Siobhan Finneran

Actor Apr 27 (age 59) Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

6.9 avg rating

Biography

Siobhan Margaret Finneran is an English television and film actress. She made her screen debut in the 1987 independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too, and subsequently worked consistently in television drama including roles in Coronation Street (1989–1990), Clocking Off (2000–2002) and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006). In 2005, Finneran originated the lead female role in the stage play On the Shore of the Wide World and was awarded the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Lead…

Known For

Film

Downton Abbey

Sarah O'Brien

Film

Happy Valley

Clare Cartwright

Film

The Stranger

DS Johanna Griffin

Film

Boy A

Kelly

Film

Time

Marie-Louise O'Dell

Film

The Selfish Giant

Mrs. Swift

Film

Nobody from Nowhere

Elizabeth Traven

Film

A Confession

Elaine Pickford

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (22)

Chatlines

The Damned

as Helga

Huggo

as Julia

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

2024

as Self

6.3

Rapture

2023

Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers

as Self (Narrator)

Pond Life

as Kath Edlington

Benidorm: 10 Years on Holiday

2018

as Herself

8.0

James Bulger: The New Revelations

2018

as Narrator

Apostasy

2017

as Ivanna

6.8

Having a Ball: The Making of Rita, Sue and Bob Too

2017

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

as Jane

Nobody from Nowhere

as Elizabeth Traven

Bullseyes and Beer: When Darts Hit Britain

2014

as Narrator

The Selfish Giant

2013

as Mrs. Swift

7.3

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

as Verity

Boy A

as Kelly

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

2002

as Kathleen Adanski

6.7

The King and Us

2002

as Jenny

Blood Strangers

2002

as WPC Melanie Whitaker

4.8

Rita, Sue and Bob Too

1987

as Rita

6.1

The Stork

as Gwenda

10.0

Television (46)

Unchosen

2026 Upcoming

as Mrs Phillips

Apr 21

Dictator: The Hitler Interviews

2025

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Protection

as DI Liz Nyles

The Reckoning

as Beryl Hullighan

Time

as Marie-Louise O'Dell

7.6

Time

2021

as Marie-Louise O'Dell

7.6

The Stranger

2020

as DS Johanna Griffin

Alma's Not Normal

as Lin

The Other One

as Marilyn

The Other One

as Marilyn

The Yorkshire Jobcentre

as Self - Narrator

The Widow

as Sally Newell

A Confession

as Elaine Pickford

Forensics: The Real CSI

2019

as Narrator

7.5

Snatches: Moments from Women's Lives

2018

as Jen

7.3

The Loch

2017

as DCI Lauren Quigley

6.6

The Moorside

2017

as DC Christine Freeman

6.8

The Chillenden Murders

2017

as Narrator (Voice)

6.3

Midwinter of the Spirit

as Angela Purefoy

Inside No. 9

as Edith

Happy Valley

as Clare Cartwright

The Syndicate

as Mandy Atkinson

Death in Paradise

as Fleur Edwards

Downton Abbey

as Sarah O'Brien

Unforgiven

as Izzie Ingram

Apparitions

as Sister Ruth

Benidorm

as Janice Garvey

Benidorm

as Janice

Comedy Showcase

as Shirley

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

as Beverley Clarke

Johnny and the Bomb

as Mrs. Bushell

Doctor Who

as Becka Savage

Passer By

as Helen Keyes

Blue Murder

as Anita Burgess

The Royal

as Rita Hogg

Timeshift

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Wire in the Blood

as DI Jan Shields

Sparkhouse

as Sue Bolton

Bob & Rose

as Marina Marquess

Clocking Off

as Julie O'Neill

Clocking Off

as Julie O'Neill

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1996

as Peggy Rainford

7.3

Out of the Blue

1995

as Fran Paiton

Peak Practice

as Caroline Royal

Heartbeat

as Janet

Casualty

as Sue Stedding