Samantha Spiro

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Acting

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Gender

Female

Birthday

20-Jun-1968

Age

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Mill Hill, London, England, UK

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Samantha Spiro

Biography

Samantha Spiro (born 20 June 1968) is an English actress and singer. She played Barbara Windsor in the stage play Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick and the television films Cor, Blimey! and Babs, D.I. Vivien Friend in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, Melessa Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and Maureen Groff in Sex Education. She has won two Laurence Olivier Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Spiro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim (2020) Character: N/A
This streaming charity concert with performances from Liz Callaway, Janie Dee, Fra Fee, Ramin Karimloo, L. Morgan Lee, Jamie Parker, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Clive Rowe, Jenna Russell, Michael Xavier, and more raises money for Acting For Others, NHS Charities Together, and Black Lives Matter Global Charities.
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2014) Character: Lady Macbeth
When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the virtuous King Duncan. But to maintain his position, Macbeth must keep on killing – first Banquo, his old comrade-in-arms; then, as the atmosphere of guilt and paranoia thickens, anyone who seems to threaten his tyrant’s crown.
Guru in Seven Guru in Seven (1998) Character: Sharon
Sanjay, following a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Jill, is persuaded by his friends to become 'The Guru' by sleeping with seven women in the next seven days before Jill returns from her trip to America.
Panto! Panto! (2012) Character: Di
Morecambe FM disc jockey Lewis Loud is thrilled to be appearing in his first pantomime 'Dick Whittington' opposite glamorous soap star Tamsin.
Taming of the Shrew Taming of the Shrew (2013) Character: Katherina
Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.
Tomorrow La Scala! Tomorrow La Scala! (2002) Character: Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)
Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2002) Character: Red Lady (voice)
A reworking of the 14th century Arthurian medieval poem as an animated film styled to look like stain glass windows.
Lady Windermere's Fan Lady Windermere's Fan (2018) Character: Mrs Erlynne
The day of Lady Windermere’s birthday party, and all is perfectly in order. Until her friend Lord Darlington plants a seed of suspicion. Is her husband having an affair? And will the other woman really attend the party? First performed in 1892, Lady Windermere’s Fan explores the ambiguity of upper class morality and the fragile position of women in society in the late Victorian era in one of Wilde’s most popular and witty plays.
Me Before You Me Before You (2016) Character: Josie Clark
Lou Clark, a directionless 26-year-old from the English countryside, takes a job at the local castle as a caregiver and companion to a wealthy young banker, Will Traynor. Wheelchair-bound from an accident two years prior, the once adventurous Will has all but given up — that is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living.
Carnage: Swallowing the Past Carnage: Swallowing the Past (2017) Character: Edith Paper
It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
One Life One Life (2023) Character: Esther Rantzen
British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans (2019) Character: Mrs Felix
Brainy Roman teenager Atti is always coming up with schemes, but one ultimately goes too far, angering Emperor Nero. As punishment, the lad is exiled to the cold wet province of Roman Britain on the fringe of the Roman Empire. Whilst there, Atti is captured by—and eventually befriends—Orla, a feisty Celt. When he's returned to his regiment, he's horrified to find himself pitted against Orla and her tribe at the Boudican revolt's Battle of Watling Street.
From Hell From Hell (2001) Character: Martha Tabram
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Hoard Hoard (2024) Character: Michelle
The story follows Maria – a teenager whose mother used to be a hoarder. Now (set in the 90s) she lives in a foster home where a previous resident, Michael, inspires her to revisit the childhood memories and passions that she has repressed.
Where Is Anne Frank Where Is Anne Frank (2021) Character: Edith Frank (voice)
The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. While the young girl is shocked by the modern world, she also comes across Anne's legacy.
Agatha and the Truth of Murder Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018) Character: Pamela
England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to imagine the disproportionate consequences that such a selfless act will cause.
Beyond Bedlam Beyond Bedlam (1994) Character: WPC Foster
An experiment gone awry places a neurologist and a homicide detective in a psychopath's nightmarish world.
Scope Scope (2025) Character: Fiona
With the help of her therapist, Antonia must find out why she has developed an extreme obsession with circles before it's too late.
Cor, Blimey! Cor, Blimey! (2000) Character: Barbara Windsor
Dramatisation of the love affair between Sidney James and Barbara Windsor, played out against the backdrop of the 'Carry On' films during the 1960s and 1970s.
The Beatles: Ringo The Beatles: Ringo (2028) Character: Gracie
One of four biopics, focusing on individual members of The Beatles, this one telling the story of the group from the perspective of Ringo Starr.
A Running Jump A Running Jump (2012) Character: Debbie
Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.
Babs Babs (2017) Character: Babs
This is the story of Dame Barbara Windsor, the Cockney kid with a dazzling smile and talent to match. Preparing to perform in the theatre one cold evening in 1993, the cheeky, chirpy blonde Babs recounts the people and events that have shaped her life and career over fifty years from 1943 to 1993. She contemplates her lonely childhood and WWII evacuation; her decision to go from Barbara Ann Deeks to Barbara Windsor, inspired by the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; her complicated relationship with her father; her doomed marriage to Ronnie Knight; capturing the attention of theatre director Joan Littlewood; and becoming the blonde bombshell in the Carry On films. Babs, ever the consummate professional, never lets her fans down whatever her personal anguish and steps on the stage to rapturous applause.
A Battle in Waterloo A Battle in Waterloo (2019) Character: Mary
During the Battle of Waterloo, a soldier's wife searches for her missing husband in the nearby forest and must resort to extraordinary measures to survive.
Pops Pops (2021) Character: Roz Jacobs
How would you react if your father's last wish was a little bit out there? For siblings Roz and Elli, it becomes a battleground for who will determine their pop's final journey.
Grandpa's Great Escape Grandpa's Great Escape (2018) Character: Patricia
Many years ago, Grandpa was a World War II flying ace, but sadly he is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When his family can no longer look after him, he is moved to Twilight Towers, an old people's home. It soon becomes clear that Miss Dandy is running Twilight Towers for her own ulterior motives, and it is up to Grandpa and grandson Jack to make a daring escape. Failure could have the direst of consequences, but success will give Grandpa a final chance to relive his past and take to the sky once again in his beloved Spitfire.
Hard Truths Hard Truths (2024) Character: Nicole
Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.
Narnia: The Magician's Nephew Narnia: The Magician's Nephew (2027) Character: Beaver (voice)
The new upcoming film by Greta Gerwig.



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