---
name: "Dawn Archibald"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dawn-archibald"
fi1m_id: "dawn-archibald"
imdb_id: "nm0033761"
tmdb_id: 47876
roles: []
born: "1 October 1961"
died: "2 May 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:22:23.581343+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."
---

# Dawn Archibald

## Identity

Dawn Archibald

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dawn-archibald
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dawn-archibald
- **IMDb ID:** nm0033761
- **TMDB ID:** 47876
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47876

Actor. Born 1 October 1961 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Died 2 May 2016.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 October 1961, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
- **Died:** 2 May 2016
- **Active:** 1985–1986
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0033761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47876

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Caravaggio*](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Dawn Archibald was a British actress. She appeared in several British films of the 1980s, including *The Company of Wolves* (1984), *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), *Mona Lisa* (1986) and *Caravaggio* (1986), in which she played Pipo.

She also featured in Derek Jarman's *The Garden* (1990) and had television roles in series such as *The Bill* and *Blood Red Roses*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, as Pipo — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *Mona Lisa* (1986), Fi1m 83, as Wig Girl in Club — [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Gang Member #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Garden* (1990), as Nature Spirit
- *Victoria Wood* (1989), series, as Ailsa
- *The Storyteller: Sapsorrow* (1988), as Servant 2
- *The Marksman* (1987), series, as O'Hara
- *Rockliffe's Babies* (1987), series, as Jane Elliott
- *Blood Red Roses* (1986), as Catriona
- *Caravaggio* (1986), as Pipo — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *Mona Lisa* (1986), as Wig Girl in Club — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mona-lisa.md)
- *Murder by the Book* (1986), as Sally
- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), as Gang Member #1 — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *The Company of Wolves* (1984), as Witch Woman
- *Mrs. Silly* (1983), as Carol
- *The Bad Sister* (1983), as Jane
- *The Missionary* (1982), as Mission Girl
- *Remembrance* (1982), as Jill
- *Scrubbers* (1982), as Mary
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1982), as Isobel

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