
Andrea Riseborough
Biography
Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut with a small part in Venus (2006), and has since appeared in more prominent roles in Brighton Rock (2010), W.E. (2011), Shadow Dancer (2012), Oblivion (2013), Birdman (2014), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Battle of the Sexes, The Death of Stalin (both 2017), Mandy, Nancy (both 2018), The Grudge, and Possessor (both 2020). For playing an alcoholic in To Leslie (2022), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Riseborough was nominated for a BAFTA TV for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film The Long Walk to Finchley (2008). She won critical acclaim for her performances in the Channel 4 miniseries The Devil's Whore (2008) and National Treasure (2016), as well as the BBC One miniseries The Witness for the Prosecution (2016). Her stage credits include Miss Julie, Measure for Measure (both 2006), and Anton Chekhov's Ivanov (2008).
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Known For
Acting History
2026
Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
2026Good Boy as Kathryn
2025Goodbye June as Molly
2025Dragonfly as Colleen
2024Lee as Audrey Withers
2024What Remains as Anna Rudbeck
2024The Regime as Agnes
2024Funny Birds as Laura
2024Alice & Jack as Alice Long
2022Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical as Mrs. Wormwood
2022Please Baby Please as Suze
2022To Leslie as Leslie
2022Amsterdam as Beatrice Vandenheuvel
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor and director
2022My Name Is Andrea as Lover
2022Here Before as Laura
2021The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Caroline Wain
2021Luxor as Hana
2020Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life
2020A Heightened World
2020Possessor as Tasya Vos
2020ZeroZeroZero as Emma Lynwood
2019The Grudge as Detective Muldoon
2019The Kindness of Strangers as Alice
2018Mandy as Mandy Bloom
2018Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal as Self (archive footage)
2018Burden as Judy
2018Nancy as Nancy Freeman
2018The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018Waco as Judy Schneider
2017The Death of Stalin as Svetlana Stalin
2017Battle of the Sexes as Marilyn Barnett
2017Shepherds and Butchers as Kathleen Marais
2016The Witness for the Prosecution as Romaine Heilger
2016Nocturnal Animals as Alessia Holt
2016Mindhorn as DC Elena Baines
2016National Treasure as Danielle 'Dee' Finchley
2015Hidden as Claire
2015That Dog as Stacey
2015Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
2015Bloodline as Evangeline Radosevich
2014Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Laura
2014The Silent Storm as Aislin
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Disconnect as Nina Dunham
2013Oblivion as Victoria
2013Welcome to the Punch as Sarah Hawks
2012Shadow Dancer as Colette McVeigh
2011Black Mirror as Mia Nolan
2011Resistance as Sarah
2011W.E. as Wallis Simpson
2010Made in Dagenham as Brenda
2010Brighton Rock as Rose
2010Never Let Me Go as Chrissie
2009Mad Sad & Bad as Julia
2008The Devil's Whore as Angelica Fanshawe
2008Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Margaret Thatcher
2008Happy-Go-Lucky as Dawn
2008Love You More as Georgia
2007Magicians as Dani
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Party Animals as Kirsty MacKenzie
2006The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton as Myra
2006Venus as Period Film Lover
2005Whatever Love Means as Anna Wallace
2005A Very Social Secretary as Amanda
2004Doc Martin
—The Queen of Fashion as Isabella Blow
—Zero K
—The Noise of Time as Nina Shostakovich









