libby Shuss

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet · 1983

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

SeriesComedyDrama

Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.

Girl

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame · 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

Helen