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Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

Actor · Born April 3, 1972 (54) · Epsom, Surrey, England, UK

Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) is an English actress. Her film appearances include Braveheart (1995), The Land Girls (1998), Dangerous Beauty (1998), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Spy Game (2001), and 28 Weeks Later (2007). Her theatre work includes National Theatre productions of All My Sons (2000) and Honour (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Catherine McCormack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
April 3, 1972 (54)
From
Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
34 on MovieCove · 46 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 14% in 30 days

What are Catherine McCormack's films like?

Across their 29 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Morality
20%
Self
15%
Survival
13%
Power
10%
Ideas
8%
Society
4%
Romantic love7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 24 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 12 · Intense 8

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 8 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 16 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 3 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 9

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 13 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

14 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 5 of 14 analyzed roles.

Hero
5 of 14
Ally
4 of 14
Shadow
2 of 14
Mentor
2 of 14
Threshold guardian
1 of 14
Show the 14 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Melancholic
19
Dread
8
Romantic
7
Contemplative
6
Other
24

How their films linger

Bittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Catherine McCormack's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 24 of their 34 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Catherine McCormack's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

46 credits, 34 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Prisoner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Josephine Campbell

  • My Oxford Year(2025)

    as Antonia Davenport

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • A Thousand Blows(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sophie Lyons

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Lockerbie: A Search for Truth(2025)

    Show 5 episodes · as Jane Swire

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Slow Horses(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Alex Tropper

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Song of Names(2019)

    as Helen Simmonds

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Witcher(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Anika

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Cordelia(2019)

    as Kate

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Women on the Verge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · as Claire

  • Promise at Dawn(2017)

    as Lesley Blanch

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Genius(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Marija Ruzic-Marić

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Journey(2016)

    as Kate Elgar

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Lady Carmichael

  • Life in Squares(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Virginia Woolf

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Magic in the Moonlight(2014)

    as Olivia

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Fold(2013)

    as Rebecca Ashton

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Lucan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Lady Veronica Lucan

  • Lucan(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Lady Lucan

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer

  • Lights Out(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Theresa Leary

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Midnight Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · as Alice Ross

  • Stevie(2008)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • 28 Weeks Later(2007)

    as Alice

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Moon and the Stars(2007)

    as Kristina Baumgarten / Tosca

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Poppaea Sabina

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Elizabeth David

  • A Sound of Thunder(2005)

    as Sonia Rand

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Strings(2004)

    as Zita

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Gunpowder, Treason & Plot(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Elizabeth I of England

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Spy Game(2001)

    as Elizabeth Hadley

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Weight of Water(2000)

    as Jean Janes

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Tailor of Panama(2001)

    as Francesca Deane

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Born Romantic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Jocelyn

  • A Rumor of Angels(2000)

    as Mary Neubauer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Shadow of the Vampire(2000)

    as Greta Schröder

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Debtors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Love in the 21st Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Fay

  • This Year's Love(1999)

    as Hannah

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Dancing at Lughnasa(1998)

    as Christina 'Chrissy' Mundy

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Land Girls(1998)

    as Stella

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Dangerous Beauty(1998)

    as Veronica Franco

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Deacon Brodie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Annie Grant

  • North Star(1996)

    as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Braveheart(1995)

    as Murron MacClannough

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Loaded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Rose

  • Wycliffe(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Asenath Gardner

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 46 titles from 1994 to 2026; peak year 1999.

Biggest box office

Braveheart (1995)

$213M worldwide

Highest rated

Braveheart (1995)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19942026

Peak 1999 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting45 of 46: 45 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stDirecting1 of 46: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 46: 0 only writing, 1 with another role

By decade

1990s11 · acting2000s15 · acting2010s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew2020s5 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 10% of 21 roles
950005

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Catherine McCormack's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 24 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 24

Midcredits score across 34 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 34 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

The Fold (2013)

73rd percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Braveheart (1995)

Midcredits 98th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Catherine McCormack's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles6–93 · median 50 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles8–63 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles22–72 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles25–41 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense9 titles13–90 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Catherine McCormack work with?

People who share at least 2 of Catherine McCormack's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Gambon shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles