Actor profile

Samantha Spiro

20th June 1968 Mill Hill, London, England, UK Acting

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.

25 Movies 45 TV Shows 2 In Production 74 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Scope poster

Scope 17th October 2025 as Fiona

Hard Truths poster

Hard Truths 6th December 2024 as Nicole

Hoard poster

Hoard 17th May 2024 as Michelle

One Life poster

One Life 21st December 2023 as Esther Rantzen

Where Is Anne Frank poster

Where Is Anne Frank 8th December 2021 as Edith Frank (voice)

Pops poster

Pops 9th August 2021 as Roz Jacobs

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim poster

Kings of Broadway 2020: A Celebration of the Music of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, and Stephen Sondheim 31st May 2020

A Battle in Waterloo poster

A Battle in Waterloo 12th August 2019 as Mary

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans poster

Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans 26th July 2019 as Mrs Felix

Agatha and the Truth of Murder poster

Agatha and the Truth of Murder 23rd December 2018 as Pamela

Lady Windermere's Fan poster

Lady Windermere's Fan 20th March 2018 as Mrs Erlynne

Grandpa's Great Escape poster

Grandpa's Great Escape 1st January 2018 as Patricia

Babs poster

Babs 7th May 2017 as Babs

Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past 19th March 2017 as Edith Paper

Me Before You poster

Me Before You 1st June 2016 as Josie Clark

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 25th June 2014 as Lady Macbeth

Taming of the Shrew poster

Taming of the Shrew 2nd September 2013 as Katherina

Panto! poster

Panto! 26th December 2012 as Di

A Running Jump poster

A Running Jump 24th June 2012 as Debbie

Tomorrow La Scala! poster

Tomorrow La Scala! 10th December 2002 as Jayney (Mrs. Lovett)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight poster

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 14th August 2002 as Red Lady (voice)

From Hell poster

From Hell 8th February 2001 as Martha Tabram

Cor, Blimey! poster

Cor, Blimey! 24th April 2000 as Barbara Windsor

Guru in Seven poster

Guru in Seven 10th July 1998 as Sharon

Beyond Bedlam poster

Beyond Bedlam 22nd April 1994 as WPC Foster

Missing You poster

Missing You 1st January 2025 as Nurse Sally

Only Child poster

Only Child 21st November 2024 as Lydia Bartlett

Still Up poster

Still Up 22nd September 2023 as Christine

Beyond Paradise poster

Beyond Paradise 24th February 2023 as Yvonne Wiley

The Other Half poster

The Other Half 23rd August 2022 as Penny

Ragdoll poster

Ragdoll 11th November 2021 as Joy Massey

The Larkins poster

The Larkins 10th October 2021 as Bertha

Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road 3rd October 2021 as Liza Epstein

Semi-Detached poster

Semi-Detached 6th August 2020 as Kate

Sex Education poster

Sex Education 11th January 2019 as Maureen Groff

Porters poster

Porters 20th September 2017 as Rebecca

Tracey Ullman's Show poster

Tracey Ullman's Show 11th January 2016 as Birgit

London Spy poster

London Spy 9th November 2015 as Detective Taylor

Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9 5th February 2014 as Sue

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Audrey Hepburn

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Liz Taylor / Golda Meir

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Barbara Castle

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Jessica Mitford / Betty

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Katharine Hepburn

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Lucille Ball / Janet Leigh / Amelia Earhart

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Barbara Stanwyck

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Gracie Fields

Plebs poster

Plebs 25th March 2013 as Sylvia

Bad Education poster

Bad Education 14th August 2012 as Pro Green

Bad Education poster

Bad Education 14th August 2012 as Professor Green

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Mary Whitehouse / Judy Garland

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Audrey Hepburn

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Marilyn Monroe / Mary, mother of Jesus

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Liz Taylor / Golda Meir

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Barbara Castle

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Jackie Kennedy / Queen Victoria

Call the Midwife poster

Call the Midwife 15th January 2012 as Grace Calthorpe

Vera poster

Vera 1st May 2011 as Belinda Rayford

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Melessa Tarly

Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House 9th August 2010 as Auntie Liz

After You've Gone poster

After You've Gone 12th January 2007 as Ann Venables

Not Going Out poster

Not Going Out 6th October 2006 as Bigoted Woman

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Hazran

Doc Martin poster

Doc Martin 2nd September 2004 as Tina Collins

Murder Investigation Team poster

Murder Investigation Team 3rd May 2003 as DI Vivien Friend

Double Income, No Kids Yet poster

Double Income, No Kids Yet 8th June 2001 as Katie

Coupling poster

Coupling 12th May 2000 as Jeffina

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Phyllis Cuttle

The Beatles: Ringo poster

Coming soon

The Beatles: Ringo 5th April 2028 as Gracie

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew poster

Coming soon

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew 11th February 2027 as Beaver (voice)