---
name: "Cara Seymour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cara-seymour"
fi1m_id: "cara-seymour"
imdb_id: "nm0786806"
tmdb_id: 2617
wikidata_id: "Q438908"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T01:12:17.577276+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."
---

# Cara Seymour

## Identity

Cara Seymour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cara-seymour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cara-seymour
- **IMDb ID:** nm0786806
- **TMDB ID:** 2617
- **Wikidata ID:** Q438908
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara_Seymour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786806/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2617

Actor. Born 6 January 1964 in Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 January 1964, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–2014
- **Also known as:** Caroline Seymour 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (1), 2000s 78 (7), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 68 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Crime 5, Comedy 2, History 2, Romance 2, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $616m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara_Seymour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0786806/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2617

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Adaptation.*](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md) (83), [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Knick*](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md) (82), [*Dancer in the Dark*](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md) (71)
- **Hulu:** [*American Psycho*](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Hotel Rwanda*](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Cara Seymour is an English actress. She was born on 6 January 1964 in Essex, England.

She began in stage work, including the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Caryl Churchill's *The Skriker* and the New York run of Mike Leigh's *Ecstasy*. Her screen roles include Christie in *American Psycho* (2000), Linda Houston in *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Hell-Cat Maggie in *Gangs of New York* (2002), Pat Archer in *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Amelia Kavan in *Adaptation.* (2002), Sister Harriet in the series *The Knick* (2014–2015), and Marjorie in *An Education* (2009). She received cast nominations for *Adaptation.*.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Knick* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Sister Harriet — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, as Majorie — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Mary Cole — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Pat Archer — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Adaptation.* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Amelia Kavan — [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), Fi1m 74, as Hell-Cat Maggie — [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)
- *American Psycho* (2000), Fi1m 80, as Christie — [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71, as Linda Houston — [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *You've Got Mail* (1998), Fi1m 66, as Gillian Quinn — [page](https://film.one/film/youve-got-mail.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *I Live Here Now* (2026), as Cindy
- *Widow Clicquot* (2024), as Jeanne-Marie Ponsardin
- *Radium Girls* (2020), as Katherine Wiley
- *A Woman, a Part* (2017), as Kate Mullen
- *Bull* (2016), series, as Heather
- *The Laughing King* (2016), as Emily (Voice)
- *Nasty Baby* (2015), as Nosy Neighbor
- *The Knick* (2014), series, as Sister Harriet — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *I Origins* (2014), as Dr. Jane Simmons
- *Jack & Diane* (2012), as Aunt Linda
- *The Music Never Stopped* (2011), as Helen Sawyer
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Mary Cole
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983* (2009), as Mary Cole
- *An Education* (2009), as Majorie — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Beyond the Fire* (2009), as Katie
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as Mary Cole — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *The Greatest* (2009), as Janis
- *Last Call* (2008), as Holly
- *The Auteur* (2008), as Doris
- *Mitch Albom's For One More Day* (2007), as Catherine Benetto
- *The Savages* (2007), as Kasia
- *The Notorious Bettie Page* (2006), as Maxie
- *Steal Me* (2005), as Sarah
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as Pat Archer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Birth* (2004), as Mrs. Conte
- *Evergreen* (2004), as Kate
- *Gangs of New York* (2002), as Hell-Cat Maggie — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gangs-of-new-york.md)
- *Adaptation.* (2002), as Amelia Kavan — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/adaptation.md)
- *Silent Grace* (2001), as Margaret
- *A Good Baby* (2000), as Josephine Priddy
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), as Linda Houston — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *American Psycho* (2000), as Christie — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *You've Got Mail* (1998), as Gillian Quinn — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/youve-got-mail.md)
- *A Further Gesture* (1997), as Junkie
- *Amazing Grace* (1997), as Linda (as Caroline Seymour)

## Gallery

- ![Cara Seymour at the New York film premiere of An Education in October 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/97020/gallery-499470ee5390.jpg) Cara Seymour at the New York film premiere of An Education in October 2009. — Justin Hoch photographing for Hudson Union Society, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/CaraSeymourOct2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cara Seymour](https://film.one/media/person/97020/gallery-0863c5e4c138.jpg) Cara Seymour — Image via TMDB
- ![Cara Seymour](https://film.one/media/person/97020/gallery-851de63ea549.jpg) Cara Seymour — Image via TMDB

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