Samantha Spiro

Samantha Spiro

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.

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Known For

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

2011 • as Melessa Tarly

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Phyllis Cuttle

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005 • as Hazran

Vera

Vera

2011 • as Belinda Rayford

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

2012 • as Grace Calthorpe

Sex Education

Sex Education

2019 • as Maureen Groff

Filmography

2028

The Beatles: Ringo
The Beatles: Ringo
as Gracie
Movie - Released: 4/5/2028

2026

Narnia
Narnia
as Beaver (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/26/2026

2025

Scope
Scope
as Fiona
Movie - Released: 10/17/2025
Missing You
Missing You
as Nurse Sally
TV - Released: 1/1/2025

2024

Hoard
Hoard
as Michelle
Movie - Released: 5/17/2024
Hard Truths
Hard Truths
as Nicole
Movie - Released: 12/6/2024
Only Child
Only Child
as Lydia Bartlett
TV - Released: 11/21/2024

2023

One Life
One Life
as Esther Rantzen
Movie - Released: 12/21/2023
Still Up
Still Up
as Christine
TV - Released: 9/22/2023
Beyond Paradise
Beyond Paradise
as Yvonne Wiley
TV - Released: 2/24/2023

2022

The Other Half
The Other Half
as Penny
TV - Released: 8/23/2022

2021

Pops
Pops
as Roz Jacobs
Movie - Released: 8/9/2021
Where Is Anne Frank
Where Is Anne Frank
as Edith Frank (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/8/2021
Ridley Road
Ridley Road
as Liza Epstein
TV - Released: 10/3/2021
The Larkins
The Larkins
as Bertha
TV - Released: 10/10/2021
Ragdoll
Ragdoll
as Joy Massey
TV - Released: 11/11/2021

2020

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
Movie - Released: 5/31/2020
Semi-Detached
Semi-Detached
as Kate
TV - Released: 8/6/2020

2019

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Mrs Felix
Movie - Released: 7/26/2019
A Battle In Waterloo
A Battle In Waterloo
as Mary
Movie - Released: 8/12/2019
Sex Education
Sex Education
as Maureen Groff
TV - Released: 1/11/2019

2018

Grandpa's Great Escape
Grandpa's Great Escape
as Patricia
Movie - Released: 1/1/2018
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Mrs Erlynne
Movie - Released: 3/20/2018
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
Agatha and the Truth of Murder
as Pamela
Movie - Released: 12/23/2018

2017

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
as Edith Paper
Movie - Released: 3/19/2017
Babs
Babs
as Babs
Movie - Released: 5/7/2017
Porters
Porters
as Rebecca
TV - Released: 9/20/2017

2016

Me Before You
Me Before You
as Josie Clark
Movie - Released: 6/1/2016
Tracey Ullman's Show
Tracey Ullman's Show
as Birgit
TV - Released: 1/11/2016

2015

London Spy
London Spy
as Detective Taylor
TV - Released: 11/9/2015

2014

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Lady Macbeth
Movie - Released: 6/25/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as Sue
TV - Released: 2/5/2014

2013

Taming of the Shrew
Taming of the Shrew
as Katherina
Movie - Released: 9/2/2013
Psychobitches
Psychobitches
as Various Roles
TV - Released: 5/30/2013
Plebs
Plebs
as Sylvia
TV - Released: 3/25/2013

2012

A Running Jump
A Running Jump
as Debbie
Movie - Released: 6/24/2012
Panto!
Panto!
as Di
Movie - Released: 12/26/2012
Bad Education
Bad Education
as Pro Green
TV - Released: 8/14/2012
Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife
as Grace Calthorpe
TV - Released: 1/15/2012
Bad Education
Bad Education
as Professor Green
TV - Released: 8/14/2012

2011

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones
as Melessa Tarly
TV - Released: 4/17/2011
Vera
Vera
as Belinda Rayford
TV - Released: 5/1/2011

2010

Grandma's House
Grandma's House
as Auntie Liz
TV - Released: 8/9/2010

2007

After You've Gone
After You've Gone
as Ann Venables
TV - Released: 1/12/2007

2006

Not Going Out
Not Going Out
as Bigoted Woman
TV - Released: 10/6/2006

2005

Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Hazran
TV - Released: 3/26/2005

2004

Doc Martin
Doc Martin
as Tina Collins
TV - Released: 9/2/2004

2003

Murder Investigation Team
Murder Investigation Team
as DI Vivien Friend
TV - Released: 5/3/2003

2002

Tomorrow La Scala!
Tomorrow La Scala!
as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)
Movie - Released: 12/10/2002
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
as Red Lady (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/14/2002

2001

From Hell
From Hell
as Martha Tabram
Movie - Released: 2/8/2001

2000

Cor, Blimey!
Cor, Blimey!
as Barbara Windsor
Movie - Released: 4/24/2000
Coupling
Coupling
as Jeffina
TV - Released: 5/12/2000

1998

Movie
Guru in Seven
as Sharon
Movie - Released: 7/10/1998

1997

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Phyllis Cuttle
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1994

Beyond Bedlam
Beyond Bedlam
as WPC Foster
Movie - Released: 4/22/1994

Unknown

Something Else
Something Else
as Judith
Movie