
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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Acting History
2025
Riot Women as Holly
2025Largo as Grace
2025Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius as Self
2025Legend Has It as Nisibi
2024Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Molly (voice)
2024The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Helen Gwinear
2024Sexy Beast as Cecilia Logan
2023My Happy Ending as Nancy
2022The Tiger Who Came to Tea as Mummy (voice)
2022Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022Suspect as Natasha Groves
2022Amazon: How Do They Really Do It? as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mrs. Wickens
2021Romeo & Juliet as Lady Capulet
2021Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Herself
2020Being Bridget Jones as Self
2020Days of the Bagnold Summer as Astrid
2020Alan Bennett's Talking Heads as Rosemary
2020Belgravia as Anne Trenchard
2020Love Monster as Narrator (voice)
2019Official Secrets as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
2018To Provide All People as GP
2017Revolting Rhymes as Grandma (voice)
2017Diana and I as Mary McDonald
2017National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night as Malvolia
2016Revolting Rhymes as Grandma
2016Breaking the Bank as Penelope
2016Top Gear: Extra Gear as Self
2016Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King as Narrator (voice)
2016Behold the Monkey as Narrator
2015Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked as Narrator
2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Lavinia Beach
2014Bing as Molly (voice)
2014The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure as Self - Narrator
2014Inside No. 9 as Sally
2014Royal Cousins at War as Narrator
2013The Guilty as DCI Maggie Brand
2013The Last Leg as Self
2012Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car as Narrator
2012Elementary as DCI Athelney Jones
2012The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as Narrator
2012White Heat as Beth
2011Arthur Christmas as Additional Voices (voice)
2011Friday Night Dinner as Jackie Goodman
2011Episodes as Beverly Lincoln
2010Cuckoo as Simon
2010Tamara Drewe as Beth Hardiment
2010Cats of Claw Hill as Narrator, Samantha
2010Going Postal as Miss Cripslock
2010Mental: A History of the Madhouse as Narrator
2009Emma as Miss Bates
2009The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Hollander-Frank
2009The Diary of Anne Frank as Margot Frank
2008Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret as Narrator (voice)
2008Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
2008Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth as Jenny
2008Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Dr. Caroline Todd
2006The One Show as Self
2006Falling Apart as Jackie
2005Love Soup as Alice Chenery
2005Doctor Who
2005Doctor Who as Nurse
2004Green Wing as Caroline Todd
2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Lianne
2004When I'm Sixty-Four as Denny
2004The Lenny Henry Show
2004Shaun of the Dead as Maggie
2002Top Gear as Self
2002Pure as Liaison Officer
2002Miranda as Receptionist
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
2001Happiness
2000Black Books as Fran
1999People Like Us as Sarah
1998The Great Egyptians as Cleopatra
1997Blind Men
1997This Is the Sea as (voice)
1997Jonathan Creek as Pam
1996Neverwhere as Lamia
1994Wycliffe as Dr. Hinkley
1993GMTV as Self
1992Blue Heaven as Prof. Wiseman
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Natural World as Narrator (voice)







