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Romola Garai

Romola Garai

Actor, also director and writer · Born August 6, 1982 (44) · Hong Kong, China

Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Romola Sadie Garai (born 6 August 1982) is an English actress and model. She is known for appearing in the movies Amazing Grace, Atonement, and Glorious 39, and for appearing in the TV movie Emma. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Biography from TMDB.

Born
August 6, 1982 (44)
From
Hong Kong, China
Works as
Actor, also director and writer
Titles
40 on MovieCove · 54 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 26Up 31% in 30 days

What are Romola Garai's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Adventure 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
Self
24%
Bonds
21%
Morality
21%
Survival
15%
Power
13%
Ideas
4%
Society
3%
Romantic love8 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 9 · Dark 16

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 4

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

Gentle 3 · Charged 15 · Intense 12

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 22 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 14 · 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 5 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 7

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 15

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

A split, not a type: Resolved 14 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 11 of 24 analyzed roles.

Ally
11 of 24
Hero
10 of 24
Shapeshifter
1 of 24
Mentor
1 of 24
Shadow
1 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Melancholic
26
Dread
10
Bittersweet
9
Romantic
6
Other
34

How their films linger

Bittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous11

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 Romola Garai's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 40 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Romola Garai'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

54 credits, 40 with a MovieCove page.

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

    Show 4 episodes · as Claire Wardly

  • Just Act Normal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ms. Jenkins

  • The Critic(2023)

    as Cora Wyley

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Scoop(2024)

    as Esme Wren

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • One Life(2023)

    as Doreen Warriner

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as Juno Fish

  • Remembers… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Earwig(2021)

    as Céleste

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Becoming Elizabeth(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Mary Tudor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Vigil(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Eliza Russell

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Last Call(2017)

    as Caitlin Thomas

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Miss Marx(2020)

    as Eleanor 'Tussy' Marx

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Amulet(2020)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Windermere Children(2020)

    as Marie Paneth

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Ann

  • The Miniaturist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Marin Brandt

  • The Miniaturist(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marin Brandt

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Born to Kill(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jenny

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Churchill's Secret(2016)

    as Millie Appleyard

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Suffragette(2015)

    as Alice Haughton

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Russia's Lost Princesses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator (Voice)

  • The Great War: The People's Story(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Kate Perry Frye

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Legacy(2013)

    as Anna March

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Last Days on Mars(2013)

    as Rebecca Lane

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Having You(2013)

    as Camilla

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • What You Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Scrubber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Junkhearts(2011)

    as Christine

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Babysitting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Maggie

  • The Hour(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Bel Rowley

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Crimson Petal and the White(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sugar

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • One Day(2011)

    as Sylvie Cope

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Glorious 39(2009)

    as Anne Keyes

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Emma(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · as Emma Woodhouse

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Other Man(2008)

    as Abigail

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • King Lear(2008)

    as Cordelia

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Atonement(2007)

    as Briony Tallis (Age 18)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Angel(2007)

    as Angel

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Amazing Grace(2006)

    as Barbara Spooner

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • As You Like It(2006)

    as Celia

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Scoop(2006)

    as Vivian

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Renaissance(2006)

    as Ilona Tasuiev

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mary Bryant(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mary Bryant

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows

  • Rory O'Shea Was Here(2004)

    as Siobhan

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Vanity Fair(2004)

    as Amelia Sedley

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights(2004)

    as Katey Miller

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • I Capture the Castle(2003)

    as Cassandra Mortmain

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Nicholas Nickleby(2002)

    as Kate Nickleby

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Daniel Deronda(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · as Gwendolen Harleth

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charlotte

  • Attachments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 26 episodes · as Zoe Atkins

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells(2000)

    as Young Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Monstrous Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Writer

  • Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 51 of them dated from 2000 to 2026; peak year 2007.

Biggest box office

Atonement (2007)

$129M worldwide

Highest rated

Atonement (2007)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Vigil (2021)

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutNomination
20002026

Peak 2007 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 16 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
Acting50 of 53: 50 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rdDirecting3 of 53: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting3 of 53: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing1 of 53: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

53 titles, 3 with more than one role.

By decade

2000s19 · acting2010s18 · 17 acting · 1 crew2020s14 · 13 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 22% of 23 roles
020712

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

4 major nominations and no wins, 2011–2013.

  1. 2013
    • Sundance award, nominated
  2. 2012
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
  3. 2011
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television

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 Romola Garai's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 30; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Last Call (2017)

81st percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Atonement (2007)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 29 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 47. 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 Romola Garai's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles10–70 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles21–55 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles10–73 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles8–41 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles25–67 · median 54 · 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 Romola Garai work with?

People who share at least 2 of Romola Garai's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Eaton shares the most, 4.

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers