---
name: "Amelia Bullmore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/amelia-bullmore"
fi1m_id: "amelia-bullmore"
imdb_id: "nm0120111"
tmdb_id: 93713
wikidata_id: "Q4548368"
roles: ["Actor","Writer"]
born: "31 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T16:14:00.452496+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."
---

# Amelia Bullmore

## Identity

Amelia Bullmore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/amelia-bullmore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** amelia-bullmore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0120111
- **TMDB ID:** 93713
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4548368
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bullmore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4548368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93713

Actor and writer. Born 31 January 1964 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer
- **Born:** 31 January 1964, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1996–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 11: 10 acting, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Baynham](https://film.one/person/peter-baynham.md), [Sally Wainwright](https://film.one/person/sally-wainwright.md), [Adam Tandy](https://film.one/person/adam-tandy.md), [Amanda Brotchie](https://film.one/person/amanda-brotchie.md), [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md), [Simon Greenall](https://film.one/person/simon-greenall.md), [Steve Coogan](https://film.one/person/steve-coogan.md), [Suranne Jones](https://film.one/person/suranne-jones.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (3), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 80 (5), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 7 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 5, Comedy 3, Mystery 3, Action & Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bullmore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4548368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93713

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Riot Women*](https://film.one/tv/riot-women.md) (80), [*Twenty Twelve*](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md) (77), [*Scott & Bailey*](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md) (75), [*Ashes to Ashes*](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md) (64)
- **HBO Max:** [*Gentleman Jack*](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Amelia Bullmore

> Amelia Bullmore is a fine ensemble actor, equally at home with prickly professionals and broad comedy. We value her most when a drama gives several strong personalities room, as Sally Wainwright’s *Riot Women* does.

When the women make music together in *Riot Women* (2025), Amelia Bullmore’s Yvonne helps make the band worth caring about. She is a fine ensemble actor: alongside Tamsin Greig’s Holly and Lorraine Ashbourne’s Jess, she gives us another woman allowed to be angry without having to be tidy or likeable. We were moved by the band because, after so much pressure to cope, these women were giving time to something they wanted. The pleasure depends on their differences, and Bullmore belongs in that company.

Her no-nonsense professionals can make it easy to overlook the comedy. Before DCI Gill Murray in *Scott & Bailey* (2011–2014), there was sketch work and Sonja opposite Steve Coogan in *I'm Alan Partridge* (2002). We would not treat the move into police drama as a promotion from less demanding work. Bullmore also contributed scripts to *Scott & Bailey*, giving her a second job within the same programme. The writing deserves attention in its own right, rather than being used to explain every good acting decision.

*State of Play* (2003), in which she plays Helen Preger, is a strong recommendation for anyone following her supporting work. Paul Abbott’s six-part thriller makes its newsroom convincing, and we rated its ensemble among its chief pleasures. Our enthusiasm comes with a reservation: the complicated story sometimes has us keeping track when we would rather stay with a character. We recommend it for the whole cast, without pretending that Bullmore’s contribution alone accounts for its success.

Sally Wainwright remains a useful name to follow through Bullmore’s work, from Vicky Fleming in *Happy Valley* (2014) to Yvonne in *Riot Women*. In the latter, Joanna Scanlan and Rosalie Craig have the most conspicuous performances, but the other women matter just as much to the band. Here, Wainwright sometimes explains what her actors have already made clear. Bullmore is part of an ensemble we would happily trust with less help from the script. Start with *Riot Women*, and forgive the occasional unnecessary explanation.

## Biography

Amelia Bullmore is an English actress and writer. Born on 31 January 1964 in Chelsea, London, she studied drama at the University of Manchester. She began her career in the late 1980s and has worked extensively in television, film and theatre.

Bullmore is known for playing Steph Barnes in *Coronation Street* (1990–1995), Sonja in *I'm Alan Partridge* (2002), and DCI Gill Murray in *Scott & Bailey* (2011–2014), for which she also wrote episodes. Other television roles include appearances in *Happy Valley* (2016), *Gentleman Jack* (2019) and *The Crown* (2016). She played Yvonne in the 2025 BBC series *Riot Women*.

As a playwright, her first stage play *Mammals* (2005) won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is married to actor Paul Higgins.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (11)

### Performed in (10) — the average rests on these

- *Riot Women* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Yvonne — [page](https://film.one/tv/riot-women.md)
- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Eliza Priestley — [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *Happy Valley* (2014), Fi1m 88, as Vicky Fleming — [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), Fi1m 75, as DCI Gill Murray — [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), Fi1m 77, as Kay Hope — [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *Sherlock* (2010), Fi1m 78, as Dr Stapleton — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, as Caroline Price — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *State of Play* (2003), Fi1m 88, as Helen Preger — [page](https://film.one/tv/state-of-play.md)
- *Brass Eye* (1997), Fi1m 86, as Role Play Wife / Honolee Dolholly — [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Sonja — [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *This Life* (1996), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Riot Women* (2025), series, as Yvonne — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/riot-women.md)
- *The Jetty* (2024), series, as Sylvia
- *The Buccaneers* (2023), series, as The Dowager Duchess of Tintagel
- *I Hate You* (2022), series, as Naomi
- *The Larkins* (2021), series, as Miss Edith Pilchester
- *Traces* (2019), series, Writer, Creator
- *Vienna Blood* (2019), series, as Rachel Liebermann
- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), series, as Eliza Priestley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *Take Rabbit* (2018), as Rabbit
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Kathleen Sutherland — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Power Monkeys* (2016), series, as Lauren
- *What We Did on Our Holiday* (2014), as Margaret McLeod
- *Happy Valley* (2014), series, as Vicky Fleming — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/happy-valley-2014.md)
- *It's Kevin* (2013), series, as Various
- *Scott & Bailey* (2011), series, as DCI Gill Murray · Writer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/scott-and-bailey.md)
- *Twenty Twelve* (2011), series, as Kay Hope — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/twenty-twelve.md)
- *Little Crackers* (2010), series, as Helen
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Dr Stapleton — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Bellamy's People* (2010), series, Actor
- *Endgame* (2009), as Gill
- *Mrs In-Betweeny* (2008), as Emma
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, as Caroline Price — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Caroline Hope
- *Sorted* (2006), series, as Claire Hill
- *Suburban Shootout* (2006), series, as Joyce Hazledine
- *The IT Crowd* (2006), series, as Helen Buley — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md)
- *Festival* (2005), as Micheline Menzies
- *I Am Not an Animal* (2004), series, as Winona the Dog (voice)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Mildred Fletcher — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *State of Play* (2003), series, as Helen Preger — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/state-of-play.md)
- *Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge* (2003), as Mary (voice)
- *Hello, Friend* (2003), as Friend
- *Linda Green* (2001), series, as Lucy Cooper
- *Attachments* (2000), series, as Lin · Writer
- *Black Cab* (2000), series, Writer, Creator
- *Jam* (2000), series, as Various · Writer
- *Tilly Trotter* (1999), series, as Eileen Sopwith
- *Big Train* (1998), series, Actor
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), series, as Sonja — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), as Rezia Warren Smith
- *Brass Eye* (1997), series, as Suzanzee Wooola-Koopus, Role Play Wife / Honolee Dolholly — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *This Life* (1996), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-life.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Frances Cunningham
- *Hetty Wainthropp Investigates* (1996), series, as Karen
- *Faith* (1994), series, as Ros
- *Woman of the Wolf* (1994), as Madame Plaisir
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Catriona Bilborough — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Judith Butler — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Drowning*, as Kirstie

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Special Award 2009: Theatre World Special Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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