Souad Faress

Actor Mar 25 (age 78) Accra, Ghana 1965–2026 (61 year career)

6.7 avg rating

Highest Rated

South of the Border

1988 · as Manda

10.0

Porters

2017 · as Freda

8.3

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982 · as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Known For

Film

Dune

Bene Gesserit Sister

Film

Christopher Robin

Wealthy Woman

Film

Bridget Jones's Baby

Judge

Film

My Beautiful Laundrette

Cherry N. Ali

Film

Made in Italy

Ree

Film

Alexander: The Making of a God

Oracle

Film

The Sandman

Fate Crone

Film

His Dark Materials

Larissa

Filmography

Acting (54)

Movies (18)

A House in Jerusalem

2023

as Older Rasha

5.8

Dune

2021

as Bene Gesserit Sister

Made in Italy

as Ree

Christopher Robin

as Wealthy Woman

Only the Lonely

as Gurmeet

Bridget Jones's Baby

2016

as Judge

6.4

Hampstead Theatre At Home: Tiger Country

2014

as Lakshmi / Bindu

The Perfect Silence

2013

as Homayra

The Fever

as The Seamstress

Such a Long Journey

as Mrs. Rabadi

Sixth Happiness

as Sera Kotwal

Bhaji on the Beach

as Rekha

My Sister-Wife

as Mumtaz

Shalom Salaam

1989

as Nasreen

Elphida

1987

as Asian Woman 2

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

as Cherry N. Ali

6.7

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Who's Who

1979

as Samya

6.3

Television (36)

Ann Droid

2026

as Mystic Maria

3.7

Alexander: The Making of a God

as Oracle

Beyond Paradise

as Ella Woods

Better

as Zaara Slack

The Change

as Annie

The Sandman

as Fate Crone

Signora Volpe

as Dame Felicity Morris

7.2

The Other Half

2022

as Maman

We Are Lady Parts

as Gran

Landscapers

as Judge Blacklock

His Dark Materials

as Larissa

The Spy

as Mama Sophie Cohen

Back to Life

as Anna

Porters

as Freda

Vera

as Eve Jamshidi

Law & Order: UK

The Sarah Jane Adventures

as Old Rani

My Spy Family

as Mrs. Vong

New Street Law

as Amanda Collins

Strange

as Mrs. Singh

Being April

as Leela

My Hero

as NHS Inspector

Trial & Retribution

Silent Witness

as Diomanda Yannis

Prime Suspect

as Mrs. Duhra

Shalom Salaam

South of the Border

as Manda

Inspector Morse

as Hospital Doctor

EastEnders

as Farah Ahmed

The Bill

Watch All Night

as Xenia

Blake's 7

as Selma

Secret Army

as Maria

Two's Company

as Guests

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Gypsy

5.3

Albion Market

9.5