Tracy-Ann Oberman

Tracy-Ann Oberman (born 25 August 1966) is an English actress, playwright and narrator who is best known as Chrissie Watts in EastEnders (2004–2005, 2024–2026) and Valerie Lewis in Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020).

Following training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Oberman spent four years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, before joining the National Theatre. Her theatrical experience includes appearing with Kenneth Branagh in David Mamet's Edmond (2003) and a run in the West End revival of Boeing-Boeing (2007–2008). She appeared in a production of Earthquakes in London in its 2011 run as Sarah Sullivan. Oberman has performed in more than 600 radio plays since the mid-1990s.

Oberman's TV credits have also included Doctor Who, Mistresses, Robin Hood, and Doctors. Before EastEnders, Oberman appeared in a variety of television programmes including Casualty (1997–1998), Kiss Me Kate (1998), and The Bill (2000), and carved out a comedic niche with leading roles in Bob Martin (2000–2001), Lenny Henry in Pieces (2000–2003), Big Train (2002), and Toast of London (2013–2015). She had a recurring role in the penultimate and last series of procedural comedy-drama New Tricks (2014–2015) as Fiona Kennedy, a forensic pathologist. Oberman appeared in Tracey Ullman's Show and Tracey Breaks the News from 2016 to 2018.

Oberman has contributed to several radio sketch shows and, in 2008, co-authored with Diane Samuels the play 3 Sisters on Hope Street. In 2010, she wrote and starred alongside Catherine Tate in her BBC Radio 4 play Bette and Joan and Baby Jane and, in 2012, wrote the BBC Radio 4 play Rock and Doris and Elizabeth. In 2015, she wrote and starred in the third part of her Hollywood Trilogy for BBC Radio 4, Mrs. Robinson, I Presume, alongside John Simm and Kevin Bishop. Oberman was a regular columnist for The Guardian newspaper during 2007, for which she is still an occasional contributor. She was a regular contributor to The Jewish Chronicle (2009–2017) and also contributes to Red magazine.

Early life and education Oberman was born in Brent, Greater London, and is from a Jewish background. She grew up in north London, attending Heathfield School for Girls, before going on to study classics at Leeds University but, after a year, she moved to Manchester University to pursue drama. After graduating, she was accepted into the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she trained as an actor. In 1991, Oberman studied for a term at the Moscow Art Theatre School as part of her training. Oberman has spoken of how her drive for professionalism was a result of her parents' initial concern with her career choice. Her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, however, finally won her parents over.

Acting Theatre After leaving the Central School of Speech and Drama, Oberman joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1993, she took part in the RSC's award-winning production of Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine as Olympia. This was followed by roles in The Changeling, as "Diaphanta", A Jovial Crew in the part of "Joan Cope", and The Beggar's Opera where she played Molly Brazen. In 1994, she completed her run at the RSC playing in Macbeth and A Christmas Carol.

After performing in several West End productions, Oberman played at the Royal National Theatre in Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty during 1999. This was followed by starring in School Play at the Soho Theatre. The play was lauded by The Guardian critic Michael Billington as a "remarkable" production, praising Oberman for her successful portrayal of Miss Fay as "the teacher torn between her career and her pupil's potential".

In 2003, Oberman returned to the National in Edmond, playing opposite Kenneth Branagh. Her role as wife to Branagh's title character was well received by some critics, Norman Miller in a BBC News review commended Oberman for making a particular "impression".

That year also saw her star in Hello and Goodbye at the Southwark Playhouse. According to Fiona Mountford in The Evening Standard, the production was "given the outing of its life by" Oberman and her co-star, Zubin Varla. The review in The British Theatre Guide was similarly positive, praising Oberman who "rages away" in the role of "Hester", and delivers "one of the best performances in town".

She took a couple of years away from acting with the birth of her daughter in August 2006.

In 2011, she played in the touring production of Earthquakes in London by Mike Bartlett which was an updated version of the National Theatre / Headlongs production earlier that year.

In December 2012 Oberman returned to the stage at the Hampstead Theatre in the premiere of Old Money by Sarah Wooley directed by Terry Johnson. In 2015, Oberman played the role of Isabella Blow in the play McQueen, at the St James Theatre, London.

Radio

Oberman has appeared in over 600 radio plays. She has acted in radio drama and radio comedy, appearing regularly on BBC Radio 4 as a member of the station's unofficial "repertory" company, including; The Way It Is (1998–2001), the leading role in The Attractive Young Rabbi (1999–2002), The Sunday Format (1999–2004), and Getting Nowhere Fast.

At the end of 2009, Oberman returned to radio to star in "Gregory Evans' mind-boggling play" Shirleymander for Radio 4, with reviewer Moira Petty describing Oberman's turn as Dame Shirley Porter as "freakishly real". In 2010, Oberman remained with the radio medium, performing opposite Catherine Tate.

Television and EastEnders Her first major television role was in 1997 when she was cast as Zoe Gerrard, a security officer in the medical drama Casualty.

In 1998, she joined the cast of Comedy Nation, a satirical sketch show that featured some of Britain's leading up-and-coming comedians, such as Sacha Baron Cohen, Julian Barratt, and Robert Webb. This was followed by an assortment of parts in various television productions, including a performance in a two-part story for the police serial The Bill in 2000.

That year Oberman was cast as series regular "Beverly Jordan" opposite Michael Barrymore in Bob Martin, and became a lead performer in Lenny Henry in Pieces, starring actor/comedian Lenny Henry, which ran until 2003. In 2002, Oberman joined the second and final series of the sketch show Big Train, performing beside comedians Simon Pegg and Catherine Tate.

The following year saw the Harringham Harker move from radio to television as part of BBC 2's Autumn line-up alongside The Office and Coupling, with Oberman continuing in her role as lead and writer.

She has appeared in many other TV programmes, including; The Way It Is (2000), Bob Martin (2000–2001) opposite Michael Barrymore, Lenny Henry in Pieces (2000–2001), Big Train (2002), SuperTex (2003) and in episodes of Doctors, The Last Detective, Where the Heart Is, The Bill, Casualty. She played the previously unseen character of Marion in a special half-hour episode of the monologue series Marion and Geoff in 2001.

In 2004, Oberman moved away from comedy to join the BBC soap opera EastEnders, after she was cast as Chrissie Watts, the second wife of "one of the best-loved villains in soap history", "Dirty" Den Watts. It was a role she played for almost two years, and which brought her public recognition. Making her debut on 29 April, Oberman was viewed as an "overnight success" in the role of Chrissie, with Amy Raphael of The Telegraph feeling that the actress "easily upstaged the rest of the cast with her three-dimensional portrayal of a classic soap bitch". who "packed into a year what most soap characters do in three." Commenting on her role two years after she left the show, Oberman concluded:

I think the character, from the feedback I get, made a huge impact because people couldn't decide whether she was a villain or a victim. In hindsight I loved it; I loved the character, I loved the acting challenge, I loved the discipline. You're learning all the time because you literally do 25 scenes a day, go home, learn another 20 scenes, come in, film 20 scenes, go home... every day for a year and a half, and you do all your own stunts... being punched in the face by Peggy Mitchell and having to fall into a seven-foot grave; it was fantastic. I was only in it for 18 months and it feels like I clocked up about three years worth of TV experience. However, the role of Chrissie has remained a defining point of her career. In a recent interview, Oberman remarked: "Chrissie was such a wonderful character and the show was watched by so many people, especially the murder of Den, that it opened up doors that I never thought it would. I had some fantastic offers when I left, there were film and theatre... it was wonderful for me; EastEnders is a very good calling card."

Before leaving EastEnders, Oberman provided the voice of "Miss Dickson" in the adult-themed cartoon Bromwell High for Channel Four.

It was also announced that Oberman would guest star in the second series of the revived Doctor Who, playing the character of Yvonne Hartman, whom she described as "a sophisticated sort of baddie", with a BBC source declaring Oberman "perfect to play evil Yvonne and will be brilliant at terrorising the next generation of viewers". The two-part series finale entitled "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", aired in July 2006, attracting audiences of 8.19 million and 8.22 million respectively. Oberman extols her appearance in Doctor Who as a career highlight, being a "confessed Whovian" or fan of the show: "Some people, their life's ambition is to walk in and see Queen Vic, mine was to see a Tardis and a sonic screwdriver... and a Dalek!" which she playfully described as "the first Twitter-related drama that there's ever been!" Penned by James Moran, the adult-themed online horror series was headlined as a "big step forward" for British web drama, with Oberman playing the lead detective "Lyndon" beside Gareth David-Lloyd.

From 2011 to 2020 Oberman played Auntie Val in the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner and between 2012 and 2015, Oberman played Mrs. Purchase in Matt Berry and Arthur Mathew's comedy, Toast of London.

In May–July 2013, Oberman filmed the 6 part series Give Out Girls for Sky Living/Big Talk productions as Debbie, the head of Hot Staff promotions girls.

In January 2014, Oberman played the character, Audrey MacMurray, in the final episode of the second series of Father Brown which was shown on BBC One in their afternoon schedule and later in the evening on BBC Two in the evening. Also that year, she appeared in Crims for BBC Three playing 'hard as nails' Governor Riley.

New Tricks, the high ratings BBC drama, saw her appear regularly as forensic anthropologist-Fiona Kennedy (series 11 and 12).

Oberman kept up her string of TV guest appearances with a role in the drama Tracy Beaker Returns, playing "Terrie Fender", a travel agent and con artist. She also joined the junior spy series M.I. High, as the "Grand Mistress". Appearing on the chat show, The Wright Stuff, Oberman revealed that she undertook the part because M. I. High was her nephew's favourite programme, but also added that she was a fan herself, describing it as a "junior version of Spooks.

Oberman has appeared in two of Tracey Ullman series; Tracey Breaks the News and Tracey Ullman's Show, a BBC One production between 2016 and 2018.

Most recently, she has appeared as Rebecca in Netflix series After Life alongside Ricky Gervais, as Helen Chalmers in Sky One comedy-drama Code 404 and as Ritchie’s agent, Carol Carter, in Channel 4 drama It's a Sin.

In July 2024, nineteen years after her departure from EastEnders, it was announced that Oberman would be reprising her role of Chrissie Watts for short stint later in the year.

Oberman told the BBC ""Chrissie Watts was such a great character to play - a victim or a villain," she said. She is a real fan favourite so, when [executive producer] Chris Clenshaw asked me to come back and revisit her and see what has happened in the last 19 years, I jumped at the chance".

Writing From 2006 to 2007, Oberman was a regular columnist for The Guardian newspaper. From 2009–2017, she was a regular columnist for The Jewish Chronicle.

Oberman wrote and performed in her first BBC Radio 4 play which went out to great critical acclaim on 29 April 2010. Catherine Tate played Bette Davis and Oberman herself (after persuasion by the producer) played Joan Crawford, with Lorelei King as Hedda Hopper. The play was chosen as Pick of The Week by Gillian Reynolds, and garnered a huge amount of press interest due to the subject matter, and it being Oberman's first radio play.

She followed this up three weeks later by writing and performing her own BBC Radio 4 short story called "Girl on an Island" as part of a series of three called Actors' Voices (along with Anna Massey and James Dreyfus).

On 16 October 2012 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her second radio play Rock and Doris and Elizabeth (starring Frances Barber and Jonathan Hyde as Rock Hudson and Doris Day, and Oberman as Elizabeth Taylor) to very positive feedback. It followed Rock Hudson's AIDS scandal hitting the world's media after appearing on his old friend Doris Day's cable network show. Radio Drama Review Online described it as "poignant and utterly spellbinding".

In December 2020 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her play That Summer Of '67, a dramatisation concerning the production of the ground-breaking film Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.

She has also written comedy sketches and a sitcom for BBC Three, The Harringham Harker.

Oberman co-wrote 3 Sisters on Hope Street with playwright and neighbour Diane Samuels. The play, published in 2008, is a reinterpretation of Chekhov's The Three Sisters, transferring events to Liverpool after the Second World War, and re-casting the Prozorova sisters as three Jewish Englishwomen.

Another radio play written by Oberman was Mrs Robinson, I Presume for BBC Radio 4 which told the story of how the film The Graduate was produced.

Other work Oberman has appeared as a guest reviewer on an episode of Film 2007 with Jonathan Ross, as a contestant on a Doctor Who special of The Weakest Linkshe was the second one voted offand as a special guest performer in Tim Crouch's two-hander The Oak Tree at the Soho Theatre. In 2004, she came a close second place on Celebrity Mastermind, the specialist subject being "The Imperial Roman Family Augustus to Claudius Caesar". She also appeared on Test the Nation during this period.

In September 2005, she was a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. In 2006, she was the guest on Nigel Slater's A Taste of My Life and, in 2007, Oberman appeared on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen. She has featured in the BBC Radio 4 show Rudy's Rare Records.

Oberman is also known for her narration of advertisements and documentaries, such as Five's I'm A Celebrity: Who Won! and Channel 4's "Escape to the Chateau".

Oberman is featured in the video for The Yeah You's debut single "15 Minutes", hosting her fictional chat show, interviewing the rock band.

She made it through to the quarter-finals of Celebrity MasterChef in 2009. Oberman was a regular panellist on The Wright Stuff.

Oberman hosted the 2009 International Hall of Fame Awards at the International Women's Forum World Leadership Conference in Miami, from 7 to 9 October that year.

In 2011, Oberman appeared in Born To Shine singing folk music and playing the guitar.

In 2012, Oberman was a judge, alongside Yiddish scholar David Katz, on a Channel 4 reality series, Jewish Mum of the Year. Commenting on the series, Maureen Lipman said "It's disgusting. It is very damaging, with antisemitism being what it is. Not to mention that being a Jewish mother is nothing like the way they portray it". Former BBC chairman Michael Grade also criticised the programme, saying: "I don't know what it was supposed to be. They seemed to cram in every cliché in the book".

She hosts the podcast Trolled with Tracy Ann Oberman, with past guests including Danny Baker, Rachel Riley, Dom Joly and more. Oberman has also appeared on other podcasts, including The QuaranTea Break Podcast with Simon Ward.

Views on Israel and antisemitism Oberman has described Israel as "a country I love", has friends and family living there and has holidayed there throughout her life. In April 2012, and again in September 2014, she called on supporters of Israel to be more active in campaigning on Twitter. She resigned as a member of the Labour Party in 2016, due to its delay in concluding the disciplinary process of Ken Livingstone after he referred to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "supporting Zionism" during his early years in power.

In February 2019, Oberman and Rachel Riley instructed a lawyer to take action against 70 individuals for tweets which they perceived to be either libellous or tantamount to harassment, related to their campaign against allegations of antisemitism in the Labour party. As a result, Riley and Oberman sued a person who had retweeted a link to an article which had accused Oberman and Riley of harassing a young Labour activist who had commented on accusations of antisemitism in the Labour Party. In May 2019, a High Court judge ruled that the article that was linked in the tweet 'was capable of being defamatory'. In July 2020, Riley and Oberman dropped their joint libel suit and contributed towards the defendant's legal costs.

In late April 2019, Oberman was one of over 100 celebrities who signed a statement against a campaign advocating the boycotting of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest which was held that year in Israel. In December 2019, Oberman spoke at a rally held by Campaign Against Antisemitism in Parliament Square, calling for solidarity with British Jews.

On 4 April 2021, Oberman accused politician and academic Philip Proudfoot of antisemitism, claiming he had a Twitter "Jew Blocklist". On 26 April 2022, she issued a statement apologising for her inaccurate and "hurtful comments", noting that she would pay "substantial damages" to Proudfoot, along with his legal costs, following a libel suit.

In November 2023, Oberman joined a march against antisemitism in London.

Personal life Oberman is Jewish, and has said that "Surprisingly, to me, it all came back to being Jewish. I say surprisingly because I spent most of my 20s and early 30s on a path that took me far from my religion". In December 2004, she married Rob Cowan. In August 2006, she gave birth to their daughter.

Oberman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2025 Birthday Honours for services to Holocaust education and combatting antisemitism.

Oberman's second cousin, through their grandmothers, is TV presenter Claudia Winkleman.

Awards Year Group Award Won Film/Television series 1998 BBC 3 Awards Comedy writing Nominated EastEnders The British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Nominated Best Storyline Won 2006 Soap Bitch of the Year Third Witch 1994 A Christmas Carol Belle 1995 Love for Love Angelica New End Theatre, Hampstead 1998 Loot Faye Vaudeville Theatre 1999 Waiting for Lefty Florence National Theatre 2001 School Play Miss Fry Soho Theatre 2003 Edmond Wife Royal National Theatre Hello and Goodbye Hester Southwark Playhouse 2007 The Oak Tree N/A Soho Theatre 2007–2008 Boeing-Boeing Gretchen West End, London 2008 On the Rocks Frieda Lawrence Hampstead Theatre, London 2011 Absurd Person Singular Eva Jackson Curve, Leicester Earthquakes in London Sarah Sullivan National tour 2012 Old Money Fiona Hampstead Theatre, London 2015 McQueen Isabella Blow St. James Theatre, London 2017 Fiddler on the Roof Golde Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester 2018 Present Laughter Monica Reed Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester Pack of Lies Helen Kroger Menier Chocolate Factory, London 2021 The Windsors: Endgame Camilla Prince of Wales Theatre, London 2022 Noises Off Belinda Blair National tour 2023 The Merchant of Venice 1936 Shylock National tour

Radio and audio Year Title Role Notes Production 1997 Man in the Elephant Mask Play BBC Radio 4 1998–2001 The Way It Is Lolly Swain Serial 1999–2000 Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High 1999–2002 The Attractive Young Rabbi Su Jacobs 1999–2004 The Sunday Format 2000 The Grass Is Singing 3 episodes 2001–2003 Getting Nowhere Fast Chantal Serial 2002 Tango Sensations Play 2003 Rigor Mortis Dr. Ruth Anderson 2009 Shirleymander Leader (Dame Shirley Porter) 2010 Bette and Joan and Baby Jane Joan Crawford (& writer) Pat and Margaret Pat Comedy drama 2012 Rock and Doris and Elizabeth Elizabeth Taylor (& writer) 2014 A Christmas Carol Mrs. Fezziwig Performance 2015–present Torchwood Yvonne Hartman Sci-fi drama Big Finish Productions

Television Year Title Role Notes Production 1997 Loved by You Jenny / Jill Series 1; Episodes 2 & 4 : "Out of the Past" and "I'm Just So Happy for You" Carlton 1997–1998 Casualty Zoe Garrard Series 12; Episodes 16, 21 & 22 BBC 1998 Comedy Nation Various roles Performer / writer Kiss Me Kate Julia Series 1; Episode 2: "Mike" In the Red Barmaid Mini-series; Episode 3 2000 The Strangerers Santina, Motorcycle Cop Episode 5: "Zap Type 'Z'" Sky TV The Way It Is Lolly Swain Television film BBC Rhona Kimbo Episode 4: "The Happy Jeans" The Bill Helen Jenson Series 16; Episodes 60 & 61: "First Impressions" (Parts 1 & 2) Thames Television 2000–2001 Bob Martin Beverely Jordan Series 1 & 2; 10 episodes Granada 2001 Cow Narrator Television film Century Films / Channel 4 Starhunter Zelda Series 1; Episode 16: "Super Max" Starhunter Productions Happiness Julia Jacobs Series 1; Episode 2: "I'm Doing It for Me" BBC Slightly Filthy Show Various roles Episodes 1–4 London Weekend Television A Small Summer Party Marion Television film BBC 2002 Big Train Various roles Series 2; Episodes 1–6 Talkback Productions 15 Storeys High Jill, Vince's ex-girlfriend Series 1, Episode 6: "Dead Swan" 2003 The Harringham Harker Diedra Portland Television film BBC Where the Heart Is Sylvia Enwright Episode 8: "Mister and Missus" ITV Lenny Henry in Pieces Various roles Series 2; Episode 2 BBC 2004 The Last Detective Mandy Series 2; Episode 2: "The Long Bank Holiday" ITV Doctors Lynne Preston Series 6; Episode 1: "Two's Company" BBC Murder in Suburbia Chloe Walters Series 1; Episode 6: "Noisy Neighbours" ITV 2004–2005, 2024–2026 EastEnders Chrissie Watts Series regular BBC 2005 Bromwell High Melanie Dickson / Various (voice) Episodes 1–13 Channel 4 2006 Sorted Amy Episodes 1–6 BBC Doctor Who Yvonne Hartman Series 2; Episodes 12 & 13: "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday" 2007–2008 Chop Socky Chooks Various (voice) 17 episodes Cartoon Network / Teletoon 2008 Summerhill Alice Ford Television film BBC 2009 Mistresses Henrietta Swift Series 2; Episode 5 Robin Hood Gweneth Series 3; Episode 11: "The Enemy of My Enemy" Doctors Cathy Harley Series 11; Episode 113: "The Black Widow" 2010 Tracy Beaker Returns Terrie Fender Series 1; Episode 9: "Good Luck Boy" Comedy Lab Michelle Series 11; Episode 5: "Filth" Room 5 / Channel 4 2010–2011 M.I. High Grand Mistress / Anita Kane Series 4; Episode 2: "The Bunny Whisperer" and Series 5; Episode 2: "The B Team" BBC 2011 Dick and Dom's Funny Business Herself - Special Guest Episode 4: "Bills, Bills, Bills with Tracy-Ann Oberman" Sadie J Tamara Series 1; Episode 5: "Tidylicious" Waterloo Road Alison Drew Series 7; Episode 10 2011–2020 Friday Night Dinner 'Auntie' Val Lewis Recurring role. Series 1–6; 14 episodes Channel 4 2012 Jewish Mum of the Year Herself - Host & Judge Episodes 1–4 The Best of Men Else Guttman Television film BBC One Monroe Lizzie Clapham Series 2; Episodes 1–6 Mammoth Screen / ITV The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Astronaut Audrey / Gorilla Mum (voice) Series 2; 4 episodes (UK version) PBS / CITV 2012–2015 Toast of London Mrs. Purchase Series 1–3; 8 episodes Channel 4 2013 Pramface Bobby, Call Centre Boss Series 2; Episode 3: "Supermum and Hardguy 2000" BBC Three 2014 Father Brown Audrey MacMurray Series 2, Episode 10: "The Laws of Motion" BBC One Comedy Playhouse Faith Series 16; Episode 1: "Over to Bill" Siblings Annette Walker Series 1, Episode 1: "Wheelchair Conference" BBC Three Give Out Girls Debbie 4 episodes Sky One 2014–2015 New Tricks Fiona Kennedy Series 11 & 12; 9 episodes BBC One 2015 Crims Governor Riley Series 1, Episodes 4 & 6: "Day Seventy-Three" and "Day Ninety-Eight" BBC Three SunTrap Beverly Episode 2: "In the Line of Fire" Happy Tramp / BBC Brotherhood Terri Episode 7: "Work" Comedy Central 2016 Would I Lie to You? Herself - Panellist Series 10; Episode 6 BBC One Hoff the Record Crystal Hasselhoff Series 2; Episode 1: "Death Hoax" Dave 2016–2018 Tracey Ullman's Show Various Series 1–3; 7 episodes BBC One and HBO 2016–2020 Thomas & Friends Daisy (UK & US voice) Series 20–24, succeeding Teresa Gallagher HIT Entertainment 2016–2021 Escape to the Chateau Herself - Narrator Series 1–8; 42 episodes Channel 4 2017 Tracey Breaks the News Various Series 1; 3 episodes BBC One 2018 The Keith & Paddy Picture Show Shop Assistant 2 Series 2; Episode 3: "Pretty Woman" ITV Zapped Cassandra Series 3; Episode 5: "Book" Baby Cow / BBC 2019 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes Mrs. Mavis Pike Mini-series; Episode 3: "Under Fire" UKTV original Plebs Clodia Series 5; Episode 3: "The Banquet" ITV 2019–2022 After Life Rebecca Recurring role. Series 1–3; 5 episodes Netflix 2020 Grantchester Sister Grace Series 5; Episode 6 ITV Dun Breedin'''

Film Year Title Role Director Production 1999 Faeries Tippycott (voice) Gary Hurst HIT Entertainment / United Productions 2003 SuperTex Lea Van Gelder Jan Schutte Halebob Film The Early Days (short) Ursula Chris Stevenson Channel 4 Films / Shine 2010 The Infidel Julie Cohen Josh Appignanesi Solly Film / MetFilm 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue Mrs. Burnley Yann Samuell Good Films Collective / Lipsync Productions Cleaning Up (short) Jenny Thomas Guerrier Big Finish Productions / Dead Dog Films 2013 Filth Diana Jon S. Baird Steel Mill Pictures / Logie Pictures The Funeral (short) Susan Cowan Nick Green Loose Moose Productions / EOM Films / Viva Films 2014 Casanova Variations Jessica Michael Sturminger Alfama Films Moomins on the Riviera Moominmamma (voice) Xavier Picard, Hanna Hemilä Handle Productions / Pictak Geoffrey's Belt (short) Jennifer Tom Bacon iBlade Films Hector and the Search for Happiness Pathetic Jane Peter Chelsom Egoli Tossel Pictures / Film Afrika Worldwide 2017 Call Me Alvy (short) Judith Silver Alexei Slater Turn The Slate Productions 2019 The Bris of Michael Moshe Solomon (short) Susan Coral Amiga Parkville Pictures 2022 Night of the Broken (short) Gertrude Rosen Dan Turner K Films 2023 Diane from Accounts (short) Tara Emily Seale-Jones CPL Productions

Video games Year Title Role Notes Source 2015 Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn Played by Jean Gilpin in Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood 2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Writing Year Title Format Notes Production 1995–1996 News Review Radio series Writer and performer BBC 1997 Comedy Nation Writer and performer 1998–2000 Harringham Harker Writer and performer 2008 Three Sisters on Hope Street Theatrical play Writer The Everyman, Liverpool / Hampstead, London 2010 Bette and Joan and Baby Jane Radio play BBC