Tamsin Greig

Biography

Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (/ˈtæmzɪn ˈɡrɛɡ/; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress, known for both dramatic and comedic roles. She played Fran Katzenjammer in the Channel 4 sitcom Black Books, Dr Caroline Todd in the Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing, Beverly Lincoln in British-American sitcom Episodes and Jackie Goodman in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner. Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy-drama series Love Soup, Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers, Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's Emma, and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of Tamara Drewe. In 2020, Greig starred as Anne Trenchard in Julian Fellowes' ITV series Belgravia.

Greig is also a stage actress. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in 2007 for Much Ado About Nothing, and was nominated in 2011 and 2015 for her roles in The Little Dog Laughed and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

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Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Natural World

Narrator

Natural World

Narrator (voice)

Top Gear

Self

Doctor Who

Nurse

The Last Leg

Self

The One Show

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Legend Has It	Nisibi
2024	Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration	Molly (voice)
2023	My Happy Ending	Nancy
2022	Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Mummy (voice)
2022	Amazon: How Do They Really Do It?	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	The Amazing Mr. Blunden	Mrs. Wickens
2021	Romeo & Juliet	Lady Capulet
2021	Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel	Herself
2020	Days of the Bagnold Summer	Astrid
2020	Being Bridget Jones	Self
2019	Official Secrets	Elizabeth Wilmshurst
2018	To Provide All People	GP
2017	Revolting Rhymes	Grandma (voice)
2017	National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night	Malvolia
2017	Diana and I	Mary McDonald
2016	Breaking the Bank	Penelope
2016	Behold the Monkey	Narrator
2016	Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King	Narrator (voice)
2015	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	Lavinia Beach
2015	Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked	Narrator
2014	The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure	Self - Narrator
2012	Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car	Narrator
2012	The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II	Narrator
2012	Friday Night Dinner Christmas Special	Jackie
2011	Arthur Christmas	Additional Voices (voice)
2010	Tamara Drewe	Beth Hardiment
2010	Cuckoo	Simon
2010	Mental: A History of the Madhouse	Narrator
2009	Le Journal d'Anne Frank	Margot Frank
2008	Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth	Jenny
2008	Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret	Narrator (voice)
2008	Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments	Self
2008	Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2006	The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall	Dr. Caroline Todd
2006	Falling Apart	Jackie
2004	Ready When You Are, Mr McGill	Lianne
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Maggie
2004	When I'm Sixty-Four	Denny
2002	Miranda	Receptionist
2002	Pure	Liaison Officer
1997	This Is the Sea	(voice)
	Largo	Grace

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Sexy Beast	Cecilia Logan
2024	The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin	Helen Gwinear
2022	Suspect	Natasha Groves
2020	Alan Bennett's Talking Heads	Rosemary
2020	Belgravia	Anne Trenchard
2020	Love Monster	Narrator (voice)
2016	Revolting Rhymes	Grandma
2016	Top Gear: Extra Gear	Self
2014	Inside No. 9	Sally
2014	Bing	Molly (voice)
2014	Royal Cousins at War	Narrator
2013	The Guilty	DCI Maggie Brand
2013	The Last Leg	Self
2012	White Heat	Beth
2012	Elementary	DCI Athelney Jones
2011	Episodes	Beverly Lincoln
2011	Friday Night Dinner	Jackie Goodman
2010	Going Postal	Miss Cripslock
2010	Cats of Claw Hill	Narrator, Samantha
2009	Emma	Miss Bates
2009	The Diary of Anne Frank	Edith Hollander-Frank
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show	Self
2005	Love Soup	Alice Chenery
2005	Doctor Who
2005	Doctor Who	Nurse
2004	Green Wing	Caroline Todd
2004	The Lenny Henry Show
2002	Top Gear	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest
2001	Happiness
2000	Black Books	Fran
1999	People Like Us	Sarah
1998	The Great Egyptians	Cleopatra
1997	Jonathan Creek	Pam
1997	Blind Men
1996	Neverwhere	Lamia
1994	Wycliffe	Dr. Hinkley
1993	GMTV	Self
1992	Blue Heaven	Prof. Wiseman
1983	Natural World	Narrator
1983	Natural World	Narrator (voice)
	Riot Women	Holly