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Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig

Actor · Born July 12, 1966 (60) · Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 12, 1966 (60)
From
Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
41 on MovieCove · 73 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 10% in 30 days

What are Tamsin Greig's films like?

Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary 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
32%
Bonds
29%
Society
19%
Morality
8%
Power
6%
Survival
4%
Ideas
2%
Identity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 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 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 0

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

Steady 8 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

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 6 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

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

A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 8 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 11 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 11
Hero
2 of 11
Mentor
2 of 11
Shadow
2 of 11
Threshold guardian
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
12
Joyful
8
Melancholic
10
Absurd
7
Tense
6
Other
21

How their films linger

Feel-good8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet15
  • Ambiguous4

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 Tamsin Greig's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 27 of their 41 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on BritBox (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tamsin Greig'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

73 credits, 41 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Riot Women(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Holly

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Largo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Grace

  • Legend Has It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Nisibi

  • Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Molly (voice)

  • The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · as Helen Gwinear

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Sexy Beast(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Cecilia Logan

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • My Happy Ending(2023)

    as Nancy

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Mummy (voice)

  • Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War(2022)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Suspect(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · as Natasha Groves

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • The Amazing Mr Blunden(2021)

    as Mrs. Wickens

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Lady Capulet

  • Days of the Bagnold Summer(2019)

    as Astrid

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Alan Bennett's Talking Heads(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Rosemary

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Belgravia(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Anne Trenchard

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Love Monster(2020)

    Show 80 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Official Secrets(2019)

    as Elizabeth Wilmshurst

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • To Provide All People(2018)

    as GP

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Un conte peut en cacher un autre(2016)

    as Grandma (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Diana and I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Mary McDonald

  • National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night(2017)

    as Malvolia

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Revolting Rhymes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Grandma

  • Breaking the Bank(2014)

    as Penelope

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Behold the Monkey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator

  • Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked(2015)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel(2015)

    as Lavinia Beach

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 105 episodes · as Molly (voice)

  • Last Gasp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Sally

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Sally

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Royal Cousins at War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Narrator

  • The Guilty(2013)

    Show 3 episodes · as DCI Maggie Brand

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all shows

  • Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator

  • Elementary(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as DCI Athelney Jones

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II(2012)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • White Heat(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Beth

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Arthur Christmas(2011)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Friday Night Dinner(2011)

    Show 36 episodes · as Jackie Goodman

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Episodes(2011)

    Show 41 episodes · as Beverly Lincoln

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Cuckoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Simon

  • Tamara Drewe(2010)

    as Beth Hardiment

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Cats of Claw Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 8 episodes · as Narrator, Samantha

  • Going Postal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Miss Cripslock

  • Mental: A History of the Madhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Narrator

  • Emma(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · as Miss Bates

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Edith Hollander-Frank

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Margot Frank

  • Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Jenny

  • Verity Lambert: Drama Queen(2008)

    Actor

  • Green Wing Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Caroline Todd

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Dr. Caroline Todd

  • Falling Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Jackie

  • Love Soup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 18 episodes · as Alice Chenery

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Green Wing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 18 episodes · as Caroline Todd

  • Ready When You Are, Mr McGill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Lianne

  • When I'm Sixty-Four(2004)

    as Denny

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Lenny Henry Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 16 episodes · Actor

  • Shaun of the Dead(2004)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Pure(2002)

    as Liaison Officer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Miranda(2002)

    as Receptionist

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

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

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Black Books(2000)

    Show 18 episodes · as Fran

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • People Like Us(1999)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sarah

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Great Egyptians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Cleopatra

  • Blind Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • This Is the Sea(1997)

    as (voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Jonathan Creek(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Pam

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Neverwhere(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · as Lamia

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Wycliffe(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Hinkley

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Prof. Wiseman

  • Natural World(1983)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator · as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles from 1983 to 2025; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

Tamara Drewe (2010)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Episodes (2011)

Film career

19832025

Peak 2020 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 4 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
Acting73 of 73: 73 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79th

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s28 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 10 roles
0217

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 Tamsin Greig's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of the 19 of 20 with a score; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 40 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 40 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

To Provide All People (2018)

91st percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night (2017)

Midcredits 97th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 7 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 Tamsin Greig's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles14–37 · median 33 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles31–62 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles55–74 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian 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 Tamsin Greig work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tamsin Greig's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Ritter shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles