---
name: "Alison Peebles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alison-peebles"
fi1m_id: "alison-peebles"
imdb_id: "nm0670196"
tmdb_id: 1434398
wikidata_id: "Q4727160"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:03:23.152044+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alison Peebles

## Identity

Alison Peebles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alison-peebles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alison-peebles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0670196
- **TMDB ID:** 1434398
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4727160
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Peebles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4727160, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1434398

Actor. Born 1 January 1953 in Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 48 (1), 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_Peebles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4727160, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1434398

## Biography

Alison Peebles is a Scottish actress and director. Born in 1953, she trained as a painter at Edinburgh College of Art and co-founded the Scottish theatre company Communicado in 1983.

Her television credits include Charge Nurse Anne Cowan in the series *Psychos* (1999) and a role in *Sex Traffic* (2004). She has appeared in series such as *Shetland* (2013), *High Times* (2004) and *River City*, and films including *The Acid House* (1998), *The Lost King* (2022) and *The Road Dance* (2021). Peebles has also directed the film *AfterLife* (2003) and episodes of *Stacey Stone* (2002–2003).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, everything.explained.today.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dept. Q* (2025), Fi1m 74, as Female Captor — [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *Sex Traffic* (2004), Fi1m 84, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-traffic.md)
- *The Acid House* (1998), Fi1m 48, as Johnny's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-acid-house.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dept. Q* (2025), series, as Female Captor, Ailsa Jennings — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dept-q.md)
- *The Spirit of 1926* (2022), as Older Lady
- *The Lost King* (2022), as Annette
- *The Road Dance* (2022), as Old Peggy
- *The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde* (2022), as Poole
- *Where Do We Go from Here?* (2018), as Joan
- *Seven Lucky Gods* (2014), as Meg
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Vicky Kirkland, Librarian — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Romance & Adventure* (2013), as Darren's Mum
- *Fast Romance* (2011), Actor
- *Labour* (2010), Actor
- *Trouble Sleeping* (2008), as Alice
- *Sex Traffic* (2004), series, Actor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-traffic.md)
- *High Times* (2004), series, as Alice
- *AfterLife* (2003), Director
- *Sweet Dreams* (2003), Actor
- *Nan* (2000), Director
- *Psychos* (1999), series, as Charge Nurse Anne Cowan
- *The Acid House* (1998), as Johnny's Mother — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-acid-house.md)
- *Rose* (1998), as Rose (voice)
- *The Star* (1996), Actor
- *Mirror, Mirror* (1996), Actor
- *The Final Cut* (1995), series, as Betsy Bourke
- *Bunch Of Five* (1992), series, as Linda
- *Strathblair* (1992), series, as Pheemie Robertson, Pheenie Robertson
- *The Advocates* (1991), series, as Vivien Liddell
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Sarah Peterson — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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