
Frances Fisher
Actor · Born May 11, 1952 (74) · Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
Screen Actors Guild Award nominee
Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is a British-born American actress. She is best known for her roles as Strawberry Alice, the madame prostitute in Unforgiven (1992), directed by Clint Eastwood; and Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron. Both films won the Academy Award for Best Picture. She is also known for her roles as Jane Crawford on the HBO series Watchmen, Mary Windsor in The Lincoln Lawyer, Evelyn Nolan (John Nolan's mother) on CBS's The Rookie, Barbara Schoenberg in Woman in Gold, Gwen in You're Not You, Lucille Langston on ABC's scifi drama Resurrection, Maggie Stryder in The Host (2013), Nicole Farmington on ABC's scifi drama Touch, Blanche Tipton on CBS's A Gifted Man, Elaine Flowers in The Kingdom (2007), The Mother on BBC's Torchwood, Eva Thorne on Syfy's Eureka, Connie Walsh in House of Sand and Fog, Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction, Junie in Gone in 60 Seconds, Donna Garcia in Striptease, Angie in FOX's Strange Luck, June in L.A. Story, and Rochelle Bossetti in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 11, 1952 (74)
- Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
- Actor
- 102 on MovieCove · 142 credits in all
What are Frances Fisher's films like?
Across their 59 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
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
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 3 · Earnest 51
A split, not a type: Light 24 · Serious 11 · Dark 22
Grounded 39 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 4
Gentle 17 · Charged 26 · Intense 14
A split, not a type: Steady 28 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 7
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 32 · Some laughs 17 · Funny 8
Slow burn 31 · Even-paced 25 · Relentless 1
A split, not a type: Casual 29 · Engaged 24 · Full focus 4
A split, not a type: Easy watch 21 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 18
Resolved 38 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 6
Roles they play
Usually the Mentor: 9 of 22 analyzed roles.
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- Threshold guardianas Yolanda in Patty Hearst (1988)
- Heroas Lucille Ball in Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
- Mentoras Dr. Theodora Cushing in Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993)
- Threshold guardianas Cora Day in The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
- Threshold guardianas Ruth DeWitt Bukater in Titanic (1997)
- Mentoras Candy in The Big Tease (1999)
- Mentoras Connie Walsh in House of Sand and Fog (2003)
- Mentoras Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction (2004)
- Shapeshifteras Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction (2004)
- Allyas Marge Richey Jacobson in Mrs. Harris (2005)
- Shapeshifteras Cindy in Jolene (2008)
- Heroas Tammy in Sedona (2011)
- Shadowas Judge Meyerson in Any Day Now (2012)
- Mentoras Momma B in Red Wing (2013)
- Mentoras Lucille Langston in Resurrection (2013)
- Mentoras Carson Riley in The M Word (2014)
- Shadowas Violet Darcy in Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)
- Shadowas Violet in Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018)
- Mentoras Marie in Shrimp (2018)
- Threshold guardianas Elaine in Holidate (2020)
- Mentoras Dora Casale in This Is Not a War Story (2021)
- Heraldas Birdie in The Wrong Paris (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy19
- Bittersweet29
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous9
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 Frances Fisher's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 74 of their 102 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (28).
- Titanic (1997) · actor · free
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) · actor · free
- Any Day Now (2012) · actor · free
- Woman in Gold (2015) · actor · free
- You're Not You (2014) · actor · free
- Childrens Hospital (2008) · actor · free
- The King Tide (2023) · actor · free
- Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) · actor · free
- Janie Jones (2010) · actor · free
- Wild America (1997) · actor · free
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) · actor · free
- Run the Race (2018) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Shield (2002) · actor
- The Expanse (2015) · actor
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) · actor
- Any Day Now (2012) · actor
- You're Not You (2014) · actor
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor
- The Outer Limits (1995) · actor
- The Perfect Game (2009) · actor
- Grey's Anatomy (2005) · actor · free
- The King Tide (2023) · actor
- Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) · actor
- Janie Jones (2010) · actor
- +9 more
- Rectify (2013) · actor · free
- Castle (2009) · actor · free
- The Outer Limits (1995) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- Law & Order (1990) · actor · free
- Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) · actor · free
- Janie Jones (2010) · actor · free
- Medium (2005) · actor · free
- Wild America (1997) · actor · free
- Red Wing (2013) · actor · free
- Private Practice (2007) · actor · free
- The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) · actor · free
- +6 more
- Fargo (2014) · actor
- The X-Files (1993) · actor
- The Shield (2002) · actor
- Sons of Anarchy (2008) · actor
- The Mentalist (2008) · actor
- Boston Legal (2004) · actor
- Castle (2009) · actor
- The Rookie (2018) · actor
- ER (1994) · actor
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor
- Law & Order (1990) · actor
- +2 more
- The X-Files (1993) · actor · free
- Titanic (1997) · actor · free
- Rectify (2013) · actor · free
- House of Sand and Fog (2003) · actor · free
- Woman in Gold (2015) · actor · free
- You're Not You (2014) · actor · free
- Criminal Minds (2005) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- Matlock (1986) · actor · free
- Patty Hearst (1988) · actor · free
- The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000) · actor · free
- Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) · actor · free
- +1 more
- Howdy, show their 3 titles on Howdy
- Lionsgate+, show their 3 titles on Lionsgate+
- Shout! TV, show their 3 titles on Shout! TV
- UP Faith & Family, show their 3 titles on UP Faith & Family
- Sony Pictures Core, show their 2 titles on Sony Pictures Core
- Cinemax, show their title on Cinemax
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Gaia, show their title on Gaia
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
Subscription and free streaming for Frances Fisher'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
142 credits, 102 with a MovieCove page; 12 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Wrong Paris(2025)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Out of the Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Rust(2024)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The King Tide(2023)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Desert Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

Reptile(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
On Sacred Ground(2023)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
This Is Not a War Story(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Awake(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Grace and Grit(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Holidate(2020)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Watchmen(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Run the Race(2018)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Rookie(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Shrimp(2018)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Marrying Mr. Darcy(2018)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Another Kind of Wedding(2017)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
The Sinner(2017)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
A Beautiful Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Swedish Dicks(2016)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all showsTitanic: Sinking the Myths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Love on the Run(2016)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Outlaws and Angels(2016)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Unleashing Mr. Darcy(2016)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Expanse(2015)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Woman in Gold(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Portrait of Love(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
You're Not You(2014)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Resurrection(2013)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The M Word(2014)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Fargo(2014)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Red Wing(2013)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Masters of Sex(2013)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Plush(2013)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Rectify(2013)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Host(2013)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Makeover(2013)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Any Day Now(2012)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Retribution (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

The Seven Year Hitch(2012)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Silent Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Touch(2012)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
A Gifted Man(2011)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Grow Up Already (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

Golf in the Kingdom(2010)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
The Lincoln Lawyer(2011)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Sedona(2011)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
The Roommate(2011)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Jolene(2008)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Janie Jones(2010)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Backyard Wedding(2010)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Good Guys(2010)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
The Perfect Game(2009)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Castle(2009)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
To Love and Die(2008)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all filmsTo Love and Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Childrens Hospital(2008)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Mentalist(2008)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
A Single Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Sons of Anarchy(2008)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
My Sexiest Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Private Practice(2007)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
In the Valley of Elah(2007)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Kingdom(2007)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Saving Grace(2007)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Sex and Death 101(2007)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
October Road(2007)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Torchwood(2006)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Eureka(2006)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Criminal Minds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Mrs. Harris(2005)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Grey's Anatomy(2005)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Medium(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Boston Legal(2004)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Laws of Attraction(2004)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
House of Sand and Fog(2003)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

The Lyon's Den (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Two and a Half Men(2003)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Blue Car(2002)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Shield(2002)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Glory Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Passion and Prejudice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Rising Place (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Gone in 60 Seconds(2000)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Audrey Hepburn Story(2000)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Titus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

The Big Tease(1999)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
True Crime(1999)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Becker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Titanic(1997)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Wild America(1997)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Trading Favors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Female Perversions(1996)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Striptease(1996)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
O. Henry's Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Strange Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all filmsThe Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Outer Limits(1995)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Molly and Gina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Babyfever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The X-Files(1993)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Praying Mantis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Devlin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Unforgiven(1992)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Wild Blue Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Frame Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
L.A. Story(1991)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Promise to Keep(1990)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Sudie and Simpson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Cold Sassy Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Pink Cadillac(1989)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Lost Angels(1989)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Roseanne(1988)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Bum Rap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Patty Hearst(1988)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Big(1988)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Broken Vows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Equalizer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Newhart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

The Edge of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Ruby Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 141 titles, 139 of them dated from 1956 to 2025; peak year 2012.
Film career
Peak 2012 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 15 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.
- 1987Screen debut· Tough Guys Don't Dance
- 1997Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Titanic
- 2014Career best· Resurrection
- 2024First top-billed film· The King Tide
- 2024Best so far· The King Tide
Billing
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.
Awards
Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1998, Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Frances Fisher's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 68; across their 57 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up37
- 50th to 74th26
- 25th to 49th27
- Below 25th12
Shape of the crowd
38 of their 102 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved20
- Universally Panned2
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic7
- Crowd Pleaser38
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed29
Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 56 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 43. 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 Frances Fisher's work okay for kids?
Across up to 25 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
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 Frances Fisher work with?
People who share at least 2 of Frances Fisher's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Amanda Phillips shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Henry JaglomShared titles: The M Word (2014), Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983)See all 2 shared titles with Henry Jaglom

- Bradford MayShared titles: The Seven Year Hitch (2012), Backyard Wedding (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Bradford May

- Susan StreitfeldShared titles: Golf in the Kingdom (2010), Female Perversions (1996)See all 2 shared titles with Susan Streitfeld
Writers
- Teena BoothShared titles: Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018), Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Teena Booth
- Teri WilsonShared titles: Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018), Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Teri Wilson
Actors
- Devon WerkheiserShared titles: Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025), Rust (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Devon Werkheiser

- Josh HopkinsShared titles: Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025), Rust (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Josh Hopkins

- Madison PettisShared titles: The Wrong Paris (2025), Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Madison Pettis

- Jake BuseyShared titles: Rust (2024), Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Jake Busey

Composers and cinematographers
- Antonio PintoShared titles: Awake (2021), The Host (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Antonio Pinto

- Stephen GrazianoShared titles: Portrait of Love (2015), Backyard Wedding (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Stephen Graziano

- James W. WrennShared titles: The Seven Year Hitch (2012), Backyard Wedding (2010)See all 2 shared titles with James W. Wrenn
- Roger DeakinsShared titles: In the Valley of Elah (2007), House of Sand and Fog (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Deakins

Producers
- Amanda PhillipsShared titles: The Wrong Paris (2025), Portrait of Love (2015), The Seven Year Hitch (2012), Backyard Wedding (2010)See all 4 shared titles with Amanda Phillips

- Larry LevinsonShared titles: Portrait of Love (2015), The Seven Year Hitch (2012), Backyard Wedding (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Larry Levinson
- Mark GordonShared titles: Awake (2021), Laws of Attraction (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Gordon

- Christian BruyèreShared titles: Marrying Mr. Darcy (2018), Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Christian Bruyère
Mixed roles
- Joel SouzaShared titles: Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna (2025), Rust (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Joel Souza







