Geraldine James

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1950 · Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Biographie

Geraldine James, OBE (born 6 July 1950), is an English film, television, and stage actress. Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, she trained at the Drama Centre London and began her professional acting career in the 1970s. She gained recognition for her performances in the television drama Dummy (1977) and the miniseries The Jewel in the Crown (1984). Her performance alongside Peggy Ashcroft in She’s Been Away (1989) earned her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival. Her film credits include Gandhi (1982), Calendar Girls (2003), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), and 45 Years (2015). She portrayed Mrs. Hudson in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes films and Queen Mary in Downton Abbey (2019) and Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022). James is also known for her television roles in Band of Gold (1995), Utopia (2013-2014), Anne with an E (2017-2019), and Silo (2023). Her portrayal of Marilla Cuthbert in Anne with an E brought her widespread international recognition. Throughout her career, she has received four BAFTA Television Award nominations and has performed extensively in theater, including a Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice opposite Dustin Hoffman. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2003 for her services to drama.

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Filmographie

7.2
The Cage
2026
2026 · Nancy Packer
6.7
Ne t'enfuis plus
2026
2026 · Mother Adiona
Creditors
2025
2025 · Tekla
5.3
Dope Girls
2025
2025 · Isabella Salucci
6.5
This Town
2024
2024 · Marie
8.2
Silo
2023
2023 · Mayor Ruth Jahns
6.1
Les Carnets de Siegfried
2021
2021 · Theresa Thornycroft
6.4
The Beast Must Die
2021
2021 · Joy
7.2
Downton Abbey
2019
2019 · Queen Mary
7.4
Back to Life
2019
2019 · Caroline Matteson
6.5
Jersey Affair
2018
2018 · Hilary Huntington
7.3
Megan Leavey
2017
2017 · Dr. Turbeville
8.7
Anne with an E
2017
2017 · Marilla Cuthbert
5.6
Daphné
2017
2017 · Rita
7.5
Rogue One : A Star Wars Story
2016
2016 · Blue Three
6.6
Alice de l'autre côté du miroir
2016
2016 · Lady Ascot
6.7
The Five
2016
2016 · Julie Wells
5.8
Double Jeu
2015
2015 · CC Carolyn Jarecki
6.6
45 ans
2015
2015 · Lena
8.2
Hidden India
2015
2015 · Herself - Narrator
4.8
Robots Supremacy
2015
2015 · Monique
7.7
Uncle
2014
2014 · Jane
5.2
Legacy
2013
2013 · Martha
5.6
Diana
2013
2013 · Oonagh Shanley-Toffolo
6.2
Dr. Easy
2013
2013 · Voice of Dr. Easy
8.0
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
2013
2013 · Maria Skłodowska-Curie's letters read by
7.9
Utopia
2013
2013 · Milner
4.9
13 Steps Down
2012
2012 · Gwendolen Chawcer
7.2
13 Steps Down
2012
2012 · Gwendolen Chawcer
The Farmer's Wife
10.0
The Farmer's Wife
2012
2012 · The Farmer's Wife
6.0
Playhouse Presents
2012
2012 · Liz / Lydia
7.4
Millénium : Les Hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes
2011
2011 · Cecilia Vanger
7.1
Sherlock Holmes : Jeu d'ombres
2011
2011 · Mrs. Hudson
5.6
Arthur, un amour de milliardaire
2011
2011 · Vivienne
6.7
We want sex equality
2010
2010 · Connie
6.6
Alice au Pays des Merveilles
2010
2010 · Lady Ascot
7.2
Sherlock Holmes
2009
2009 · Mrs. Hudson
6.0
Caught in a Trap
2008
2008 · Joyce Perkins
6.9
Little Britain USA
2008
2008 · Celia
6.7
The Last Enemy
2008
2008 · Barbara Turney
5.0
Phoo Action
2008
2008 · Dr Evelyne Conan-Bell
2.7
City of Vice
2008
2008 · Nell
Fairy Tales
2008
2008 · Mrs Brooke
Heist
5.2
Heist
2008
2008 · Joanna the Concubine
6.8
L'abbaye de Northanger
2007
2007 · Jane Austen (voice)
10.0
The Time of Your Life
2007
2007 · Eileen
7.0
The Time of Your Life
2007
2007 · Eileen
4.7
A Harlot's Progress
2006
2006 · Mother Needham
6.5
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
2006 · Hilary Rees-Benson
7.6
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
2006
2006 · Cornelia
6.6
Jane Hall
2006
2006 · Lorraine Hall
6.5
Hex : La malédiction
2004
2004 · Lilith Hughes
5.4
The Fever
2004
2004 · Ranevskaya
7.6
He Knew He Was Right
2004
2004 · Lady Rowley
7.1
Little Britain
2003
2003 · Harvey's Mother
6.5
Calendar girls
2003
2003 · Marie
6.3
Hearts of Gold
2003
2003 · Elizabeth Powell
7.5
Jeux de pouvoir
2003
2003 · Yvonne Shaps
6.0
Le Chien des Baskerville
2002
2002 · Mrs. Mortimer
7.0
White Teeth
2002
2002 · Joyce Malfen
6.1
White Teeth
2002
2002 · Joyce Malfen
7.1
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
2002
2002 · Hans's Mother
6.3
Un ange pour May
2002
2002 · Susan Higgins
Crime and Punishment
2002
2002 · Pulcheria
Taliesin Jones
7.0
Taliesin Jones
2002
2002 · Mum
6.7
Tom & Thomas
2002
2002 · Miss Tromp
An Angel For May
2002
2002 · Susan Higgins
4.3
Premier amour
2001
2001 · Mother
5.2
The Sins
2000
2000 · Gloria Green
6.4
La Défense Loujine
2000
2000 · Vera, Natalia's Mother
8.0
Seesaw
1998
1998 · Val Price
6.3
L'Homme qui en savait trop... peu
1997
1997 · Ludmilla Kropotkin
7.5
Drovers' Gold
1997
1997 · Ruth Jones
7.5
Inspecteur Barnaby
1997
1997 · Miranda Bedford
6.0
Rebecca
1997
1997 · Beatrice
6.1
Moll Flanders ou les mémoires d'une courtisane
1996
1996 · Edna
7.7
Over Here
1996
1996 · Lady Billingham
5.5
Band of Gold
1995
1995 · Rose Garrity
7.3
Kavanagh
1995
1995 · Eleanor Harker QC
6.0
Doggin' Around
1994
1994 · Sarah Williams
9.0
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
1994 · Mrs. Henderson
8.0
The Healer
1994
1994 · Dr. Mercedes Honeysett
7.5
No Worries
1994
1994 · Anne O'Dwyer
5.5
A Doll's House
1992
1992 · Kristine Linde
7.0
Losing Track
1992
1992 · Mrs. Dewey
4.5
The Bridge
1992
1992 · Mrs. Todd
5.2
Beltenebros
1991
1991 · Rebeca Osorio
6.5
Stanley and the Women
1991
1991 · Dr Trish Collings
6.3
Performance
1991
1991 · Kristine Linde
10.0
Ex
1991
1991 · Alice
6.5
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
1991 · Dr Irene Gayus
6.1
Espion Junior
1991
1991 · Vendetta Galante
5.7
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
1989
1989 · Gertrude Brisket
7.2
Screen One
1989
1989 · Alice
5.7
She's Been Away
1989
1989 · Harriet Ambrose
5.7
Le grand gars
1989
1989 · Carmen
8.2
Hercule Poirot
1989
1989 · Helen Abernethie
Echoes
7.0
Echoes
1988
1988 · Angela O'Hara
7.0
Un jour, un mur
1988
1988 · Krista Donner
7.9
Inspecteur Morse
1987
1987 · Helen Field
Time and the Conways
8.0
Time and the Conways
1985
1985 · Madge Conway
7.5
Blott on the Landscape
1985
1985 · Lady Maud Lynchwood
6.6
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
1984 · Sarah Layton
7.5
Gandhi
1982
1982 · Mirabehn
Chains
1982
1982 · Janine
4.6
I Remember Nelson
1982
1982 · Lady Emma Hamilton
4.1
The History Man
1981
1981 · Barbara Kirk
4.2
Sweet William
1980
1980 · Pamela
6.5
Bloody Kids
1980
1980 · Ritchie's Wife
Hesther for Example
1980
1980 · Hesther
7.7
Shoestring
1979
1979 · Mary Philips
6.2
The Dumb Waiter
1979
1979 · Sally
Love Among the Artists
Love Among the Artists
1979
1979 · Mary Sutherland
General Studies
1979
1979 · Barbara Kirk
6.3
Who's Who
1979
1979 · Miss Hunt
Dummy
1977
1977 · Sandra
8.1
The Sweeney
1975
1975 · Shirley Glass
7.0
Playhouse
1974
1974 · Hesther
5.7
Crown Court
1972
1972 · Julie Gilmour
6.6
Play for Today
1970
1970 · Miss Hunt