Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Piper, 22 September 1982, in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English singer and actress. She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. Her most famous role is as Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she reprised in 2008 and 2010. In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at no. 6 in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, the top woman on the list. Since 2007 she has starred as the high-flying escort Belle de Jour in the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 22, 1982 (44)
- Wiltshire, England, UK
- Actor, also writer and director
- 31 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
What are Billie Piper's films like?
Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
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 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 16
A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 5 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 10 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2
Gentle 6 · Charged 8 · Intense 4
Steady 8 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 4
Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 3
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 4
Resolved 12 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 8 of 13 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Jenny in Spirit Trap (2005)
- Allyas Rose Tyler in Doctor Who (2005)
- Heroas Sally Lockhart in The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- Heroas Sally Lockhart in The Shadow in the North (2007)
- Heroas Belle in Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
- Heroas Fanny Price in Mansfield Park (2007)
- Allyas Bonnie in Animals United (2010)
- Shapeshifteras Lily in Penny Dreadful (2014)
- Allyas Shelley in City of Tiny Lights (2016)
- Heroas Lillah in Two for Joy (2018)
- Heroas Suzie Pickles in I Hate Suzie (2020)
- Heroas Sam McAlister in Scoop (2024)
- Allyas Patsy in Elsinore (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy5
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous6
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 Billie Piper's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (6).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Billie Piper'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
53 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 24 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Elsinore(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Dr Who at the Proms 2024(2024)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Kaos(2024)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Austin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Doctor Who(2023)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows
Scoop(2024)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
I Hate Suzie Too (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Wednesday(2022)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Catherine Called Birdy(2022)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Rare Beasts(2019)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
I Hate Suzie(2020)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Eternal Beauty(2019)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Two for Joy(2018)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Collateral(2018)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
National Theatre Live: Yerma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
City of Tiny Lights(2016)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Penny Dreadful(2014)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Doctor Who Explained (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
The Destinations of Doctor Who (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Women of Doctor Who(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
True Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
The Ballad of Russell & Julie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Raven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
A Passionate Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Doctor Who: The End of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Animals United(2010)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Shadow in the North(2007)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Mansfield Park(2007)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Ruby in the Smoke(2006)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
OFI Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Much Ado About Nothing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
ShakespeaRe-Told(2005)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Spirit Trap(2005)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Doctor Who(2005)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Calcium Kid(2004)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Bella and the Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Canterbury Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
FBI Music Magazine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Evita(1996)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Leading Man(1996)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 52 titles, 51 of them dated from 1996 to 2025; peak year 2006.
Film career
Peak 2006 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 5 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.
- 1996Screen debut· The Leading Man
- 2005First top-billed film· Spirit Trap
- 2007Breakout· Mansfield Park
- 2007Career best· Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- 2020BAFTA Award nomination· I Hate Suzie
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
5 major nominations and no wins, 2019–2025.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actress
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actress
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Drama Series
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actress
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
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 Billie Piper's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 22; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
13 of their 31 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser10
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. 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 Billie Piper's work okay for kids?
Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity 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 Billie Piper work with?
People who share at least 2 of Billie Piper's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Matt Smith shares the most, 5.
Writers
- Adrian HodgesShared titles: The Shadow in the North (2007), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Hodges
- Philip PullmanShared titles: The Shadow in the North (2007), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Philip Pullman
Actors
- Matt SmithShared titles: The Science of Doctor Who (2012), Meanwhile, in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010), The Shadow in the North (2007), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006), Doctor Who (2005)See all 5 shared titles with Matt Smith
- David TennantShared titles: Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013), The Science of Doctor Who (2012), Doctor Who (2005)See all 3 shared titles with David Tennant
- Karen GillanShared titles: The Women of Doctor Who (2012), Meanwhile, in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010), Doctor Who (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Karen Gillan
- Hayley AtwellShared titles: Mansfield Park (2007), The Shadow in the North (2007), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Hayley Atwell
Editors
- Kristina HetheringtonShared titles: Scoop (2024), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Kristina Hetherington
Producers
- Rebecca EatonShared titles: Mansfield Park (2007), The Shadow in the North (2007), The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Rebecca Eaton
- Eimhear McMahonShared titles: Scoop (2024), City of Tiny Lights (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Eimhear McMahon
- Eric FellnerShared titles: Catherine Called Birdy (2022), The Calcium Kid (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Eric Fellner
- Tim BevanShared titles: Catherine Called Birdy (2022), The Calcium Kid (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Tim Bevan
