---
name: "Andrea Riseborough"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrea-riseborough"
fi1m_id: "andrea-riseborough"
imdb_id: "nm2057859"
tmdb_id: 127558
wikidata_id: "Q289545"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 November 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-22T04:26:36.097852+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."
---

# Andrea Riseborough

## Identity

Andrea Riseborough

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrea-riseborough
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrea-riseborough
- **IMDb ID:** nm2057859
- **TMDB ID:** 127558
- **Wikidata ID:** Q289545
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Riseborough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127558

Actor. Born 20 November 1981 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 November 1981, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Also known as:** 안드레아 라이즈버러, Άντρια Ράισμπορο, アンドレア・ライズボロー, Андреа Райзборо, 安德麗亞·瑞斯波羅格, Андреа Райсборо, آندره‌آ رایزبرو
- **Frequently works with:** [Arnon Milchan](https://film.one/person/arnon-milchan.md), [Kate Winslet](https://film.one/person/kate-winslet.md), [Marc Munden](https://film.one/person/marc-munden.md)
- **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 15 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 74 (4), 2010s 78 (6), 2020s 62 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 69 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 13 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 12, Comedy 8, Crime 2, History 2, Mystery 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $279m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Riseborough, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q289545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2057859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127558

## Coming up

- *Ebenezer* (2026-11-11), as Ghost of Christmas Past — [page](https://film.one/film/ebenezer.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)*](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md) (82), [*The Regime*](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md) (48)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (81), [*National Treasure*](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Lee*](https://film.one/film/lee.md) (61), [*Amsterdam*](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md) (47)
- **AMC+:** [*The Death of Stalin*](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical*](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md) (80)
- **Peacock:** [*Nocturnal Animals*](https://film.one/film/nocturnal-animals.md) (74)

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

## Fi1m on Andrea Riseborough

> Andrea Riseborough changes her accent, her posture and her whole bearing for each part, and does it so completely that audiences leave without knowing they have seen her. It has made her a fine actor and a poorly known one.

Andrea Riseborough turns up in *Lee* (2024) as Audrey Withers, a woman fighting a print ration, and plays her brisk and unsentimental, warm in the way of someone who has not got the afternoon to spare. The scenes are short and she does not waste them. That is how she generally arrives: as a particular person with a voice, a posture and a set of habits that are not hers, and then the film carries on around her as if she had always been there. She changes the accent, the walk and the face for every part, and the change is so complete that people who have seen her a dozen times will tell you they have never seen her.

She left RADA in 2005 and did her early work on British television, as Angelica Fanshawe in *The Devil's Whore* (2008) and as Margaret Thatcher in *The Long Walk to Finchley* (2008). Her film debut was *Venus* (2006), and the next stretch was small British pictures, *Brighton Rock*, *Made in Dagenham* and *Shadow Dancer* (2012), where she played Colette McVeigh, a lead in a hard political drama. Then the larger films: *Oblivion* (2013), *Birdman* (2014) for Alejandro G. Iñárritu, *The Death of Stalin* (2017) for Armando Iannucci. Then horror, *Mandy* (2018) and Brandon Cronenberg's *Possessor* (2020), then a lead in *To Leslie* (2022), then *Lee*, her third film with Kate Winslet.

Look at the films of hers we rate highest and a pattern shows. *Never Let Me Go* (2010) belongs to Carey Mulligan; *Birdman* belongs to Michael Keaton; *The Death of Stalin* belongs to Simon Russell Beale. Riseborough is in all three, as Chrissie, as Laura, as Svetlana Stalin, and in none of them is she the thing you come out talking about. We will admit that we had seen *Birdman* before we noticed she was in it, and we are still not sure whether that is the highest compliment a supporting actor can be paid or a warning. The film is built around Keaton and a camera that never appears to cut, and everyone else has to fit into the gaps.

That is the cost of the method. An actor who is a different person every time gives an audience nothing to recognise, and recognition is what gets a name to the top of a poster. She has also spent a good deal of her career being the best thing in films that did not deserve her, *W.E.* (2011) among them. She seems not to mind. "I think, really, what I'm interested in is whole women, real people," she said, and her choices bear it out: the parts are odd, intense and fully built, whatever the film around them is doing.

Her name is usually some way down the cast list. It is worth reading that far.

## Biography

Andrea Riseborough is an English actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005 and received the Ian Charleson Award in 2006 for her stage performances in *Miss Julie* and *Measure for Measure*.

She made her film debut in *Venus* (2006) and has appeared in *Never Let Me Go* (2010), *Oblivion* (2013), *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), *The Death of Stalin* (2017), *Mandy* (2018) and *Lee* (2024), in which she played Audrey Withers. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for *To Leslie* (2022).

On television she was nominated for a BAFTA for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in *The Long Walk to Finchley* (2008) and appeared in *Black Mirror* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Audrey Withers — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *The Regime* (2024), Fi1m 48, as Agnes — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *Amsterdam* (2022), Fi1m 47, as Beatrice Vandenheuvel — [page](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md)
- *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022), Fi1m 80, as Mrs. Wormwood — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md)
- *Possessor* (2020), Fi1m 73, as Tasya Vos — [page](https://film.one/film/possessor.md)
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), Fi1m 83, as Svetlana Stalin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *National Treasure* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Danielle 'Dee' Finchley — [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Alessia — [page](https://film.one/film/nocturnal-animals.md)
- *The Witness for the Prosecution* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Romaine Heilger — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Laura — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), Fi1m 73, as Chrissie — [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, as Dawn — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *The Devil's Whore* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Angelica Fanshawe — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-devils-whore.md)
- *Party Animals* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Kirsty MacKenzie — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, as Period Film Lover — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Ebenezer* (2026), as Ghost of Christmas Past — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ebenezer.md)
- *Good Boy* (2026), as Kathryn
- *Goodbye June* (2025), as Molly
- *Dragonfly* (2025), as Colleen
- *Lee* (2024), as Audrey Withers — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *What Remains* (2024), as Anna Rudbeck
- *The Regime* (2024), series, as Agnes — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-regime.md)
- *Funny Birds* (2024), as Laura
- *Alice & Jack* (2024), series, as Alice Long · Executive Producer
- *Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical* (2022), as Mrs. Wormwood — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-matilda-the-musical.md)
- *Please Baby Please* (2022), as Suze · Executive Producer
- *To Leslie* (2022), as Leslie · Executive Producer
- *Amsterdam* (2022), as Beatrice Vandenheuvel — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/amsterdam.md)
- *My Name Is Andrea* (2022), as Lover
- *Here Before* (2022), as Laura
- *The Electrical Life of Louis Wain* (2021), as Caroline Wain
- *Luxor* (2021), as Hana
- *Identity Crisis: Bringing Possessor to Life* (2020), Actor
- *A Heightened World* (2020), Actor
- *Possessor* (2020), as Tasya Vos — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/possessor.md)
- *ZeroZeroZero* (2020), series, as Emma Lynwood
- *The Grudge* (2019), as Detective Muldoon
- *The Kindness of Strangers* (2019), as Alice
- *Mandy* (2018), as Mandy Bloom
- *Burden* (2018), as Judy
- *Nancy* (2018), as Nancy Freeman · Producer
- *The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema* (2018), Actor
- *Waco* (2018), series, as Judy Schneider
- *The Death of Stalin* (2017), as Svetlana Stalin — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-death-of-stalin.md)
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), as Marilyn Barnett
- *Shepherds and Butchers* (2017), as Kathleen Marais
- *The Witness for the Prosecution* (2016), series, as Romaine Heilger — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *Nocturnal Animals* (2016), as Alessia — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/nocturnal-animals.md)
- *Mindhorn* (2016), as DC Elena Baines
- *National Treasure* (2016), series, as Danielle 'Dee' Finchley — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/national-treasure-2016.md)
- *Hidden* (2015), as Claire
- *That Dog* (2015), as Stacey
- *Bloodline* (2015), series, as Evangeline Radosevich
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), as Laura — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *The Silent Storm* (2014), as Aislin
- *Disconnect* (2013), as Nina Dunham
- *Oblivion* (2013), as Victoria
- *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), as Sarah Hawks
- *Shadow Dancer* (2012), as Colette McVeigh
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as Mia Nolan — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Resistance* (2011), as Sarah
- *W.E.* (2011), as Wallis Simpson
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), as Brenda
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), as Rose
- *Never Let Me Go* (2010), as Chrissie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/never-let-me-go.md)
- *Mad Sad & Bad* (2009), as Julia
- *The Devil's Whore* (2008), series, as Angelica Fanshawe — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-devils-whore.md)
- *Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley* (2008), as Margaret Thatcher
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), as Dawn — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Love You More* (2008), as Georgia
- *Magicians* (2007), as Dani
- *Party Animals* (2007), series, as Kirsty MacKenzie — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-animals.md)
- *The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton* (2006), as Myra
- *Venus* (2006), as Period Film Lover — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Whatever Love Means* (2005), as Anna Wallace
- *A Very Social Secretary* (2005), as Amanda
- *Doc Martin* (2004), series, Actor
- *The Queen of Fashion*, as Isabella Blow · Producer
- *The Noise of Time*, as Nina Shostakovich
- *High End*, as Helen
- *The Best of Us*, series, as Molly
- *Zero K*, as Executive Producer
- *Traum*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-459257810f35.jpg) Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MJK_331427_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_331427_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-15b8346bbb6b.jpg) Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/MJK_331427_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_331427_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrea Riseborough at Battle of the Sexes, London (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-9098e386472f.jpg) Andrea Riseborough at Battle of the Sexes, London (2017) — Bex Walton from London, England, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Andrea_Riseborough_at_Battle_of_the_Sexes%2C_London_%2836888195163%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-40e98737fa54.jpg) Andrea Riseborough presenting the movie The Kindness of Strangers at the Berlinale 2019 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/MJK_331433_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_331433_Andrea_Riseborough_%28The_Kindness_of_Strangers%2C_Berlinale_2019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-7b99b6e48b06.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-0f90a26d1ca7.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-875d7d9dab80.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-aa9503adbdd0.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-6c2cedb7f9cc.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB
- ![Andrea Riseborough](https://film.one/media/person/10949/gallery-4d5f29b2f929.jpg) Andrea Riseborough — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Actress (nominated), for *To Leslie*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2014: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (won)

### Other awards — 6 won

- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast 2014: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast (won)
- New York Film Critics Online Awards 2014 2014: New York Film Critics Online Awards 2014 (won)
- San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2014 2014: San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2014 (won)
- British Independent Film Awards 2012: Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (won)
- Evening Standard British Film Awards 2012: Evening Standard British Film Awards (won)
- Theatre World Award 2010: Theatre World Award (won)

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

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