Tamsin Greig

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

88

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-07-12 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Maidstone, Kent, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Tasmin Greig
  • تامسین گریگ

Tamsin Greig

Biography

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.

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Shaun of the Dead
7.5%

Shaun of the Dead

Apr 9, 2004

Doctor Who
7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

Doctor Who
7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

Elementary
7.6%

Elementary

Sep 27, 2012

Arthur Christmas
6.8%

Arthur Christmas

Nov 10, 2011

Official Secrets
7.2%

Official Secrets

Aug 30, 2019

Top Gear
7.5%

Top Gear

Oct 20, 2002

Black Books
8.1%

Black Books

Sep 29, 2000

Tamara Drewe
5.9%

Tamara Drewe

Jul 14, 2010

The Graham Norton Show
7.2%

The Graham Norton Show

Feb 22, 2007

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Acting

Largo as Grace
Riot Women as Holly
2025
Legend Has It as Nisibi
2024
Bing & Friends: Birthday Celebration as Molly (voice)
2024
The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin as Helen Gwinear
2024
Sexy Beast as Cecilia Logan
2023
My Happy Ending as Nancy
2022
The Tiger Who Came to Tea as Mummy (voice)
2022
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Suspect as Natasha Groves
2022
Amazon: How Do They Really Do It? as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
The Amazing Mr. Blunden as Mrs. Wickens
2021
Romeo & Juliet as Lady Capulet
2021
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel as Herself
2020
Being Bridget Jones as Self
2020
Days of the Bagnold Summer as Astrid
2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads as Rosemary
2020
Belgravia as Anne Trenchard
2020
Love Monster as Narrator (voice)
2019
Official Secrets as Elizabeth Wilmshurst
2018
To Provide All People as GP
2017
Revolting Rhymes as Grandma (voice)
2017
Diana and I as Mary McDonald
2017
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night as Malvolia
2016
Revolting Rhymes as Grandma
2016
Breaking the Bank as Penelope
2016
Top Gear: Extra Gear as Self
2016
Prince Philip: The Plot to Make a King as Narrator (voice)
2016
Behold the Monkey as Narrator
2015
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked as Narrator
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Lavinia Beach
2014
Bing as Molly (voice)
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure as Self - Narrator
2014
Last Gasp as Sally
2014
Inside No. 9 as Sally
2014
Royal Cousins at War as Narrator
2013
The Guilty as DCI Maggie Brand
2013
The Last Leg as Self
2012
Friday Night Dinner Christmas Special as Jackie
2012
Magnificent Machines: The Golden Age of the British Sports Car as Narrator
2012
Elementary as DCI Athelney Jones
2012
The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as Narrator
2012
White Heat as Beth
2011
Arthur Christmas as Additional Voices (voice)
2011
Friday Night Dinner as Jackie Goodman
2011
Episodes as Beverly Lincoln
2010
Cuckoo as Simon
2010
Tamara Drewe as Beth Hardiment
2010
Cats of Claw Hill as Narrator, Samantha
2010
Going Postal as Miss Cripslock
2010
Mental: A History of the Madhouse as Narrator
2009
Emma as Miss Bates
2009
The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Hollander-Frank
2009
The Diary of Anne Frank as Edith Frank
2009
Le Journal d'Anne Frank as Margot Frank
2008
Prince John: The Windsors' Tragic Secret as Narrator (voice)
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments as Self
2008
Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth as Jenny
2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Dr. Caroline Todd
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest
2006
Falling Apart as Jackie
2005
Love Soup as Alice Chenery
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Doctor Who as Nurse
2004
Green Wing as Caroline Todd
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill as Lianne
2004
When I'm Sixty-Four as Denny
2004
The Lenny Henry Show
2004
Shaun of the Dead as Maggie
2002
Top Gear as Self
2002
Pure as Liaison Officer
2002
Miranda as Receptionist
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
2001
Happiness
2000
Black Books as Fran
1999
People Like Us as Sarah
1998
The Great Egyptians as Cleopatra
1997
Blind Men
1997
This Is the Sea as (voice)
1997
Jonathan Creek as Pam
1996
Neverwhere as Lamia
1994
Wycliffe as Dr. Hinkley
1993
GMTV as Self
1992
Blue Heaven as Prof. Wiseman
1983
Natural World as Narrator
1983
Natural World as Narrator (voice)
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